Teams shoot for home-floor advantage during the postseason all the time. Why is this phenomenon so rampant in the sports world? Well, as the name infers, it’s an advantage ““ in every sport except gymnastics. Read more...

Correction Appended Ah, the Wooden Center. Just when the No. 3 UCLA men’s volleyball team thought it was safe to cruise on into the playoffs, this happens. Read more...

Last season, running back Maurice Drew had a freshman year in the vein of Tyler Ebell’s first season as a Bruin. Drew was an undersized and quick tailback who surprised a lot of people and went on to lead the team in rushing. Read more...

Those crazy kids … always getting wild ideas stuck in their heads. That’s bound to happen. But Trevor Ariza’s bewildering decision to turn pro ““ an ill-advised conclusion that could ultimately cost him his basketball career and will most definitely change his life in some way or other ““ was made with incredibly poor reasoning. Read more...

The UCLA baseball team has been winning games recently in the last innings. Tuesday, it won in the first. With an impressive array of power, which has been largely absent this year, the Bruins (19-14) throttled No. Read more...

There’s always more than one side to a story. There’s the fact, and there’s what the fact actually means. So here’s the fact: Tobias Clemens has lost his last three tennis matches. Read more...

Cloaked in anonymity throughout her UCLA career, Melissa McBain is a secret no longer. A sterling indoor season has propelled McBain into a strong start outdoors, reaffirming her status as perhaps UCLA’s top middle-distance runner, at least until three-time NCAA champion Lena Nilsson begins competing later this month. Read more...