Anyone can have an opinion. But writing it down in a coherent manner is hard. Harder still is exposing it to public scrutiny in Milton’s open “marketplace of ideas” (not his term, but associated with him nonetheless as a result of his influential essay “Areopagitica” on free, rational discourse). Read more...

ADEL, Iowa “”mdash; Former Iowa basketball player Pierre Pierce was charged Wednesday with burglary and domestic assault and spent several hours in jail before he was released. Read more...

Of all the motivations the UCLA women’s basketball team has used to fire itself up against its opponents this season, revenge hasn’t been one of them. Read more...

Back in October, when UCLA’s Arron Afflalo was but a wide-eyed freshman, he harbored dreams of leading the Bruins deep into the NCAA Tournament. Now a grizzled veteran of four months, Afflalo realizes that simply making it to the tournament would be an accomplishment. Read more...

Wednesday night’s match was a lot tougher for Dennis Gonzalez than it appeared to be on the scoreboard. In fact, it was tougher for Gonzalez than any match should be for anyone. Read more...

The UCLA men’s volleyball team made its statement very clear Wednesday night. This year will be very different than last. After being swept three times by the No. Read more...

This weekend’s Stanford Invitational will be more than just another indicator of how dominant this year’s top-ranked UCLA women’s water polo team may be. For the Bruins, who tasted defeat at the hands of Stanford in the waning moments of last season’s semifinal of the MPSF tournament, playing against the No. Read more...