After a 5-1 start to the season and a first-place finish at the Outrigger Hotels Invitational tournament last weekend, the Bruins open up Mountain Pacific Sports Federation conference play with a freight train of momentum behind them as they get set for a home game against Stanford. Read more...
Men's Volleyball, Sports
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January 20, 1:47 am
UCLA men’s volleyball begins conference play against Stanford, Pacific
Gymnastics, Sports
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January 20, 1:44 am
Gymnasts have hearts set on victory over San Jose State
As practice ended on Thursday, the coaches left Yates Gymnasium, but a few gymnasts remained and continued to practice by themselves. Sophomore Samantha Peszek worked on the bars while fellow sophomore Olivia Courtney stayed on the floor and finished stretching. Read more...
Sports
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January 19, 12:12 am
UCLA men's basketball puts three-game winning streak on the line at Oregon and Oregon State
The UCLA men's basketball team is currently riding a three-game winning streak's worth of momentum, but senior point guard Jerime Anderson knows that will hardly matter by the time the Bruins (10-7, 3-2 Pac-12) take the floor against Oregon State tonight in Corvallis, Ore. Read more...
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Sophomore guard Tyler Lamb tries to turn the corner on Trojan junior guard Greg Allen during the first half of Sunday’s game against USC. Lamb and the Bruins will play against the Oregon State Ducks tonight in Oregon.
Sports
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January 19, 12:08 am
Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow's convictions make him role model material regardless of faith
It didn't take long to realize, though, that writing about Tebow was not an act of obligation but of inspiration. Read more...
Sports, Women's Basketball
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January 19, 12:06 am
UCLA women's basketball focusing on increased intensity for home game against Oregon State
Basketball games are not always decided by skill and talent. Often enough, games come down to intangibles: desire and heart. Read more...
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Junior guard Mariah Williams and the Bruins lost to USC this Saturday, but look forward to competing against Oregon State today at 7 p.m. in the John Wooden Center.
Football, Sports
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January 19, 12:02 am
UCLA football recruiting, led by coach Jim Mora, promises strong roster for 2012 season
Jan. 12, everything was quiet. In fact, it was dead "“ at least that's what the NCAA football recruiting calendar said. From Jan. 9-12, teams could not call, text, email, or Facebook recruits under any circumstance because it was a dead period in the recruiting calendar. Read more...
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Redshirt senior cornerback Aaron Hester brings down a Sun Devil during UCLA’s 29-28 upset over Arizona State earlier this school year. The Bruins have received two 4-star cornerback commitments for next season.
Sports, Women's Tennis
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January 18, 12:08 am
Freshmen make instant impact on women’s tennis
When Stella Sampras Webster announced the 2011 recruiting class in June of last year, ranked No. 3 in the country at the time by TennisRecruiting.net, she couldn't help but get excited. The sixteenth-year coach received commitments from three blue-chip recruits in Robin Anderson, Skylar Morton and Kaitlin Ray, who had all been ranked top-five in the country at some point during the 2011 year. Read more...
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McCall Jones, one of two seniors on the women’s tennis team, advanced to the round of 16 of the Freeman Memorial Championships in Las Vegas for the second straight year this weekend.