BRIDGET O’BRIEN/Daily Bruin Senior Staff Senior defender Bethany Bogart prepares for a pass during Friday’s exhibition game. By Jeff Agase Daily Bruin Reporter Less than a year ago, Stephanie Rigamat’s goal in the 77th minute of a 1-0 semifinal win over Portland vaulted the UCLA women’s soccer team into the national title game for the first time. Read more...

  Daily Bruin File Photo Senior tailback DeShaun Foster sprints past his Alabama opponents in a game last season. By Joshua Mason Daily Bruin Staff The UCLA football team’s season opener at Alabama will be a challenge in more ways than one. Read more...

By Jeff Agase Daily Bruin Reporter The NCAA announced Thursday that it is placing the University of Southern California athletic department on probation for two years because of three separate incidents of academic fraud, false and misleading information and a lack of institutional monitoring. Read more...

By Jeff Agase Daily Bruin Reporter The NCAA announced today that it is placing the University of Southern California on two years’ probation because of three separate incidents of academic fraud, false and misleading information, and a lack of institutional monitoring. Read more...

  Daily Bruin File Photo Stephanie Rigamat eyes the ball as she looks to strike it in the third round of the NCAA tournament last year. Read more...

SEVEN DISPUTED NAMES There are only seven remaining division one teams who continue using team names based on American Indian imagery.     Original graphic by VICTOR CHEN/Daily Bruin Web adaptation by MIKE OUYANG/Daily Bruin Senior Staff By Jeff Agase Daily Bruin Reporter The NCAA announced on July 30 that its Minority Opportunity and Interests Committee placed the issue of American Indian mascots, nicknames and imagery at the top of its agenda. Read more...

  Mike Maloney Maloney, the Daily Bruin’s newest sports columnist, is persistent to a fault. E-mail him at [email protected]. Let’s face it, last season was exhausting. Read more...