Bill Plaschke: Bruins are finally showing some life
LOS ANGELES_As usual, the stands were half empty.
But suddenly, the standings are half full.
Did you know UCLA still has a shot at winning the Pac-12 Conference championship?
Can you believe Chip Kelly might actually know what he's doing?
Those are not trick questions. This is not another Bruins joke. On a humid Saturday night in Pasadena, two seasons of grimaces began slowly melting beneath a hot little flicker of hope.
It danced from Joshua Kelley's legs, flew off Dorian Thompson-Robinson's arm, tucked itself in Kyle Philips' hands, and wrapped itself around a defense that suddenly has learned how to tackle.
It was real hope, showing up at the
