The new sod on Spaulding Field gives the UCLA football team fresh footing this November ““ something the seniors could use after the last few years. Read more...

Sunny skies, crashing waves, towering palms, titanium woods and steel irons ““ all present when the UCLA women’s golf team invaded Hawaii, finishing second in the Kent Yeoul Invitational held at picturesque Kapolei Golf Course last Tuesday. Read more...

There is no Surgeon General’s Warning on the box of EA Sports’ NCAA Football 2003 video game for the Playstation 2, but there should be. Joe Lieberman isn’t flipping out in Congress about this game, but he ought to be up in arms. Read more...

It’s not every day you come across an Asian research technician who listens to country music, wears Wranglers and shoots guns. Then again, Jeff Ma is from Inglewood “¦ I recently had the privilege of first receiving instruction and then joining Ma, his pals, a friend of mine and a Canadian trauma surgeon for a day of shooting. The event, which took place at a Huntington Beach-area shooting range, was an attempt to combat my previous bad history with firearms. Read more...

The women’s soccer team wants to win the national championship. They think they have a good shot at it, too. “We have the capability and the talent to do it,” sophomore defender Kendal Billingsley said. Read more...

Bruin true freshman quarterback Drew Olson won his second start after leading UCLA (6-3, 3-2 Pac-10) to a 34-24 win over Washington (4-5, 1-4) Saturday. “Drew made a few mistakes, he’s a freshman. Read more...

In the waning moments of Friday night’s loss to No. 6 Stanford, UCLA freshman Haley Jorgensborg fell to the floor after a laser beam off the palm of the Cardinal’s Ashley Ivy hit her square in the neck. Read more...