The single player who made the single biggest difference in UCLA’s 86-81 overtime loss wasn’t Jason Kapono. It wasn’t Cedric Bozeman. In fact, it wasn’t any of the Bruins’ assorted All-American, all-league, all-everything superstars. Read more...

Every year, most teams enter the MPSF tournament in do-or-die mode. Most years the UCLA men’s water polo team is not among those teams ““ but this year it is. Read more...

Too bad college basketball games are 40 minutes long. Or, in the case of Tuesday night’s game, 45. The Bruins played admirably for 35 minutes in their season opener Tuesday night, but it was the final 10 minutes that cost them the victory in an 86-81 overtime loss to San Diego in front of 6,845 spectators at Pauley Pavilion. Read more...

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It wasn’t a huge serve or even a crucial point, but to Lauren Hogan, it meant everything. Despite a debilitating shoulder injury that has spelled a premature end to her volleyball career, the senior outside hitter stepped on the court at Pauley Pavilion for the first time since 2000, serving the first point of Friday’s match against Arizona. Read more...

There are no more excuses. No longer can the UCLA basketball team write off poor, low-energy performances as preseason experiments designed to give everyone playing time, rather than win. Read more...

Rowing signs six recruits The UCLA women’s rowing team has scanned the nation for recruits, signing three women from each coast to National Letters of Intent. Read more...