With the 4th of July long over and nothing but Labor Day in the distant future, it’s easy to fall into the summer lull. Unfortunately for the sports enthusiast, there isn’t much to quench this dry spell. Read more...

UCLA hired Mark Carr as a women’s soccer assistant coach on July 16, replacing Michelle French. In addition to coaching both the boys’ and girls’ soccer teams at Elk Grove High School, Carr also was the head coach of the Under-17 Boy’s Olympic Development Program in Northern California. Read more...

A transition from basketball to hockey would seem unlikely, as the two sports have little in common. But Kevin Walker, who played basketball at UCLA from ’87-’90, and later received an MBA from UCLA’s Anderson School, is doing just that. Read more...

Times are changing for UCLA’s basketball program, and you can thank the Say No Classic for helping them. Four incoming freshmen ““ Noelle Quinn, Amanda Livingston, Consuelo Lezcano and Shaina Zaidi ““ have inked their way to UCLA this off-season and will make an immediate mark on a program that has burgeoned the past few seasons. Read more...

The City of Los Angeles is spoiled with back-to-back-to-back Lakers championships. Yet it was only fitting that a fourth parade never took place. What began as a season that saw one of its greats, Chick Hearn, forever silenced and ended with a Robert Horry three-pointer that should’ve gone in but didn’t, the Lakers were never prepared last season. Read more...

LONG BEACH “”mdash; As Earl Watson walks out of the locker room after a NBA summer league game, Jerry West, the Memphis Grizzlies’ general manager, quietly walks over to the young point guard and gives him a few post-game tips. Read more...

OAKLAND “”mdash; Eric Byrnes’ trademark grin melted into a frown as he sprawled across a couch in the back of the clubhouse. The former Bruin and current Oakland A’s slugger spends much of his time stomping around the baseball diamond like an 8-year-old on a sugar high, but for a rare moment, he is serious. Read more...