Rick Assad

Los Angeles

Writer and Contributor at Freelance

Award-winning sportswriter with degrees from UCLA and CSUN. Member of BWAA and a contributor to many websites, including https://t.co/Q0s2EHz4d8.

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Articles

Burroughs Softball Finishes Off Arcadia 3-0

1 month ago | myburbank.com | Rick Assad |A Ucla

By Rick AssadEarlier this month, the Burroughs High softball team was scheduled to host Arcadia in a Pacific League game. On that Thursday eleven days ago, the two teams tangled for three and a half innings before a heavy rain suspended the action with the Bears ahead by two runs.
Burbank Police Log: March 24 - March 30

1 month ago | myburbank.com | Rick Assad |A Ucla

Note: All suspects arrested are presumed innocent until found guilty by a court of law. The following are official public records being redistributed by myBurbank.com Inc. and is protected by constitutional, publishing, and other legal rights. These official records were collected in 2025. The person(s) named in these listings have only been arrested on suspicion of the crime indicated and are presumed innocent.
Burbank Baseball Shut Out By Visiting Muir 5-0

1 month ago | myburbank.com | Rick Assad

By Rick AssadDuring the course of seven innings, the Burbank High baseball team managed just two base hits, and it wasn’t enough as visiting Muir walked away with a 5-0 decision in a Pacific League game on Saturday morning. Robert Snyder and junior Tomas Angel each singled for the Bulldogs while the Mustangs (11-7 and 2-6 in league) finished with six hits including three from junior Ezekiel Rodriguez, who also drove in two runs during a five-run fifth off starter Orion Bell.
Burbank Baseball Blanked Glendale 10-0

1 month ago | myburbank.com | Rick Assad |A Ucla

By Rick AssadBurbank High’s baseball team managed five hits off three Glendale pitchers and Michael Bui collected three hits and drove in three of the six runs batted in on Tuesday afternoon in a Pacific League game. The host Bulldogs scored in four of the five innings and earned a 10-0 mercy rule victory that was halted in the bottom of the frame with one out after adding two runs.
Burbank Police Log: March 17 - March 23

1 month ago | myburbank.com | Rick Assad

Note: All suspects arrested are presumed innocent until found guilty by a court of law. The following are official public records being redistributed by myBurbank.com Inc. and is protected by constitutional, publishing, and other legal rights. These official records were collected in 2025. The person(s) named in these listings have only been arrested on suspicion of the crime indicated and are presumed innocent.
Burbank Police Log: Marc 10 - March 16

1 month ago | myburbank.com | Rick Assad

Note: All suspects arrested are presumed innocent until found guilty by a court of law. The following are official public records being redistributed by myBurbank.com Inc. and is protected by constitutional, publishing, and other legal rights. These official records were collected in 2025. The person(s) named in these listings have only been arrested on suspicion of the crime indicated and are presumed innocent.
Providence Softball Downs Rio Hondo Prep 9-3

1 month ago | myburbank.com | Rick Assad |A Ucla

By Rick AssadProvidence High’s Madelynn Watts is a freshman but based on her early outings, has all the tools and makings to be a very fine pitcher. On Tuesday afternoon, the young right-hander turned away Rio Hondo Prep 9-3 at Olive Park in a Prep League game. The first-year hurler allowed six hits, finished with 15 strikeouts, walked one and tossed two perfect frames. Watts fanned five of the six batters she faced in the second and sixth innings.
Rick's Sports Corner: Gunnar Nichols, Feeling More Comfortable In Role

1 month ago | myburbank.com | Rick Assad |A Ucla

By Rick AssadSometimes while getting to their appointed destination, the person takes a detour. For Gunnar Nichols, his trek from Pepperdine University in Malibu to the University of Washington in Seattle included an obstacle. Still, that’s fine with the junior right-handed pitcher who was the ace on a deep and talented staff at Burroughs High that captured its first and only CIF Southern Section championship in 2022. “Pepperdine was a great school to go to.
Burroughs Baseball Defeats Muir 8-1

1 month ago | myburbank.com | Rick Assad |A Ucla

By Rick AssadScoring in four of the six innings and receiving a stellar outing by Ryan Walsh and a masterful performance from Kyle Smith was the perfect recipe for the Burroughs High baseball team on Friday night when six seniors were honored for their dedication and hard work to the program.
Burbank Police Log: March 3 - March 9

1 month ago | myburbank.com | Rick Assad |A Ucla

Note: All suspects arrested are presumed innocent until found guilty by a court of law. The following are official public records being redistributed by myBurbank.com Inc. and is protected by constitutional, publishing, and other legal rights. These official records were collected in 2025. The person(s) named in these listings have only been arrested on suspicion of the crime indicated and are presumed innocent.