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...

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...

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...

As a senior in 1995, All-American forward Ed O’Bannon helped lead UCLA to its most recent NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship. Now, ten years after he last suited up for the Blue and Gold, O’Bannon is headlining a new group: He will be one of eight new members inducted into the UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame in a private ceremony tomorrow. Read more...

The Bruin cross-country corps may just be a little shaky these days, but if two standout runners have their way, UCLA will soon be on top. Read more...

UCLA sophomore men’s basketball player Josh Shipp underwent a successful arthroscopic right hip procedure on Wednesday to repair a torn labrum and remove bone spurs. Shipp, who injured the hip sometime during summer while playing in a local summer league, was originally scheduled to have the surgery on Sept. Read more...

The UCLA women’s golf team has quite a bit of work to do if it wants to live up to its preseason No. 1 ranking. Playing in their first tournament of the year this past weekend at the Vanderbilt Legends Club in Franklin, Tenn., the Bruins shot a relatively unspectacular 9-over par 885 to finish fourth overall. Read more...