With UCLA losing to Wyoming in the Las Vegas Bowl on Dec. 23, our inbox has been flooded with e-mails from proud Cowboy fans. Many of them took exception to Gilbert Quiñonez’s column “Wyoming match-up raises the question: Why?” As of last count, we are nearing 2,700 responses from Wyoming fans across the country. Read more...
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January 5, 9:00 pm
Letters to the sports desk
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January 5, 9:00 pm
Winter quarter is a UCLA sports fan’s wonderland
Winter quarter is the middle child of the UCLA calendar. Fall quarter means a new year, endless possibilities and a return to school after a long summer. Read more...
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January 5, 9:00 pm
W. basketball: Team leader able to play after head injury in Oregon game
Life without Nikki Blue is one thought that no player or coach on the UCLA women’s basketball team ever wants to encounter again. Already having endured a right ankle sprain and a mild concussion, Blue received a blow to the face causing her neck to be jolted back during the waning seconds of UCLA’s 70-54 victory over Oregon on Tuesday. Read more...
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January 5, 9:00 pm
M. volleyball: Setter returns to team after academic woes
UCLA setter Dennis Gonzalez, who was academically ineligible during fall quarter, was reinstated to the men’s volleyball team Wednesday and is expected to be in uniform this weekend in Santa Barbara. Read more...
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January 5, 9:00 pm
M. basketball: Injury ends season for senior guard
Two days after finally working his way into UCLA’s rotation, Janou Rubin learned he will not be a part of it any longer. The redshirt senior, who logged a season-high 16 minutes in UCLA’s win over Oregon on Sunday, will miss the remainder of the year after an MRI taken Monday revealed loose bone chips in his left knee. Read more...
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January 5, 9:00 pm
Olson injury good timing for Bruins
As heartless, cruel and insensitive as it might be to say it, Drew Olson’s knee injury may have come at the ideal time for the UCLA football program. Read more...
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January 5, 9:00 pm
Football: QB’s starting status uncertain
When quarterback Drew Olson went down in the second quarter during the loss to Wyoming in the Las Vegas Bowl on Dec. 23, he had no idea the damage in his knee was so bad it could possibly keep him from playing next year. Read more...