Incoming freshman Steve Klosterman has been sent home from a tryout in Colorado Springs for the U.S. World University Games team as an injury precaution. According to UCLA head coach Al Scates, Klosterman went up to block Long Beach State’s Scott Touzinsky in practice and was hit hard on the head with the ball. Read more...

Some say age brings wisdom and experience to the basketball court. Five weeks ago the Ballers, a team mostly comprised of former college players, gave Rise & Admire Us, a team made of mostly UCLA freshmen, a stern education, whipping the youngsters by 17 points. Read more...

There was a flavor of crosstown rivalry between the Trojans and the Bruins at the Men’s Nike Say No Classic Championship game. “I told Dijon early last week that he has to win on Friday so we can go at it in the finals,” USC guard Desmond Farmer said. Read more...

UCLA senior wide receiver Tab Perry has been ruled academically ineligible to play and will redshirt this season. Perry plans to return for the 2004 season. Read more...

The 2003 Pac-10 media day was appropriately held at a hotel adjacent to LAX ““ recently coaches in the conference have been taking off and landing as often as the nearby jets. Read more...

Tennis legend Michael Chang’s stop at the Mercedes Benz Cup during his season-long farewell tour was brief. The 31-year-old lost to No. 5 seeded Mark Philippoussis 6-2, 6-4 Thursday afternoon in second-round action at UCLA’s Los Angeles Tennis Center. Read more...

Lleyton Hewitt showed why he was the No. 1 seed at the Mercedes-Benz Cup on Wednesday night. He overpowered Michael Joyce with aces, hard cross-court forehands and backhands and the occasional lob, beating the American 6-3, 6-0 in the second-round match. Read more...