Ben Howland built a juggernaut at Pittsburgh by instilling a sense of selflessness in his players. So far at UCLA, he hasn’t seen the same level of sacrifice. Read more...

The UCLA men’s tennis team picked a good time for two of its players to turn in their best matches of the season. With the squad’s Pac-10 opener against crosstown rival USC looming Friday, juniors Chris Lam and Kris Kwinta played dominating tennis in the No. Read more...

Now that UCLA is on a three-game losing streak, Ben Howland is having trouble sleeping at night. “If you’re really sacrificing, if you really care, if you’re really working your hardest, when you lose, it should be something that bothers you and therefore motivates you to not allow that to happen again,” Howland said Tuesday. Read more...

We need this one badly. And when I say badly I don’t mean it in a purely basketball sense. Sure, tonight’s game against USC has implications for postseason positioning, and we definitely need to stop this three-game slide, but the urgency to win runs deeper. Read more...

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It’s been over a year since senior Lauren Fisher has played a match with the rest of the UCLA women’s tennis team. After undergoing surgery last season to relieve pressure from a swollen tendon in her elbow, Fisher is ready to put her injury behind her. Read more...

The UCLA football team announced Monday it has filled its last remaining coaching vacancy with the hiring of Dino Babers as wide receivers specialist. Last season Babers served as the running backs coach for the University of Pittsburgh, after spending two years at Texas A&M as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach. Read more...