CHRIS BACKLEY Jason Kapono, here watching a layup go in an 80-70 loss to North Carolina last December, looks forward to tonight’s game against USC. Read more...

  Dylan Hernandez Hernandez can be reached at [email protected]. Click Here for more articles by Dylan Hernandez Watching Fernando Vargas on all fours with his face planted on the canvas was strange. Read more...

  Daily Bruin File Photo Senior Mark Williams eyes the ball in preparation for a spike last year. He is one of four starters currently out with the flu. Read more...

  MINDY ROSS/Daily Bruin Senior Staff Stacey Lee prepares to pass the ball, as Ashley Bowles looks on, in the second round of the NCAA tournament in December. Read more...

Multi-sport athletes join squad Two multi-sport athletes have joined the women’s basketball squad since their respective fall sport’s seasons ended. Porter, an All-American volleyball player for UCLA who also competes in the triple jump for the track team, has quickly become a Pauley fan favorite due to her incredible athleticism and tenacious shot swatting tendencies. Read more...

  Associated Press Boston Celtics head coach Rick Pitino resigned this past Monday. By Chris Umpierre Daily Bruin Staff Athletic director Peter Dalis said Tuesday that UCLA hasn’t had “any negotiations whatsoever” with former Boston Celtic and Kentucky Wildcat coach Rick Pitino concerning the Bruin head coach basketball position. Read more...

  NICOLE MILLER/Daily Bruin Athletic trainer Lorita Granger performs soft-tissue massage on first-year gymnast Yvonne Tousek. By Greg Schain Daily Bruin Contributor Football is to the body what Cher is to the ears: painful. Read more...