Perfect fit. Those were the words Carrie Forsyth, coach of the top-ranked UCLA women's golf team, used to prospect Tiffany Lua, who signed a National Letter of Intent to don the blue and gold next fall. Read more...

Going into Thanksgiving break, UCLA women's swimming coach Cyndi Gallagher gave instructions to her team to do something active. Read more...

Every year as the UCLA-USC rivalry game approaches, USC senior linebacker Kaluka Maiava thinks back to his senior year in high school. He had committed to play for the Bruins, but switched once USC coach Pete Carroll offered him a scholarship. "I made the right decision," Maiava said. "I'd rather be on this end of the rivalry." Read more...

DeWayne Walker knows what he can control. For most of his career, Walker worked in obscurity as an assistant football coach for several universities and NFL teams. He has built a reputation as a savvy defensive coordinator in three seasons at UCLA but has never sought the spotlight. He speaks frankly to reporters and preaches work ethic to his players. Many of the Bruin defenders view him as a father figure. Read more...

On Saturday, when the Bruins take the field against their crosstown rival No. 5 USC, it will be the end of a long and bumpy ride for senior running back Kahlil Bell. Read more...

Saturday at the Rose Bowl, UCLA and USC will write the 78th chapter in their football rivalry. The winner will claim the traditional Victory Bell, taken from a Southern Pacific railroad and stolen from UCLA by USC students in 1941, before it was deemed the prize for the game’s winner. Read more...

It will not matter that UCLA will be huge underdogs on Saturday. It will not matter that nobody expects them to defeat a No. 5-ranked Trojan squad. It will not matter that most people see UCLA as USC's stepping stone to yet another Rose Bowl appearance. In the back of the Bruins' minds, they all know one thing. Read more...