There are certain incidents that place life, much less sports, into proper perspective. Such an incident rocked the collegiate sporting community Monday morning. Alisa Marie Lewis, a 5-foot-11 junior reserve on California’s women’s basketball team, died Monday from what doctors believe to be bacterial meningitis. She was taken to the hospital early in the morning complaining of a massive headache, rash, and flu-like symptoms.  Lewis was 20 years old. Read more...

In case anyone wasn’t watching, that lovely three-day weekend was a great showcase of UCLA’s finest. For one, Matt Barnes played his first NBA game Monday after receiving a 10-day contract from the injury-plagued Clippers. Read more...

Last season, a roster boasting seven freshmen created a sense of promise, albeit uncertainty, for the UCLA women’s tennis team. One year later, both potential and uncertainty may be even greater. Read more...

PALO ALTO “”mdash; UCLA basketball fans know Stanford coach Mike Montgomery as the guy who takes subtle shots at Steve Lavin. What many of them don’t know is that Montgomery, who will lead his No. Read more...

The UCLA women’s tennis team may have been expecting an appearance from one of its players in the Flight I finals of the Pac-10 Indoor Championships this past weekend in Seattle, but the Bruins were surprised when that player turned out to be freshman Daniela Bercek. Read more...

The third time was the charm for Tobias Clemens. But then again, so was the first and the second. Clemens, the No. 12 player in the country, won the Sherwood Collegiate Cup for the third consecutive year, this time coming from behind to defeat teammate Kris Kwinta, 3-6, 7-6(3), 6-3, in Monday’s final. Read more...

This was a weekend of firsts for the UCLA men’s volleyball team. The Bruins lost their first match of the season, in their first road match at Stanford on Friday. Read more...