Monday, 8/4/97 UCLA ready for upcoming season FOOTBALL: Returning players bring experience to team, look ahead to challenging 1997 schedule By Tim Yun and Steve Kim Daily Bruin Contributors After successfully completing his rookie campaign, head coach Bob Toledo enters the 1997 season hoping to avoid a Sophomore Slump. Read more...

Monday, 8/4/97 Reed looks forward to challenges of playing at UCLA BASKETBALL: Bruins’ championship hopes brighten with new player, who adds strength, skill to team By James Tamkin Daily Bruin Contributor Although it has been said that you can’t go home again, Pauley Pavilion will feel a lot like home for Travis Reed, the 6-foot-7 forward from Fontana who will be joining the Bruins this fall. Read more...

Monday, 8/4/97 Top seeds serve it up at Classic TENNIS: Defending champion Davenport to play; rising star Williams aims for redemption By Steve Kim Daily Bruin Contributor Just weeks after the men’s Infinity Open, the top women’s players will get their turn at a highly competetive tennis competition under the southern California sun for the Acura Classic. Read more...

Monday, 8/4/97 NBA superstars, celebrities join to raise money for good cause BASKETBALL: Festivities draw enthusiastic crowd, while benefiting charity By Tim Yun Daily Bruin Contributor Showtime returned to the Great Western Forum on Saturday night, as a handful of the NBA’s biggest and best stars participated in the Mid Summer Night’s Magic All-Star game. Read more...

Monday, July 28, 1997 Courier breaks through to win title Former Bruin Justin Gimelstob defeats Andre Agassi in first-round homecoming TENNIS:By Mark Shapiro Daily Bruin Staff It was probably the perfect three-week vacation for Jim Courier. Read more...

Monday, July 28, 1997 Recruit’s Bruin dream comes true BASKETBALL: Versatility, loyalty, work ethic helps Kansas star reach lofty goal of blue and goldBy James Tamkin Daily Bruin Staff With all the latest buzz and hype over the last two recruits to sign on to the UCLA men’s basketball team, everyone forgot about sweet-shooting Earl Watson. Read more...

Monday, July 28, 1997 Rediscovering lost game of baseball in small ballparks across California MINOR LEAGUE: Enjoying America’s favorite pastime without big egos, contractsIn the bleachers … I found baseball heaven last weekend. Read more...