A first place finish and a new personal record make a great way to start a season. But Cari Soong hopes it’s just the beginning. Soong, who won the weight throw competition Saturday at the Husky Invitational in Seattle with a 67-foot, 8.25-inch heave, hopes to be clearing the 70-foot mark later this season. Read more...

Last Friday and Saturday, the atmosphere at the Student Activities Center pool was electric, and fittingly so ““ a pair of vital swim meets were battled out. Read more...

When just about everything seemed to be going wrong, everything suddenly became oh so right. After Thursday night’s ugly loss to Oregon, possibly the rock-bottom point of the UCLA women’s basketball season, smiles were at a minimum. Read more...

They weren’t many, but they were rowdy. Some of them came with food, others left with it. The 1,108 fans who dismissed Super Bowl Sunday for “Soup”-er Bowl Sunday saw UCLA gymnastics record a 197.55 to defeat Cal State Fullerton and Arizona State in a triangular meet. Read more...

NEW YORK “”mdash; In the aftermath of UCLA’s 71-55 loss to St. John’s on Saturday, Bruin coach Ben Howland promised changes to the starting lineup. “We’re going to go back to the drawing board here and make some changes as we get prepared for Washington State,” Howland said. Read more...

NEW YORK ““ Another bad start, another unhappy ending for UCLA. This has been the formula for the men’s basketball team’s demise since going 5-0 to start the Pac-10 schedule, and Saturday it culminated in a crushing 71-55 loss to lowly St. Read more...

Philipp Gruendler plays better when he’s angry. The freshman, playing in the biggest match of his young career, quickly found himself deep in a hole against Trojan senior Daniel Langre. Read more...