By Katie Filbeck DAILY BRUIN CONTRIBUTOR [email protected] Sumo hit UCLA hard, literally. The UCLA Sumo Club competed Sunday Aug. 25 in the second annual U.S. Sumo Open at the John Wooden Center. Read more...

Long before the season-opening kickoff, college football players were working hard. The off-season is a time for teams to take advantage of that win-at-all-costs mentality inherent in many players. Read more...

You know you’re watching a relatively meaningless sporting event when your team’s coach leaves the stadium in the middle of the game and doesn’t come back. Read more...

The UCLA men’s soccer team tied defending Conference USA champion St. Louis 2-2 in its first exhibition game of the season on Aug. 23, behind two Tim Pierce goals in the final 13 minutes. Read more...

Football returned to the UCLA campus on Aug. 24, as the team donned its gear to play an intrasquad game for two hours before an audience of about 2,000 fans. Read more...

Nilsson breaks second school record this summer UCLA junior and Swedish native Lena Nilsson established a new school record Aug. 13 in the 800-meter run in Malmo, Sweden. Read more...

While vacationing in Hawaii this summer, perhaps UCLA Head Coach Bob Toledo put down Patton (which inspired him to rally the troops during last year’s slide) and picked up Mao’s Little Red Book. Read more...