Thursday, May 21

W. basketball: Women’s basketball loses exhibition opener

With higher expectations placed on the women’s basketball team for the first time in the last half-decade, even the most meaningless exhibitions still hold significance. After a disappointing 73-60 loss to Love & Basketball at home on Sunday, coach Kathy Olivier and Bruin players aren’t casting off the exhibition as an aberration, but rather understand that the game was a good opportunity to gauge where they are as a team. Read more...



Football: Bragg’s record “˜bittersweet’

Late in the fourth quarter, on a simple five-yard reception, receiver Craig Bragg made UCLA history. But few people had time to notice. Bragg broke the UCLA career receptions record Saturday, surpassing Kevin Jordan with his 180th catch. Read more...





UCLA identity crisis no more

In a bygone era, the ’90s, UCLA had an identity. We were a sports school. Cal looked down on us for being slow and USC looked down on us for being smart, but all we had to do was point to the latest athletic contest because, as logicians know, scoreboards are definitive arguments (unless of course your opponent holds a “yo’ momma” trump card). Read more...