Friday, May 1

Bruins squeak by in final minutes

With his shoulders slumped, his back arched and arms limply crossed on the press table, UCLA coach Karl Dorrell looked beat. The third-year coach wasn’t his regal self the way he had been for the past two weeks, after an impressionable victory over then-ranked Oklahoma. Read more...




Arizona basketball player dies at age 22

When Nikki Blue heard the news on Monday afternoon that Arizona women’s basketball player Shawntinice Polk had collapsed and died earlier that morning, the instant shock and devastation of losing a dear friend put Blue in a state of denial. Read more...


Water polo triumphs despite distraction

Perhaps it was the chaos associated with the first day of classes or maybe the malfunctioning game clock. Whatever it was, it appears that there was something distracting the UCLA men’s water polo team in Thursday’s game. Read more...


Unbeaten Bruins embracing past

In his three-plus years in Westwood, linebacker Spencer Havner has never felt this good about UCLA football. Neither has quarterback Drew Olson, for that matter. “It’s the best three-game stretch since I’ve been here,” Olson said. Read more...