All right, sports fans. It’s that time of the year again: the smell of freshly mowed grass, the “thump” of genuine leather mitts, the “ping” of double-walled aluminum alloy on a horsehide Rawlings. Read more...

The Bruins could taste it. They were so close to taking the doubles point from the No. 1 team in the land, so close to heading into singles with a 1-0 lead. Read more...

Ryan Hollins, one of just a handful of two-sport athletes at UCLA, is still weighing whether or not to compete in track and field again this year. Read more...

UCLA freshman Alison Costello won the USA Junior Women’s Cross Country meet Saturday in Indianapolis. She ran the 6 km race in 20:55, 11 seconds faster than second place finisher Kathleen Trotter from Stanford. Read more...

The promise and anticipation of kicking off the 2004 season have the UCLA women’s golf team licking its chops. Then again, anything is better than the nightmarish conclusion to the 2003 season that still lingers in the minds of many players and coach Carrie Forsyth. Read more...

Anyone who has ever seen “Caddyshack” knows golf is a game of inches. On the course, the difference between glory and defeat is seemingly always a foot away. Read more...

NORTHRIDGE “”mdash; From the opening game, the UCLA men’s volleyball team turned an anticipated tough match against Cal State Northridge into a display of total domination. Read more...