Friday, May 8

Arizona matches key for playoffs, ranking

As the Pac-10 season winds to a close, the UCLA women’s volleyball team finds itself right back where it started. The final two conference opponents are the very same teams the Bruins (15-12, 8-8 Pac-10) faced to start the season. Read more...



For the love of game

Skill is what makes a soccer player good, but in Division I, it’s not enough to make a player stand out. When that skill combines with passion for the game, then a player becomes great. Read more...


Bruin, Husky wins can lead UCLA to Rose Bowl

All right boys and girls, it’s time to play an old-fashioned game of “Jeff’s Crackpot Way for the Bruins to Get to the Rose Bowl Says.” Same deal as “Simon Says,” just with a laboriously drawn-out, stupider name. Read more...



UCLA-USC games unite generations of loyal Bruins, keep rivalry alive

Sometimes I really freak myself out when I examine the depth of my hatred for USC. On the way to the Coliseum for the rivalry game several years ago, I recall being worked up into such a fury at the sight of Southern Cal fans that as our car approached a parking lot, I stuck my head out of the sun roof and told a couple of geriatric Trojan fans to do something to themselves that involved the F-word. Read more...


Men’s basketball offense lacks

The UCLA men’s basketball team was supposed to run a fluid motion offense against EA Sports. The strategy was simple: move the ball several times until a shooter is set to take his shot. Read more...