Tuesday, May 19

NCAA reforms can’t be expected to succeed

When the NCAA approved several academic reforms last week, NCAA President Myles Brand called it “a landmark (piece of) legislation” and “the beginning of a sea of change in college sports.” Forgive us if we’re not inspired. Read more...


Baseball: Baseball sits third in Pac-10

Sunday’s game was undoubtedly one of the greatest victories in the history of the UCLA baseball program. Not only did the miraculous six-run ninth inning and the opponent it came against make it so, but the 13-12 comeback victory over USC was also important in the context of the season. Read more...


M. tennis: Surprise, Surprise

Freshman Philipp Gruendler diligently wrote e-mail after e-mail to UCLA men’s tennis coach Billy Martin throughout the entire summer, but he continued to get the same response ““ none at all. Read more...




W. track: Bruin’s new approach falls short

Chelsea Johnson experimented with a nine-stride approach to pole vaulting Saturday. And, in the UCLA sophomore’s own words, “It was a miserable failure.” Johnson, the NCAA record-holder in the pole vault, never cleared the bar once against USC, failing on all three attempts at her opening height of 12 feet, 10 inches. Read more...