With four different players standing on third base to start an inning, you could tell UCLA softball’s annual alumnae game was not a typical one. The game featured many prominent softball alumnae, including five members of the 2004 U.S. Read more...

After Sunday’s gymnastics meet at the University of Minnesota, throngs of little girls lined up to get autographs from the gymnasts. The young fans, though, were not only waiting for autographs from their hometown heroes.  They were also waiting for the Bruins, who had readily agreed to sit down alongside the Minnesota team for an autograph session following the competition.  Besides leaving its mark on T-shirts and posters, the Bruins left their mark on the Golden Gophers in a 197.55 to 195.325 performance.  There were plenty of aspects of Sunday’s meet that the Bruins could have used as excuses had they faltered. However, in keeping the same lineup on Sunday as she did against Georgia last Monday, coach Valorie Kondos Field received a similar performance to Monday’s high marks.  “It was important for us to go and put in the same lineup we put in at Georgia, and one reason for that was to let them improve on their performances from Monday,” Kondos Field said. Read more...

Coming off its lackluster performance in the Bay Area last weekend, the No. 3 UCLA men’s volleyball team (4-1) hopes to regain its form tonight against No. Read more...

PALO ALTO “”mdash; The road doesn’t get any easier for UCLA as the Bruins play California at Haas Pavilion on Saturday. The Golden Bears beat USC 63-62 Thursday behind two last-second free throws from point guard Ayinde Ubaka. Read more...

PALO ALTO “”mdash; It came as no surprise that Stanford was mentally stronger than UCLA. So during the Cardinal’s 67-52 win Thursday, naturally Stanford was smart enough to identify and exploit the Bruins’ main weakness ““ their strength. Read more...

Two weeks ago, the UCLA gymnastics team began its season ranked No. 1 in the nation. Two weeks later, they still have a one in their ranking, but this time it’s followed by a zero. Read more...

The best part about writing this particular column was that I hardly needed to watch the men’s basketball game at all, giving me plenty of time to catch up on my reading and vacuum my room. Read more...