Thursday, May 14


Track launches indoor season

After a long offseason of preparation and training, UCLA men’s track coach Art Venegas will finally see some results this afternoon from his team. Today, the Bruins will travel up north to take part in the University of Washington Invitational for the squad’s first indoor meet of the season. Read more...


Afflalo shuts down top Oregon shooter

EUGENE, Ore. “”mdash; Buried in Oregon’s press release, handed out before Thursday’s game, was the contrived stat that Duck sophomore Malik Hairston scores 71 percent of his points in the second half. Read more...


A garbled name for himself

EUGENE, Ore. “”mdash; As students began to file into McArthur Court about an hour prior to tip-off Thursday, some of their first verbal jabs were directed toward UCLA’s Luc Richard Mbah a Moute. Read more...



Big game poses dual challenge

Practice had not been over for 10 minutes, and UCLA women’s basketball coach Kathy Olivier was back in her office breaking down film. Olivier was studying the play of Stanford guards Candice Wiggins and Brooke Smith, still trying to formulate a way to contain the tandem when the Bruins (10-8, 5-4 Pac-10) host the No. Read more...


Don’t tell the Bruins they shouldn’t win

How do the Bruins keep doing it? Every sense of logic points to this year’s Bruins eventually falling apart. The ridiculous string of injuries, the extreme youth, the lack of a consistent front-court scorer ““ everything says the Bruins shouldn’t win games like they did Thursday against the Oregon Ducks, 56-49. Read more...