Tuesday, August 18

In the news:


Academics matter to student-athletes

With the spring 2010 schedule of classes up on the UCLA Registrar's Web site Monday (who else went on at midnight to see what classes are offered for spring?), I thought it would be a good time to reflect on the question of how big a role academics play in the life of a student-athlete. Read more...



Battle of the columnists: Watson and Howard on twitter, sports and UCLA athletics

Daily Bruin senior staffers take some time out and talk Twitter. With the social networking tool, which allows users to sound off about anything in 140 characters or less, taking sports by storm, columnists Andrew Howard and Brantley Watson discuss their favorite tweeting athletes and coaches and what this means for sports. Read more...

Photo: Junior-to-be wide receiver Nelson Rosario, or iamNELLZ as he is known on Twitter, is a frequent user of the social networking tool.


OSU a little too close for comfort

CORVALLIS, Ore. "”mdash; Fans started filing out of Gill Coliseum on Saturday with UCLA leading big. Rain was falling outside, so their choice to wander into those conditions said something about what kind of second half UCLA was having. Read more...


The State of UCLA Basketball

CORVALLIS, Ore. "”mdash; The UCLA basketball team's 62-52 victory at Oregon State on Saturday closed the first half of the Pac-10 conference season. Read more...

Photo: Halfway through the conference season and with his team at 5-4, UCLA coach Ben Howland said he is not thinking about the postseason quite yet.


Gymnasts land confident win

Vanessa Zamarripa saluted to the judges, stepped onto the vault runway and took a deep breath. The Pauley Pavilion crowd and her teammates cheered louder as she began her sprint down the vault. Read more...

Photo: Vanessa Zamarripa’s strong beam performance helped UCLA beat Arizona State.