Following a season that saw them compete for a national title, the 2005 UCLA women’s cross country team looks on paper to be a veteran squad with few lingering questions entering the season. Read more...

It’s been a while since I’ve been optimistic about UCLA football. Since 2001 to be exact. Back then, I was an impressionable freshman, set to graduate a quarter early and watch the Bruins compete for a championship. Read more...

It was just the second play of the Oklahoma game and Junior Taylor, UCLA’s top receiver, found himself limping off the field with the help of two of his teammates. Read more...

Short pass plays. Take what the defense gives. Slants, quick outs and the utmost precision. Those are the traditional trademarks that make up the West Coast offense. Read more...

It’s my senior year in high school. The Anaheim Angels have just won the World Series. I am on my way to class and this cute girl, who has been in many of my classes over the past three years but has never said a word to me, is approaching fast. Read more...

So I have a confession to make. Until recently, I felt that my interest in sports was merely residues leftover from a timid childhood that had yet to really appreciate the more sophisticated, upper-echelon culture in a meat-n-potaters country. Read more...

Chad Barrett’s on the phone. His scratchy voice is indicative of a weary young man who sounds torn. He talks about the thrill of doing what you love for a living, not to mention the fact that he’s making good money doing it ““ the kind of money that few people even twice his age earn. Read more...