It’s as real as the Curse of the Bambino or the Sports Illustrated Cover Jinx. Every time I make the trip to Northern California to faithfully cheer on our football team, I come away feeling like someone sucker-punched me. Read more...

Along with 8-claps and the fight song, it happens practically every time the UCLA men’s soccer team competes at Drake Stadium. “Goal! Scored by nuuumber nine, Matt Taylor!” The announcer must be tired of calling the senior forward’s name almost every game the Bruins play. Read more...

With four out of the five starting positions filled for this year’s women’s basketball team, UCLA head coach Kathy Olivier is in a quandary over the fifth and final starting spot. Read more...

Prior to Sunday’s match against USC, UCLA coach Jill Ellis called the Trojans a “blue-collar team.” Ellis described USC as physical and athletic, and said she expected a bruising contest. Read more...

Talk about a change of conditions. Thursday afternoon the UCLA women’s and men’s cross country teams left balmy Southern California for frigid Pullman, Wash. to race in the Pacific 10 Conference Championships held Saturday. Read more...

It was just a matter of time before UCLA finally got into the win column. The UCLA men’s hockey team (2-6) registered its first two wins of the season, sweeping both games Friday and Saturday against Stanford in Palo Alto, 6-2 and 6-4, respectively, behind a strong effort from myriad young players. Read more...

PALO ALTO “”mdash; The bloody cuts and grass stains that dotted Matt Moore’s battered body said it all. A relentless Stanford pass rush sacked the UCLA sophomore quarterback eight times, a punishing effort that left Moore dazed and confused. Read more...