Monday, May 25

No. 2 women’s soccer relieved to be at home for rest of regular season

The UCLA women’s soccer team will have the luxury of finishing the home stretch of the regular season, appropriately enough, at home. The team has spent the season traveling to Northern California, the Rocky Mountains and even embarking on a 12-day cross-country road trip stopping by Indiana and North Carolina. Read more...

Photo: Strengthened by a team first approach, UCLA has yet to lose a conference match this season.


Ashe About Your Health: Ankle sprains

Editor’s note: This is the first story of a monthly series featuring common sports injuries. Every month, Dr. Dena Florczyk from the Arthur Ashe Student Health and Wellness Center, will discuss a specific common sports injury – how it occurs, the diagnosis and treatment options. Read more...


UCLA’s Mazzone impressed by young members of offensive line

Not even a mother could love Noel Mazzone’s playcalling. UCLA’s offensive coordinator joked after Wednesday’s football practice that only his mom and dog currently like him at moment, presumably referring to the criticisms that figure to be leveled at the playcaller behind an offense that has scored 24 points in two weeks. Read more...

Photo: UCLA’s playmakers like sophomore wide receiver Devin Fuller have been limited in recent weeks, hindered by the conservative playcalling of offensive coordinator Noel Mazzone.


UCLA men’s soccer hoping for a little luck in hunt for Pac-12 title

With three games remaining on the schedule, the UCLA men’s soccer team finds itself third in the Pac-12, with the goal of a third straight Pac-12 championship beginning to show cracks – cracks that could shatter a goal that the team had set for itself since the very beginning of the season. Read more...

Photo: As the season approaches its end, the UCLA men’s soccer team is confident it can compete for a Pac-12 title.



UCLA basketball to start new season with exhibition game

It’s been a hectic offseason for UCLA men’s basketball. After a resounding defeat early in the NCAA tournament, the Bruins fired coach Ben Howland, who led them to seven NCAA Tournament appearances and three trips to the Final Four in his 10 years with UCLA, on March 25. Read more...

Photo: After six years at the University of New Mexico, Steve Alford will make his UCLA coaching debut today.