The cry that resounded throughout the neighborhoods of Brooklyn in the late 1940s and early 1950s is the very same cry that resounds in Westwood today: “Wait ’til next year!” In spite of the disheartening finish to Ben Howland’s first season as coach for the Bruins, most UCLA fans have shown uncharacteristic patience. Read more...

Ben Howland has built a strong reputation as a coach who can resurrect a floundering program. Another local coach with UCLA ties plans to follow in his footsteps. Read more...

It’s the best two sports days of the year. Nothing in any sport can rival the joy and intensity of watching the first week of March Madness. Read more...

Now that the euphoria of receiving an NCAA Tournament invitation has faded, the UCLA women’s basketball team has established a new set of goals. At the top of that list is preparing to play at ear-splitting Williams Arena, site of Sunday’s first-round matchup pitting the tenth-seeded Bruins against No. Read more...

At times, the results that Ben Howland produced were almost laughable. The UCLA Bruins would bumble, stumble and then mumble about how they had tried. But effort quickly became a dead issue. Read more...

The six-inch-high No. 1 stitched on the back of his teal and gray uniform is probably the only thing about former Bruin point guard Baron Davis that isn’t understated. Read more...

And so, fellow students, it begins. This week marks the beginning of finals, complete with all the concern, panic and stress that invariably accompany these three-hour periods of unadulterated ecstasy. Read more...