You can forget about it. UCLA head coach Bob Toledo understandably isn’t going to talk about last year’s game against USC. “It’s over,” he said of the ignominious 27-0 loss. Read more...

Los Angeles will be watching. It has been a while since the UCLA-USC rivalry game has meant anything much more than city bragging rights. But then again, it’s been a while since the Trojans have had the opportunity to win four straight games against the Bruins. Read more...

As the sun set beneath the lush foothills of the Pacific Northwest, 13-year-old Troy Polamalu jogged alone on the practice field at Winston Middle School in Tenmile, Ore., clutching a worn-out football in his hands. Read more...

Down 13-10 in the fifth set after hitting a ball four feet beyond the endline, Brittany Ringel could have wilted like a week-old rose. Instead the sophomore outside hitter gathered herself and made two crucial kills during the Bruins’ decisive five-point run, leading the UCLA women’s volleyball team past Arizona State on Thursday night at Pauley Pavilion 26-30, 30-22, 30-22, 23-30, 15-13. Read more...

Southern Cal athletes are thugs. I came to this conclusion after watching the UCLA-Southern Cal rivalry on a much smaller scale ““ Sunday’s women’s soccer UCLA-Southern Cal playoff match. Read more...

Hundreds of photos form the wallpaper of the film room at Long Beach Polytechnic High School. Photos of former football players like Gene Washington, Tony Hill, Mark Carrier, Brandon Whiting and Marquez Pope ““ all of whom have passed through the halls of Poly. Read more...

You think we’re nice. Or maybe you don’t. Maybe you think we’re elitist; maybe you think we’re promiscuous; maybe you think we’re things I can’t print here. Read more...