In a meet designed for Olympic-caliber swimmers to tune-up for international competitions and a chance to race against top-notch competition, it comes as no surprise that many members of UCLA’s women’s swimming team were present. Read more...

Incoming UCLA men’s basketball freshman Alfred Aboya underwent a successful arthroscopic procedure on his right knee last Monday. The hour-long surgery, performed by Bruin team physician Gerald Finerman, removed loose bodies from Aboya’s right knee and repaired a torn meniscus. Read more...

The UCLA football team landed their 12th recruit of the 2006 recruiting class in defensive lineman Reggie Stokes. Stokes, a 6-foot-3, 230-pound defensive end out of Carver Senior High School (Montgomery, Ala.), joins defensive end Dylan Rush (Hawaii) as the only UCLA recruits from the 2006 class to come from outside California. Read more...

The Olympic hopes of many athletes in this country were dashed this week when the International Olympic Committee voted not to keep softball and baseball as a part of the 2012 Olympic Games in London. Read more...

Sitting among the sold-out crowd in the Long Beach Pyramid at an NBA Summer Pro League game on Saturday night, I watched as several players desperately tried to impress their coaches, the crowd and most importantly the scouts. Read more...

When Ben Howland stared down his bench last year for a point guard, there weren’t any natural options that popped out. That isn’t likely to be a problem this year. Read more...

The symptoms said I was nearly dead. My lungs needed oxygen and there was no way to fill them fast enough. Whether I rested my hands on my knees or clasped them behind my head, I was out of breath either way. Read more...