Saturday, August 29

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...


Letter to sports

A football player’s emotional journey Out of all the places I’ve played football and all the places I have lived, I’ve never received so much support by people who really care. Read more...


Back for More

All year long, there has been one constant, common goal for the UCLA women’s gymnastics team: win the NCAA championship. Thursday afternoon the Bruins will kick off in Nebraska’s Devaney Center in Lincoln, along with five other teams with dreams of NCAA glory. Read more...


Briefs

Men’s volleyball wins MPSF all-team honors Three UCLA men’s volleyball players have been honored by the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation. Juniors Chris Peña and Adam Shrader earned third-team all-conference honors. Read more...