The door closed on Stanford senior Nicole Powell’s illustrious women’s basketball career in front of the Cardinal faithful at Maples Pavilion on Saturday afternoon. It may also have slammed shut on UCLA’s hopes of earning an at-large bid to this year’s NCAA tournament. Read more...

An independent review of alleged questionable community service practices by former University of Colorado strength and conditioning coach E.J. “Doc” Kreis was closed Friday, after the investigation was unable to confirm whether or not he acted legitimately. Read more...

It didn’t matter that his opponent was one of only two unbeaten teams in the country and at the top of the national rankings. When Jon Crispin finally got a chance to play significant minutes Saturday afternoon, he simply wasn’t pleased with his penultimate starting performance. Read more...

Not this time. And more importantly, not this team. Giant turned giant-killer UCLA, which has felled the nation’s top-ranked team each of the last four years, mustered neither the mind-set nor the manpower necessary to extend its unlikely streak Saturday. Read more...

The sun had set, the Los Angeles Tennis Center lights were turned on, the rain had finally ceased. At long last, the Bruins were ready to dominate. Read more...

So far, the only thing that can stop the Bruins is the weather. UCLA swept the first four games of the Palm Springs Classic, remaining undefeated at 13-0. Read more...

Recalled California Gov. Gray Davis apparently had an orange thrown at him during the first half of the UCLA-Stanford basketball game on Saturday. The orange hit an unidentified man three seats away from Davis, who sat courtside with his wife, Sharon. Read more...