Those crazy kids … always getting wild ideas stuck in their heads. That’s bound to happen. But Trevor Ariza’s bewildering decision to turn pro ““ an ill-advised conclusion that could ultimately cost him his basketball career and will most definitely change his life in some way or other ““ was made with incredibly poor reasoning. Read more...

The UCLA baseball team has been winning games recently in the last innings. Tuesday, it won in the first. With an impressive array of power, which has been largely absent this year, the Bruins (19-14) throttled No. Read more...

Ben Howland didn’t want this. Neither did Lolita Ariza, who apparently had disapproved of this type of behavior from her son. But emerging UCLA basketball star Trevor Ariza did it anyway, announcing at a press conference Tuesday afternoon that he would send in a letter today making himself eligible for the NBA Draft on June 24. Read more...

You wouldn’t know it’s the off-season for women’s basketball coach Kathy Olivier. In a little over a week, Olivier has logged 8,000 miles, flying to New Orleans for the Final Four and then to Wisconsin to conduct a coaching clinic. Read more...

The UCLA women’s golf team won The Duel, a three-team competition held at the Valley Course at Robinson Ranch. The No. 2 Bruins had a team score of 293, 11 strokes better than No. Read more...

For students who go to Kerckhoff Coffee House, third-year Katie Schettig could be just a person behind the counter making an ice-blended caramel mocha. She could also be just another student earning minimum wage at Pauley Pavilion serving hot dogs at the concession stand. Read more...

Older players good for sports Gilbert Quiñonez’s column “BYU’s slippage through NCAA loopholes hits volleyball hard” (April 9) goes way too far in insinuating that BYU is intentionally attempting to cheat and gain advantage over its competition. Read more...