Thursday, July 23

NCAA reforms can’t be expected to succeed

When the NCAA approved several academic reforms last week, NCAA President Myles Brand called it “a landmark (piece of) legislation” and “the beginning of a sea of change in college sports.” Forgive us if we’re not inspired. Read more...


Baseball: Baseball sits third in Pac-10

Sunday’s game was undoubtedly one of the greatest victories in the history of the UCLA baseball program. Not only did the miraculous six-run ninth inning and the opponent it came against make it so, but the 13-12 comeback victory over USC was also important in the context of the season. Read more...


M. tennis: Surprise, Surprise

Freshman Philipp Gruendler diligently wrote e-mail after e-mail to UCLA men’s tennis coach Billy Martin throughout the entire summer, but he continued to get the same response ““ none at all. Read more...




W. water polo: Loss ends Bruins’ quest for NCAA bid

LOS ALAMITOS “”mdash; There wasn’t one dry face after the game. Mixed with sweat, water and tears, the UCLA women’s water polo team found itself deadlocked at two apiece against archrival Stanford heading into the final period of the women’s water polo MPSF Tournament semifinal game. Read more...