‘Rico’ provides wealth of talent for women’s hoops German-born Kuypers finds niche in America as UCLA point guard By Hye Kwon The UCLA women’s basketball might be having a hard time going where they want to this season, but one player who has already traveled a long way to be where she wants to be is Ricarda Kuypers. Read more...

Men’s tennis rides out Waves No. 4 UCLA holds off No. 5 Pepperdine, 4-3, in thriller on Tuesday By Mark Singerton Victory could not have been any sweeter for the UCLA men’s tennis team as they survived a 4-3 battle against Pepperdine Tuesday at the Los Angeles Tennis Center. Read more...

Spikers take shot at Loyola Marymount Top-ranked Bruins host lowly Lions in conference opener By Eric Branch Daily Bruin Senior Staff Tonight’s Mountain Pacific Sports Federation season-opener between top-ranked UCLA and unranked Loyola Marymount could be reminiscent of some of history’s greatest battles. Read more...

Coaching more than just wins and losses Question. Who is the better college basketball coach, Jerry Tarkanian or Jim Harrick? Before you poke your eye out in a frantic attempt to circle Tarkanian’s name as quickly as humanly possible, put down your copy of the Official Guide to Harrick-Bashing for a moment and listen up. Read more...

Déjà vu? Let’s hope not … What is it, exactly, about the California Golden dadgum Bears that makes the UCLA men’s basketball program go into hibernation? Read more...

Waves enter LATC seeking revenge M. tennis readies for Pepperdine, one year after bouncing them in Region VIII By Mark Singerton UCLA faces No. 10 Pepperdine today at the Los Angeles Tennis Center in what should be their toughest match of the early season. Read more...

R-E-S-P-E-C-T: It means win for California By Randy Satterburg Daily Bruin Staff The buzzword emanating from the mouth of California head coach Todd Bozeman Saturday was "disrespect." After Cal handed No.4 UCLA its third home-court loss in the last three years at the hands of the Golden Bears, 100-93, Bozeman spoke to the media about an incident that took place Friday, in which he perceived UCLA players and coaches to be disrespectful of a practice he was trying to conduct in Pauley Pavilion. Read more...