Some students are just born Bruins. They have that blue and gold in their veins that surges with every eight-clap and each cry of “UCLA, fight, fight, fight!” The name UCLA just brings about a sense of family and tradition. Read more...

Ben Howland, this is your team. Not an entirely inauspicious debut, wouldn’t you say? In his first game as head coach, Howland has already managed to do something Steve Lavin couldn’t: beat EA Sports. Read more...

The pre-game jitters that rose up within Trevor Ariza’s stomach when he first stepped foot on the Pauley Pavilion floor Wednesday night had disappeared by the opening buzzer. Read more...

Just moments before making his UCLA basketball coaching debut, Ben Howland was all alone in the locker room. There he sat and thought about all he had lost since taking the job in the offseason ““ namely his father, Robert, who died in June from a head injury following a fall. Read more...

Word on the street is that Title IX, since its inception, has helped only women’s sports. As the UCLA men’s crew team has shown, this is not always the case. Read more...

It’s a given that there are no easy weeks in the Pac-10. But right about now, the No. 8 UCLA women’s volleyball team is about to run an absolute gauntlet. Read more...

Placekicker Justin Medlock knows all too well the way field goal kicking has played crucial roles in losses against Oregon for the past two years. “I’ve watched the game tapes,” Medlock said. Read more...