Ravaged by injuries over the last two-plus years, junior Julia Pitts of the UCLA women’s basketball team will redshirt for the 2004-2005 season. Pitts and coach Kathy Olivier reached a decision earlier this week because it was clear to both of them that it was not in the 6-foot-2 forward’s best interest to play this season. Read more...

It’s a rough game, football. At least it’s supposed to be. In fact, I’d say football is nothing without a guarantee that at frequent points in a game, a couple of players are going to admire the playing surface for an all-too-brief moment at a very close range thanks to the efforts of a mass of humanity called a linebacker. Read more...

Spurned by several top prep big men in the nation over the past few months, UCLA men’s basketball coach Ben Howland finally got his man. Ryan Wright, the top Canadian prospect in this year’s senior class, became the first post player to verbally commit to UCLA this year when he told Howland on Monday afternoon that he plans to enroll next September. Read more...

Over the past few years, it has been one of the fastest growing sports on the West Coast, but it still lags far behind other parts of the country. Read more...

Something definitely smells Reading the story about the upcoming basketball season (“Starting positions up for grabs”, Oct. 15), I was disappointed to see the words “stinker” and “stench.” I’m sure as a UCLA student, you have a broader vocabulary at your disposal. Read more...

Before this past weekend, the UCLA men’s soccer team was ranked No. 19 in the country and in desperate need of some offense. What a difference a weekend makes. Read more...

Considering its record against nationally ranked teams so far this year, the UCLA women’s soccer team should be happy that in-state rivals No. 14 Cal and No. Read more...