The NCAA released a preliminary academic report to all of its member institutions earlier this week, and two UCLA teams failed to make the grade. Data collected from the 2003-04 academic year for the NCAA’s Academic Progress Rate (APR) revealed that the UCLA football and men’s soccer teams do not meet the NCAA’s new academic standards. Read more...

In a game against Hawai’i in which so many things went wrong, prompting UCLA men’s volleyball coach Al Scates to say, “I don’t know one thing we did well as a team,” one point was glaringly obvious: The Bruins cannot win without blocking. Read more...

Luben Pampoulov really is taking one for the team. And though he wants to rest, he’ll take it for one more day. Plagued by a pinched nerve in his neck for the better part of a month, UCLA’s No. Read more...

Circling around the parking lot at a local Torrance gym, Atif Moon pulled into the handicapped spot, not necessarily thinking twice about the fact that he didn’t have a placard. Read more...

For once it wasn’t Nikki Blue or Lisa Willis that sparked the Bruins. It was seldom-used Shaina Zaidi. In UCLA’s loss against USC on Saturday, the sophomore guard was the most efficient player for the UCLA women’s basketball team. Read more...

At one time this was supposed to be the first in a long streak of tough matches. Now it looks like it’s going to be the last. Read more...

When was the last time you’ve been really excited about UCLA men’s basketball? I mean really excited. I’m not counting the excitement you felt as a freshman going to your first game at Pauley or the excitement you get when camping out for a big game. Read more...