At age 22, Mike Babcock is the youngest member of UCLA’s coaching staff. After playing for 3 years (1997-99) and coaching as an undergraduate assistant for two more, Babcock begins his first season as a graduate assistant coach. Read more...

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THOUSAND OAKS “”mdash; Mike Seidman feels nice and comfy on the Cal Lutheran football field. The senior tight end not only grew up five blocks from it, but also in his first year of playing organized football in the eighth grade for the Pop Warner Westlake Braves, it was his home field. Read more...

According to an Aug. 16 report in the Los Angeles Times, Bruin forward Andre Patterson is expected to be ruled academically ineligible for the fall quarter and must sit out at least the first three basketball games next season. Read more...

Following a growing trend in the Pac-10, UCLA men’s basketball season ticket holders received invitations to the best seats in Pauley Pavilion last week ““ at a price. Read more...

Let the corporate tennis war begin. The Mercedes-Benz Cup has been held at UCLA annually since 1983, but the Anschutz Entertainment Group is building the Home Depot National Training Center and is trying to get the tournament to move to the new facility in Carson. Read more...

Athletically, UCLA ranks among the elite universities in the country. The men’s basketball team always seems be a national contender, women’s soccer is quickly coming into its own, and few, if any, gymnastics teams in the country match UCLA’s talent. Read more...