Spurned by several top prep big men in the nation over the past few months, UCLA men’s basketball coach Ben Howland finally got his man. Ryan Wright, the top Canadian prospect in this year’s senior class, became the first post player to verbally commit to UCLA this year when he told Howland on Monday afternoon that he plans to enroll next September. Read more...

Over the past few years, it has been one of the fastest growing sports on the West Coast, but it still lags far behind other parts of the country. Read more...

Something definitely smells Reading the story about the upcoming basketball season (“Starting positions up for grabs”, Oct. 15), I was disappointed to see the words “stinker” and “stench.” I’m sure as a UCLA student, you have a broader vocabulary at your disposal. Read more...

Before this past weekend, the UCLA men’s soccer team was ranked No. 19 in the country and in desperate need of some offense. What a difference a weekend makes. Read more...

Considering its record against nationally ranked teams so far this year, the UCLA women’s soccer team should be happy that in-state rivals No. 14 Cal and No. Read more...

Washington women’s volleyball outside hitter Sanja Tomasevic will likely be sidelined for four to five weeks after sustaining a hand injury at practice last Thursday. The senior, who leads the top-ranked Huskies in almost all statistical categories, underwent surgery on Friday to repair two metacarpal bones in her right hand. Read more...

When coach Carrie Forsyth looked into her players’ eyes five months ago at the NCAA Championships, she saw it. Since then, she hasn’t. The drive, the focus, the determination, all staples of what the UCLA women’s golf team used to get to the top of the collegiate golfing world, so far have been AWOL in the fall exhibition season. Read more...