At the center of the Bruins new-and-improved offense, quarterback Drew Olson is having by all accounts a very successful season. Surviving last year’s quarterback controversy, Olson has grown to become a clearly visible leader on the field, controlling the Bruins at the line of scrimmage. Read more...

MALIBU “”mdash; Before Thursday night’s game, women’s basketball coach Kathy Olivier wondered how her team would respond after an enormous win. She got her answer: sluggish. Read more...

James Lee, who signed a letter of intent to attend UCLA next year, won the 2004 AJGA Polo Golf Junior Classic last Sunday in a 23-hole match play competition at Sea Island, Ga. Read more...

Before I even begin, I need to make a full disclosure. I am not a UCLA football fan. In fact, I’m rooting for the other team. Read more...

The Pac-10 Championships may not be for another couple months, but the UCLA swim team will get a preview this weekend of the environment. The team will travel to the Husky Invitational this weekend in Federal Way, Wash., which is where the conference championships will be held in February. Read more...

The USC-UCLA Blood Drive goes on until game day, so contact your local donation center post haste. There’s some sort of competition this week, and for every unit of blood we donate, UCLA gets points, and then those points are tallied and after they’re added up … uhhh … The point is that if it’s a quantifiable, hierarchical winner/loser structure, it has to be important, so of course I want to jump in on it. Read more...

Sophomore Noelle Quinn called it the biggest game of her collegiate career. Junior Nikki Blue played all 40 minutes on a bum ankle, knowing exactly what was at stake. Read more...