Thursday, May 14

Bruin talent may help field Trojan defeat

Maybe he relishes the role of an underdog, but USC coach Ron Allice isn’t giving his women’s track and field team much credit. “I’ve been at USC for nine years, and this is the best UCLA team I’ve ever faced,” he said. Read more...


Prepare for a painfully irksome postseason

What’s more exciting than watching paint dry, and only slightly less thrilling than the upcoming series between the Devil Rays and Orioles? How about the conference championships for women’s water polo, the NCAA tournament for gymnastics, Pac-10 tournaments for golf and individual player tournaments for tennis? Read more...



Raising the bar

This season, the runners on the UCLA men’s track and field team have been hampered by injuries and suffered from a lack of solid leadership. And USC senior Ryan Wilson has no problem letting it know what it could have had. Read more...


Gymnastics advances to finals

LINCOLN, Neb. “”mdash; UCLA was not at its best during the Thursday afternoon preliminary session of the NCAA championships. The team counted a rare fall on beam, its final rotation of the afternoon. Read more...


Briefs

Three advance at men’s Pac-10s Three members of the UCLA men’s tennis team advanced to the quarterfinals at the Pac-10 Championships held in Ojai, Calif. Rodrigo Grilli, the defending champion, won both of his matches Thursday. Read more...


Surfing for sport

www.dodgerblues.com Created by and for burned Dodger fans, dodgerblues.com celebrates the futility, disappointment and humor of the Los Angeles Dodgers. A sampling of the celebration: “¢bull; The Fred McWhiff strikeout meter “¢bull; Greatest Dodger Fights & Brawls “¢bull; A contest to guess when the Dodgers will be mathematically eliminated from the playoffs. Read more...