Some people like Christmas, others prefer New Year’s, but for me, today is the best day of the year. For the next 19 days, there will be nothing but basketball for me, with breaks in my day only for sleep, ordering pizzas and personal hygiene. Read more...

March Madness usually conveys the yearly pinnacle of excitement for college basketball fans nationwide. But here in Westwood the craze has taken a back seat to academic madness. Read more...

After two straight losses to inferior teams, the Bruin basketball team received some potentially damaging news following practice on Tuesday. Sophomore point guard Darren Collison, who missed the Bruins’ game against West Virginia earlier this season with an injured left shoulder, sustained a grade-one high left ankle sprain and is probable to play for UCLA’s first-round NCAA Tournament game against Weber State on Thursday. Read more...

A late-season collapse cost UCLA a top seed in the tournament. Now it’s up to the Bruins to show that they are the team that they were all season long ““ not the team that lost to Washington and California. Read more...

It looks like UCLA’s season-ending losses to Washington and Cal cost itself a No. 1 seed. Instead, they’ll be No. 2 behind Kansas in the West Regional. Read more...

UCLA football landed one of its biggest one-day signings on Saturday, scoring eight verbal commits for the 2008 class. The list of 11 total commits so far is headlined by wide receiver Kemonte Bateman and defensive back Rahim Moore, both widely recognized as top-100 high school players nationally. Read more...

Rhonda Watkins does not really enjoy competing indoors. The runways are small and cramped. But judging by her performance over the weekend, you would think that the sophomore from Trinidad and Tobago had been jumping indoors her entire life. Read more...