The day after the Bruins’ third-round victory over Duke last month, UCLA women’s soccer coach Jill Ellis got a phone call from her best friend and ex-college teammate, Princeton coach Julie Shackford. Read more...

You may say that Marcedes Lewis is a dreamer, but he’s not the only one. Not this week. It’s a thought that’s probably crept into the mind of everyone around Westwood. Read more...

Every team meeting, workout, practice and game has been oriented to this weekend. Every pass, steal, save and goal has been executed to get to this weekend. Read more...

James Lee, who signed a letter of intent to attend UCLA next year, won the 2004 AJGA Polo Golf Junior Classic last Sunday in a 23-hole match play competition at Sea Island, Ga. Read more...

Before I even begin, I need to make a full disclosure. I am not a UCLA football fan. In fact, I’m rooting for the other team. Read more...

The Pac-10 Championships may not be for another couple months, but the UCLA swim team will get a preview this weekend of the environment. The team will travel to the Husky Invitational this weekend in Federal Way, Wash., which is where the conference championships will be held in February. Read more...

The USC-UCLA Blood Drive goes on until game day, so contact your local donation center post haste. There’s some sort of competition this week, and for every unit of blood we donate, UCLA gets points, and then those points are tallied and after they’re added up … uhhh … The point is that if it’s a quantifiable, hierarchical winner/loser structure, it has to be important, so of course I want to jump in on it. Read more...