“That was as inglorious as it gets. “¦ He gets clobbered. A dream-killing 9.137 for Paul Hamm.” The gold medal-winning gymnast Paul Hamm, that is. The harsh description given by the American announcers, Elfi Schlegal and Al Trautwig, at the men’s individual Olympic gymnastics championships is characteristic of how negatively commentators can portray the Olympic Games to television viewers. Read more...

Annika Sorenstam did it. So did Michelle Wie. And now the defending champion UCLA women’s golf team will get its shot at competing against the men. Read more...

Wednesday’s exhibition match for the UCLA women’s soccer team marked the first time fans got to see several new faces in a Bruin uniform. The youthful Bruins showed their inexperience at times during the 4-1 loss to Texas on Wednesday, but the team feels it has learned from the match and will be fine once the regular season starts Friday with a home game against San Diego. Read more...

Wide receiver Tab Perry has been readmitted to UCLA and has rejoined the football team, the Athletics Department announced on Tuesday. A senior, Perry had missed the entire 2003 season due to academic ineligibility and had announced earlier in the year he intended to transfer from UCLA to a Division I-AA school. Read more...

New UCLA baseball coach John Savage completed his coaching staff Wednesday when he hired Matt Jones as a volunteer assistant coach. This event marks the second time in less than a year that Savage has hired Jones. Read more...

Football season is just around the corner, and it has a lot of people excited, many of whom just can’t wait for baseball season to end. Read more...

The past, present and future of the UCLA women’s golf program came together last week for the 104th U.S. Women’s Amateur in Erie, Pa. And in true team fashion, they all left together, too. Read more...