Bruins crash Pilots As expected, the No. 3 UCLA men’s tennis team handily defeated the unranked Portland Pilots, 6-1, on Tuesday. The only loss for UCLA came from Lassi Ketola, who was defeated 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 by freshman Matt Baer. Read more...

Pulling rank The UCLA men’s basketball team had to wait one more day to see if its sweep of Southern Cal and nonconference foe DePaul will be enough to get them into the national rankings. Read more...

  Brian Thompson Thompson can be reached at [email protected]. I don’t find the sports pages the place for social commentary most of the time. But as long as sports are a part of mainstream society and children view athletes as role models, there is a time and a place for the story of a fallen athlete. Read more...

  CHRIS BACKLEY/Daily Bruin Svetoslav Binev, left, spars against Andrew Freund, right, during sumo class at the Wooden Center. By Will Whitehorn Daily Bruin Contributor Svetoslav Binev is a two-time world champion athlete, yet he walks around UCLA as a relative unknown. Read more...

By Christina Teller Daily Bruin Senior Staff Hours before the race, it was still unclear whether or not senior Will Bernaldo would run in the 5000-meter or the 3000m race. Read more...

By Christina Teller Daily Bruin Senior Staff UCLA Head Coach Bob Toledo announced Monday that Kelly Skipper, former running backs coach for the Bruins, has been promoted to offensive coordinator, and former defensive ends coach John Pearce has been named quarterbacks coach. Read more...

  PATIL ARMENIAN/ Daily Bruin Senior Staff Freshman Tobias Clemens hits a forehand in an earlier match this season. MEN’S TENNIS vs. University of Portland Today 1 p.m. Read more...