Graduate student Pejman Kalkhoran would not be denied the ball at crunch time. In the waning moments of the intramural basketball A league championship game on the floor of historic Pauley Pavilion on Tuesday night, it was Kalkhoran posting up and calling vigorously for the ball, though he had not made a shot all game. Read more...

Picking the winner of a Pac-10 basketball game is pretty tough. I mean c’mon, undefeated Stanford lost last week, and no one predicted that, and UCLA loses every game, and no one ever predicts that. Read more...

Back in January, UCLA gymnastics coach Valorie Kondos Field was not sure how the incoming freshmen would handle the season. Two months into the season, and on the verge of postseason competition, the freshmen have been decent, but have left much to be desired. Read more...

On the brink of postseason extinction just days ago, UCLA now seems to have caught a glimpse of its own redemption. It won’t come easily of course. Read more...

Ben Howland sat slumped in his hotel lounge chair and bemoaned his fate. Not so much because his UCLA Bruins had lost the previous night to Oregon State and would ultimately have to back into a mere Pac-10 Tournament bid. Read more...

There are certain games that everyone on a team circles on the schedule as a rivalry game as soon as the schedule is released. Then there’s the UCLA softball team’s game against Fresno State on Sunday. Read more...

Before the UCLA men’s volleyball team faced UC San Diego last night, players and coaches said the team had to be on its toes against the Tritons: They have a knack for taking the first game from the Bruins, as they did in UCLA’s win over UCSD in February. Read more...