Standing in the middle of crowds of reporters in Pauley Pavilion on Wednesday, Arron Afflalo and Josh Shipp were all smiles. As a new season begins with the team’s first practice on Friday, the soft-spoken pair is healthy and ready to go. Read more...

Note from The Sports Desk: With UCLA closing in on its 100th NCAA title, the sports section is pulling articles from the Daily Bruin archives that document past Bruin NCAA titles. Read more...

The UCLA women’s soccer team (11-2, 2-0 Pac-10) has been dealing with adversity all season due to injuries and one of the toughest nonconference schedules in the country. Read more...

It can be understood if the UCLA men’s water polo team isn’t, as a whole, in a very good mood this week. Coming off last Friday’s road loss to UC San Diego, a game which hosted the largest crowd ever at UCSD’s new Canyonview West Pool, resulting in the first Bruin loss in the 44-game history of the rivalry, and faced with one of the toughest draws ever handed out at this upcoming weekend’s SoCal Tournament, it wouldn’t be surprising if the Bruins were feeling a little down. Read more...

During fall camp, the consensus around the football team was that the result of the quarterback battle between Patrick Cowan and Ben Olson was a foregone conclusion. Read more...

Though I have seen my fair share of eating contests at UCLA, everything from milk pounding to watermelon cramming, this was one event I wish I could have experienced. Read more...

What everyone else would consider impossible even in their wildest of dreams, Chris Surapol has made a reality for himself. The redshirt senior is coming off a performance that had almost everyone other than himself surprised ““ a run to the round of 16 at the Polo Ralph Lauren All-American Tennis Championships. Read more...