Lorenzo Mata made his presence felt at the Galen Center on Saturday when No. 3 UCLA (15-1, 4-1 Pac-10) traveled to face USC. Mata did whatever it took to squeak the Bruins past the Trojans in what has become a legitimate rivalry. Read more...

Saturday was his chance. Without forward Josh Shipp in the lineup, it was up to point guard Darren Collison to carry the burden. And against crosstown rival USC, that’s exactly what he did. Read more...

When did this actually become a rivalry? When did the Trojans get enough talent that I can legitimately say three of their starting five would be starting for UCLA (that is, if they didn’t have the brains and academic dispositions of the Cookie Monster)? Read more...

After UCLA’s loss to Oregon last week, Arron Afflalo insisted he was the leader of the Bruins, and that he should be the one to take the last shot in a dire situation. Read more...

Junior Tasha Schwikert’s first-place finish in the individual all-around category was not enough to lift the No. 5 UCLA women’s gymnastics team over No. 8 Stanford on Monday afternoon at Pauley Pavilion. Read more...

Yasmin Schnack is showing everyone that what she did in the fall was no fluke ““ she really can hang with the top players at the collegiate level. Read more...

While the majority of UCLA students were packing their bags to go back home at the end of fall quarter for winter break, Haythem Abid made the decision to stay in Westwood. Read more...