Monday, May 18


Bruin digest

Robert Rothbart, a 7-foot-1 senior center from Natomas High in Sacramento, has decided to sign a letter of intent to play at Indiana next season, ending speculation that he might sign with UCLA. Read more...


Letters to the sports desk

Where’s the proof? Even after the NCAA cleared all of BYU’s “questionable” volleyball players for the second time this season, the Daily Bruin continues to slander the reputation of BYU by printing comments from UCLA volleyball coach Al Scates. Read more...


M. track: Everhart outruns the pros

Continuing on his path of improvement, sprinter Craig Everhart dominated the 400-meter dash last weekend at the Mt. Sac Relays in Walnut. With a winning time of 45.52 seconds, Everhart, the only collegiate athlete in the event, beat out a field of professional athletes by over a second. Read more...


W. track: Bruin reemerges as one of nation’s best

Now that her nagging injuries have finally healed, Monique Henderson is showing signs of living up to her own press clippings. Henderson, widely considered the top prep sprinter in the nation in 2002, has run a series of fast times over the past few weeks in the 100- and 200-meters. Read more...



Baseball: Bizarre play takes away 3 potential runs from team

It was what coach Gary Adams called “the most unusual play I’ve seen in 44 years of coaching.” In the bottom of the seventh inning of the UCLA baseball team’s game Friday against Arizona State, catcher Chris Denove hit a long fly to right field with third baseman Brandon Averill on third and first baseman Wes Whisler on first. Read more...