If people thought last year’s near .500 finish was the beginning of the demise of the UCLA men’s volleyball program, 2004 proved to everyone that UCLA is not quite ready to go away. Read more...

Look who moved in next door. Well, about 15 miles down the road, down by 11th and Figueroa, anyway. It’s Matt Barnes. As he sits at his locker at Staples Center, Barnes sighs, looking at his Clippers jersey, remembering what has gotten him there ““ the many nights spent playing in front of half-filled auditoriums that barely would rival a pre-season game at Pauley Pavilion, the result of being passed over by numerous NBA teams over the last two years. Read more...

Pressed into duty as a high jumper against USC Saturday, Dave Murphy did what almost no one expected. He excelled. Murphy, who has competed solely in the pole vault the entire season, finished second in the high jump with a personal best mark of 6 feet, 9.75 inches. Read more...

For the second night in a row, clutch hitting by Wichita State slugger Drew Moffitt bested the UCLA baseball team. The day after singling home the winning run, the Shocker senior gave fans an encore performance Wednesday evening at Eck Stadium. Read more...

UCLA has received permission from Kansas to talk to 6-foot-11 center David Padgett, who will leave Kansas to transfer to another school at the end of the semester. Read more...

Spring midterms are here, and that means UCLA sports are heating up. For real UCLA sports fans ““ fans who will actually watch a Bruin team other than football or men’s basketball — this is the best time of the year. Read more...

Sometimes it’s difficult to play well in the face of distractions. But that’s exactly what the Washington women’s softball team has been forced to do, and that’s what the Huskies will look to continue to do today when they face the Bruins at Easton Stadium in a critical Pac-10 matchup. Read more...