Thursday, April 23

M. basketball: Thompson weighing NBA prospects

Dijon Thompson will make himself eligible for the 2004 NBA Draft, but the junior swingman expects to be back in a UCLA uniform next year. Thompson, the Bruins’ leading scorer this past season, will not hire an agent, leaving open the option to return to school. Read more...







Football: Page injured after collision with fence

On the same day UCLA football coach Karl Dorrell said strong safety Jarrad Page would be concentrating on football, Page injured himself playing baseball. Page, starting in center field, dove for a ball in the sixth inning of UCLA’s 3-2 win at Pepperdine on Tuesday, but crashed head-first into the left-center field chain-link fence. Read more...