Baseball looking for frosh start to season Five freshmen to start for UCLA in home opener By Ruben Gutierrez After returning from a three-game road trip to Hawaii with two victories under its belt, the UCLA baseball team opens its home season with a game against San Diego State this afternoon at Jackie Robinson Stadium. Read more...

Basketball’s loss to Cal tightens race By Randy Satterburg Daily Bruin Staff As if the UCLA-Cal basketball rivalry needed any additional intensity, it appears that the Bruins’ alleged disruption of a Cal basketball practice has simply fueled the fire. Read more...

‘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...

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...