Its origins are unclear, its purpose unknown. But that doesn’t stop sports fans from slapping hands with one another after an impressive touchdown or game-winning buzzer beater. Read more...

At least the Bruins aren’t kidding themselves. Yeah, they’re 4-1. Yeah, they’re scoring points. But now things are going to get serious. When UCLA travels to Berkeley this weekend to face No. Read more...

The tables were turned last Saturday at the men’s soccer team’s annual alumni game at UCLA’s Drake Stadium. Instead of barking out commands from the sideline, first-year men’s soccer coach Jorge Salcedo joined fellow alumni on the field for an afternoon scrimmage. Read more...

At first, it looked to be a match made in heaven. Nana Meriwether imagined playing volleyball with the letters U-C-L-A emblazoned across her chest. Coach Andy Banachowski shared the same vision. Read more...

Carmen Winant wasn’t expected to vie for the seventh spot on the UCLA women’s cross country “˜A’ team. But with her solid 15th place finish at the Triton Invitational in San Diego on Saturday, the senior earned the final spot on the roster for the Pre-NCAA meet next weekend in Terre Haute, Ind. Read more...

Needing just one point to seal the Cardinal’s seventh consecutive victory over UCLA, Stanford outside hitter Ogonna Nnamani went up for her 65th kill attempt of the night. Read more...

Admit it. You hear it too. That nagging voice inside your head that says this four-game winning streak is a mirage. The one that points to UCLA’s soft schedule, its swiss-cheese run defense, and its recent history of late-season collapses. Read more...