Saturday, August 22

In the news:

Football ends postseason in loss to Fighting Illini, 20-14

SAN FRANCISCO "”mdash; The 2011 UCLA football team’s roller coaster of a season has finally come to a close. It ended Saturday at the Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl with a 20-14 loss to Illinois that had all the makings of a typical UCLA football game this season, the most paramount being unpredictability. Read more...

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Redshirt junior quarterback Kevin Prince is sacked in the fourth quarter.


Men's basketball falls to Cal, 85-69

BERKELEY "”mdash; UCLA men's basketball coach Ben Howland threw a man-to-man defense at California, a zone defense, a mix of the two and stopped just short of throwing the kitchen sink. Nothing worked in the Golden Bears' 85-69 blowout win Saturday at Haas Pavilion. Read more...




UCLA men’s basketball falls short against Stanford in Pac-12 opener, 60-59

STANFORD "”mdash; Amid the loudest roar of the night from the Maples Pavilion crowd in what was UCLA's first true road game of the season, the Bruins had no timeouts down one point with nine seconds to play. On a night when he served as almost half the team's offensive output, it was once again Lazeric Jones' time to take the ball in his hands. Read more...

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Senior point guard Lazeric Jones, seen here evading Stanford center Josh Owens, accounted for half of UCLA’s 28 first half points and led all scorers with 26 total points.