Junior Taylor takes care of his roommates like he takes care of opposing cornerbacks. The sophomore UCLA wide receiver, who lives with teammates John Sciarra and Keith Carter, loves catching the football and cooking Italian dinners. Read more...

Natalie Ray will not be with the UCLA women’s volleyball team this weekend. The senior outside hitter/defensive specialist was hospitalized earlier in the week to treat multiple blood clots in her right arm and shoulder area. Read more...

Redshirt freshman Robert Chai suddenly found himself thrust into the spotlight. Heralded starting center Mike McCloskey went down in the first half with a season-ending ankle fracture while playing against Washington, and Chai had all of a few minutes and three or four practice snaps to quickly get in tune with quarterback Drew Olson. Read more...

Usually a soccer team that has only three players who have started every game is either terrible, fraught with injuries, or both. But the No. 2 UCLA men’s soccer team (8-1, 2-0 Pac-10) is neither terrible nor fraught with injuries. Read more...

The talk at Tuesday’s football practice was all about underestimating Arizona and how the Bruins (3-2, 1-0 Pac-10) will not be doing that when they travel to Tucson for this weekend’s game. Read more...

This time there wasn’t quite as much drama. Just days after escaping with a harrowing last-second road victory over UNLV, the UCLA women’s soccer team closed out the nonconference portion of its schedule with a dominating 2-0 defeat of host San Diego on Tuesday night at Torero Stadium. Read more...

Brett Ormsby’s summer team will play his current team today. Over the summer, Ormsby played for the U.S. water polo team that won the gold medal at the Pan American Champion-ships and finished sixth at the World Championships in August. Read more...