Daniel Miller’s New Year’s resolutions: remember his friends’ birthdays, exercise less, and write more columns about food. My New Year’s Eve was wonderfully fun, and the day after that night of debauchery, I departed for a road trip up the coast of California on Highway 1 with a few friends. As I stared out at the vast Pacific Ocean from the back seat of the minivan, nursing a mild hangover, I got to thinking about life’s bigger questions. Read more...

UCLA hired Washington assistant coach Steve Axman to assume the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach positions Thursday. After an exhaustive search that extended from Idaho’s Tom Cable to Virginia’s Bill Musgrave to Indiana’s Al Borges, he finally turned to an old friend. Read more...

Paus returns for all-star game After breaking his ankle against Cal midway through his senior season, UCLA quarterback Cory Paus will return to action in the Paradise All-Star Game in Utah on Jan. Read more...

Tom Fitzgerald has joined an elite group of UCLA coaches. It doesn’t include John Wooden, Al Scates, Terry Donahue or Larry Brown. Fitzgerald, head coach of the 2002 NCAA Champion UCLA men’s soccer team, is one of only two UCLA head coaches to win a championship in his first season at the helm. Read more...

In the end, the NCAA Division I champion UCLA men’s soccer team scored every goal they needed to ““ not just the ones that hit the back of the net, but their team goals too. Read more...

Not to say yesterday’s UCLA-USC showdown lacked the aesthetic value of Billy Knight’s buzzer-beating heroics last February, but the ’03 version of the rivalry seemed about as watered down as a keg of Keystone Light. Read more...

Back when things made sense ““ when two and two made four and 4-6 was the kind of record you’d see from that team across town ““ the Bruins could practically beat USC in their sleep. Read more...