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With the president giving his State of the Union address this week, I figured it was the perfect time to go over the state of sports. Read more...

A win would have been nice for the Bruins, but sometimes it’s the bright spots that make losing easier to swallow. And in USC’s 6-2 victory over UCLA Tuesday night at Staples Center, the men’s ice hockey team took a step in the right direction following the 12-0 disaster against UC San Diego Friday night. Read more...

Setbacks aren’t just irksome for Ben Howland. They consume him. Since UCLA’s first Pac-10 loss, a demoralizing 25-point flogging at the hands of Arizona Saturday, Howland has immersed himself in game film in an attempt to determine exactly what went wrong. Read more...

The year was 2001, and they were freshmen ““ but the hair was 1970s disco. Go back two years in Pacific 10 Conference basketball history and there they were: Josh Childress at Stanford; Cedric Bozeman at UCLA; Jamal Sampson at California. Read more...

There are certain incidents that place life, much less sports, into proper perspective. Such an incident rocked the collegiate sporting community Monday morning. Alisa Marie Lewis, a 5-foot-11 junior reserve on California’s women’s basketball team, died Monday from what doctors believe to be bacterial meningitis. She was taken to the hospital early in the morning complaining of a massive headache, rash, and flu-like symptoms.  Lewis was 20 years old. Read more...

In case anyone wasn’t watching, that lovely three-day weekend was a great showcase of UCLA’s finest. For one, Matt Barnes played his first NBA game Monday after receiving a 10-day contract from the injury-plagued Clippers. Read more...