Sunday, August 23

In the news:

UCLA baseball hopes to continue its series of Pac-10 victories

You have to go back nearly a full calendar year to find the last time the UCLA baseball team dropped a Pac-10 series. Since getting swept by Arizona State over the first weekend of May 2010, the Bruins have won each of their last eight conference series, by taking either two or all three of the games with their various opponents. It's fairly evident that winning conference series translates to success "“ after all, UCLA was able to host both a regional and a super regional last season, and made it all the way to the finals of the College World Series. It's been more of the same in the Pac-10 for now-No. Read more...

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Sophomore third baseman Cody Regis and the UCLA Bruins will take on the San Diego State Aztecs today at Jackie Robinson Stadium.


WATS-ON MY MIND: Former Bruin, current Thunder point guard Westbrook proves a naysayer wrong

There is no greater feeling than the moment when you know you've transformed a naysayer into a believer. Except if you are the naysayer, that is. But in this instance, as I contradict myself for the second time so far, I am fine playing the role of the foolish naysayer in the case of Russell Westbrook. The former UCLA Bruin is having the best season of his career, and coincidentally, the time of his life in the process. Westbrook finished the regular season ranked No. Read more...

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Russell Westbrook, pictured here in his final home game as a Bruin, was the No. 4 overall pick in the 2008 NBA Draft after playing two seasons for UCLA.


Gymnasts slip from championship title

CLEVELAND "”mdash; You could see the tension. Covered white with chalk, toes fiercely gripped the leather skin of the balance beam, refusing to let go. Read more...

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Junior Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs performs her floor routine, which earned a 9.900, during the NCAA Super Six.




Women’s tennis takes down USC for second time this season

When USC visited the Los Angeles Tennis Center earlier this season, the UCLA women's tennis team met its opponent with a formidable crowd and the UCLA marching band behind it. Read more...

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Sophomore Pamela Montez won straight-set singles and doubles matches in No. 6 UCLA’s 5-2 win over No. 14 USC on Friday at the Marks Tennis Stadium. The Bruins improved to 7-1 in Pac-10 play.