Temperatures in sun-drenched Waikiki may reach the mid-eighties this weekend, but none of the UCLA women’s basketball players will come back with a tan. Although the squad travels to Oahu to open the regular season at the Waikiki Beach Marriott Resort Classic, it will not be there for a vacation, but rather on a business trip. Read more...

It wasn’t all too long ago when Mike Seidman actually hated UCLA. No, it wasn’t that the Bruin tight end was upset about not getting enough balls thrown his way. Read more...

Calling the No. 5 UCLA men’s water polo team’s match against No. 3 USC at the Rose Bowl Aquatic Center Saturday morning a must-win game would be an exaggeration, but calling it meaningless would also be inaccurate. Read more...

You can forget about it. UCLA head coach Bob Toledo understandably isn’t going to talk about last year’s game against USC. “It’s over,” he said of the ignominious 27-0 loss. Read more...

Los Angeles will be watching. It has been a while since the UCLA-USC rivalry game has meant anything much more than city bragging rights. But then again, it’s been a while since the Trojans have had the opportunity to win four straight games against the Bruins. Read more...

As the sun set beneath the lush foothills of the Pacific Northwest, 13-year-old Troy Polamalu jogged alone on the practice field at Winston Middle School in Tenmile, Ore., clutching a worn-out football in his hands. Read more...

Down 13-10 in the fifth set after hitting a ball four feet beyond the endline, Brittany Ringel could have wilted like a week-old rose. Instead the sophomore outside hitter gathered herself and made two crucial kills during the Bruins’ decisive five-point run, leading the UCLA women’s volleyball team past Arizona State on Thursday night at Pauley Pavilion 26-30, 30-22, 30-22, 23-30, 15-13. Read more...