Spring midterms are here, and that means UCLA sports are heating up. For real UCLA sports fans ““ fans who will actually watch a Bruin team other than football or men’s basketball — this is the best time of the year. Read more...

Arizona basketball coach Lute Olson received a contract extension through 2009. The state Board of Regents approved the deal on Thursday, which is heavy in incentives and could reach up to $1.1 million per year. Read more...

Accusations are not gamesmanship In David Regan’s April 29 column “Coach Scates’ pretentious behavior just gamesmanship,” Regan concludes that it is “gamesmanship” to publicly make or support false (or, at best, unsubstantiated) accusations about a fellow competitor in order to gain a competitive advantage. Read more...

It’s hard to believe, but the UCLA women’s track and field team could be even stronger by the time it heads to Arizona for the Pac-10 Championships in two weeks. Read more...

For all it was supposed to be, this year’s spring football session didn’t quite live up to expectations. The many questions coach Karl Dorrell hoped to finalize still remain unanswered. Read more...

Despite struggling against the Pac-10’s best earlier this season, UCLA was selected Monday to host an NCAA softball regional. In the past two years the Bruins were one of the three best teams in the nation, but were shipped off to South Carolina and Fresno State for regionals because of the low quality of UCLA’s Easton Stadium. Read more...

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...