Freshman Nancy Barba is soft-spoken away from the volleyball court, but on it, her game speaks for itself. An emerging presence on the No. 19 UCLA women’s team, Barba made her first three career starts earlier this month and reeled off 20 consecutive kills before making an error. Read more...

Winning the Pacific-10 Conference is a goal for any of its member teams, including the UCLA men’s soccer squad. Unfortunately for the Bruins, they’ll need some help over the next few days. Read more...

Every couple of months some group of rich guys tries to bring an NFL team back to Los Angeles. Sometimes they want to use the Coliseum, sometimes it’s the Rose Bowl, and other times the businessmen want to build a new stadium with taxpayers’ money. Read more...

Steve Lavin said on Tuesday that he considers exhibition games to be like dress rehearsals. Apparently, the stage directions didn’t call for defense. Or winning. Instead, the Bruins acted out an uninspired tragedy that ended in a 92-67 exhibition loss to Branch West Basketball Academy Wednesday night at Pauley Pavilion. Read more...

Lam Chops up So. Cal Field Chris Lam just never seems to lose. The UCLA sophomore won the Southern California Intercollegiate Championships over the weekend, extending his record as a Bruin to 10-1. Read more...

After UCLA’s Brittany Ringel took 54 swings in just three games during yesterday’s loss to Pepperdine, it would certainly be excusable if she needed an ice pack after the game. Read more...

Like the ethereal dancing pairs of Vettriano’s paintings, the UCLA swim team seemed to thrive in the rain. Poised over the edge, rain pouring from the sky and then rippling through the pool, the swimmers nonetheless had the grace of dancers in Saturday’s competition. Read more...