By Greg Lewis Daily Bruin Senior Staff The UCLA-Missouri football series is a thing of the past, and the Bruins do not seem pleased. Missouri athletic officials recently backed out of a two-year contract for a football home-and-home series scheduled for 2001 and 2002. Read more...

UCLA sophomore tennis player Abigail Spears won the 2000 Edmond Medical Center Women’s Satellite in Edmond, Okla. last Sunday. She defeated fourth-seeded Kyung-Mi Chang of Korea, overcoming a demoralizing 6-1 loss in the first set to take the next two 6-4, 6-3. Read more...

By Amanda Fletcher Daily Bruin Senior Staff UCLA women’s basketball head coach Kathy Olivier announced two new additions to her coaching staff last Thursday. Tia Jackson takes on the first assistant coach role, replacing Willette White, a seven-year member of the UCLA staff. Read more...

By Pauline Vu Daily Bruin Senior Staff They failed to live up to their name, but it wasn’t from lack of trying. Facing the same San Jose SaberCats who gave them their worst loss of the season, a 78-25 beating in May, the Los Angeles Avengers (3-10) of the Arena Football League came just a few points short of upsetting the conference-leading SaberCats (11-2) Saturday night at Staples Center, with a final score 75-72. Read more...

Farmer signs with Steelers Former UCLA wide receiver Danny Farmer signed a three-year, $1.1 million contract with the Pittsburgh Steelers July 6. He also received a $300,000 signing bonus. Read more...

By Christina Teller and Pauline Vu Daily Bruin Senior Staff Ayesha Rembert, a junior forward on the UCLA women’s basketball team, pleaded no contest to three burglary and theft charges on July 6. Read more...

By Christina Teller Daily Bruin Senior Staff With the shot put firmly gripped in her right hand, she confidently walks toward the throwing circle. One foot in front of the other, her eyes focused on the cement inlay, Christina Tolson mechanically eases into her throwing position. Read more...