Ben Howland didn’t want this. Neither did Lolita Ariza, who apparently had disapproved of this type of behavior from her son. But emerging UCLA basketball star Trevor Ariza did it anyway, announcing at a press conference Tuesday afternoon that he would send in a letter today making himself eligible for the NBA Draft on June 24. Read more...

You wouldn’t know it’s the off-season for women’s basketball coach Kathy Olivier. In a little over a week, Olivier has logged 8,000 miles, flying to New Orleans for the Final Four and then to Wisconsin to conduct a coaching clinic. Read more...

The UCLA women’s golf team won The Duel, a three-team competition held at the Valley Course at Robinson Ranch. The No. 2 Bruins had a team score of 293, 11 strokes better than No. Read more...

For students who go to Kerckhoff Coffee House, third-year Katie Schettig could be just a person behind the counter making an ice-blended caramel mocha. She could also be just another student earning minimum wage at Pauley Pavilion serving hot dogs at the concession stand. Read more...

Older players good for sports Gilbert Quiñonez’s column “BYU’s slippage through NCAA loopholes hits volleyball hard” (April 9) goes way too far in insinuating that BYU is intentionally attempting to cheat and gain advantage over its competition. Read more...

Lack of experience has ailed the UCLA women’s water polo team all season. It has also been glaringly apparent for the Bruins that relying on sheer talent would not get them past the top-ranked teams in the nation. Read more...

There’s always more than one side to a story. There’s the fact, and there’s what the fact actually means. So here’s the fact: Tobias Clemens has lost his last three tennis matches. Read more...