Dream come true
By Ira Gorawara
Nov. 23, 2024 4:57 p.m.
Tonight’s crosstown clash is a lifelong dream fulfilled for UCLA junior T.J. Harden.
The running back was once a kid in Los Angeles marveling at UCLA football and USC’s battles. Now, he’s turning dreams into reality.
“It’s everything that I have ever wanted,” Harden said.
Have a read of assistant Sports editor Connor Dullinger’s feature on the Bruin rusher and his journey to tonight’s game.
(Helen Juwon Park/Illustrations director)
Gorawara was Sports senior staff and Copy staff. She was previously the 2024-2025 Sports editor on the football, men’s basketball and NIL beats, an assistant Sports editor on the men’s volleyball, men’s tennis, women’s volleyball and rowing beats and a contributor on the men’s volleyball and rowing beats. She was a fourth-year economics and communication student minoring in professional writing from Hong Kong.
Gorawara was Sports senior staff and Copy staff. She was previously the 2024-2025 Sports editor on the football, men’s basketball and NIL beats, an assistant Sports editor on the men’s volleyball, men’s tennis, women’s volleyball and rowing beats and a contributor on the men’s volleyball and rowing beats. She was a fourth-year economics and communication student minoring in professional writing from Hong Kong.
