McKnight humor UCLA head coach Steve Lavin found a way to make fun of the whole Geoff McKnight situation on Tuesday. Lavin made news last week when it was discovered that he recommended McKnight, son of prominent Mater Dei coach Gary McKnight, as a basketball walk-on last fall while he was recruiting two star Mater Dei players. Read more...

Valuable reserves Two Bruin reserves who have been providing some valuable minutes off the bench are sophomore guard Jalina Bradley and junior center Shalada Allen. Bradley, who started the first 11 games of the season, moved to the bench after two-sport star Whitney Jones joined the team. Read more...

Mount pops the question During halftime of the UCLA men’s basketball game against Oregon State last Thursday, sophomore outside hitter Cameron Mount proposed to his girlfriend, Britney West. Read more...

  Mayar Zokaei Comments can be sent to [email protected]. I vividly remember the October day that I took the first step toward playing organized sports. I wasn’t good enough to play for my high school’s junior varsity team and I was only a freshman, so signing up to play in my local park’s youth basketball league was the next best thing. Read more...

  CATHERINE JUN Only a freshman, Whitney Jones shows she can hang as a starter for both the UCLA soccer and basketball teams. By Joshua Mason Daily Bruin Reporter Among the circle of Whitney Jones’ teammates and coaches, there’s not much consensus as to what type of character the freshman forward brings to the UCLA athletics scene. Read more...

  PATIL ARMENIAN/Daily Bruin Senior Staff Sophomore Jean-Julien Rojer smacks the ball in a match against BYU this January. By Rekha Rao Daily Bruin Contributor Two members of the UCLA men’s tennis team will travel to Dallas this weekend to take on some of the nation’s top ranked at the ITA Rolex National Championships. Read more...

  KEITH ENRIQUEZ/Daily Bruin Senior Staff Earl Watson drives to the hoop in a win over Oregon in last Saturday’s game. MEN’S BASKETBALL vs. Tonight 7:30 p.m. Read more...