Saturday, May 16

UCLA calm in face of Oregon State

The UCLA baseball team is playing with house money this weekend. After winning six of its last seven games, including a series win over Stanford last weekend, UCLA (31-22, 12-9 Pac-10) will be playing with settled nerves when it travels to Corvallis, Ore., to take on the No. Read more...



Bruin to face two-time national champ

The road only becomes rougher from here for Riza Zalameda. Although she has already had to come out on top in two three-set matches during this year’s NCAA Championships for women’s tennis, the sophomore faces perhaps her toughest challenge in the upcoming Round of 16. Read more...


Women hope to hurdle competition

For months, the Bruins really did not have much to worry about. A bad race here or there didn’t mean too much; there would always be more meets to work on bringing a time down or improving on a mark. Read more...


Duke’s show of support is noble

It’s good to see athletes stand for something. In today’s world of political correctness, you’ll rarely see athletes at any level comment on anything controversial. This weekend, the Duke women’s lacrosse team plans to wear sweatbands with the word “Innocent” written on them, as was reported by the Herald-Sun of Durham, N.C. Read more...



Grass not getting greener

NEW YORK “”mdash; Maybe it’s the Scarlet Course’s recently renovated greens, which are hard as rocks and as undulating as a turtle’s shell. Maybe it’s the course’s first cut of rough, as unforgiving as the Bruins have played in all season and, at least from their perspective, infringing on more and more of the tight fairways. Read more...