So I have a confession to make. Until recently, I felt that my interest in sports was merely residues leftover from a timid childhood that had yet to really appreciate the more sophisticated, upper-echelon culture in a meat-n-potaters country. Read more...

Chad Barrett’s on the phone. His scratchy voice is indicative of a weary young man who sounds torn. He talks about the thrill of doing what you love for a living, not to mention the fact that he’s making good money doing it ““ the kind of money that few people even twice his age earn. Read more...

Less than 24 hours after their biggest win of the season, the Bruins received some sobering news Sunday when they found out senior receiver Junior Taylor would be out for the season with a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee. Read more...

It was just the second play of the game and Junior Taylor, UCLA’s top receiver, found himself limping off the field with the help of two of his teammates. Read more...

That was fun. It was genuinely fun, the first time in a long time that a UCLA football game has felt like that. With UCLA’s 41-24 dismantling of No. Read more...

Earlier this week, UCLA coach Karl Dorrell played off the notion that Oklahoma was a statement game for his football program. Caught up in the emotion of UCLA’s 41-24 victory over the No. Read more...

This one’s kind of a head-scratcher. It’s just a week after an abysmal turnout against Rice and still a week before students arrive on campus. So what does the athletic department do for the big game against Oklahoma on Saturday? Read more...