Oregon State came into Pauley Pavilion at a bad time.  After losing Friday to Cal State Fullerton, 194.275 to 193.6, and posting the team’s lowest scoring total of the season in the process, the third-ranked UCLA gymnastics team had something to prove Sunday. Read more...

Underdogs always look good on paper. UCLA had upset the No. 1 team in the nation four years running, a veritable tradition for the Bruins. The stars seemed to have aligned themselves perfectly for Saturday’s showdown with Stanford: UCLA was at home, coming off one of its better performances of the season. Read more...

The door closed on Stanford senior Nicole Powell’s illustrious women’s basketball career in front of the Cardinal faithful at Maples Pavilion on Saturday afternoon. It may also have slammed shut on UCLA’s hopes of earning an at-large bid to this year’s NCAA tournament. Read more...

An independent review of alleged questionable community service practices by former University of Colorado strength and conditioning coach E.J. “Doc” Kreis was closed Friday, after the investigation was unable to confirm whether or not he acted legitimately. Read more...

It didn’t matter that his opponent was one of only two unbeaten teams in the country and at the top of the national rankings. When Jon Crispin finally got a chance to play significant minutes Saturday afternoon, he simply wasn’t pleased with his penultimate starting performance. Read more...

Not this time. And more importantly, not this team. Giant turned giant-killer UCLA, which has felled the nation’s top-ranked team each of the last four years, mustered neither the mind-set nor the manpower necessary to extend its unlikely streak Saturday. Read more...

Long gone, so it seems, are the days when UCLA is the top-ranked team in the land. Sadly, that’s just the way it is. But hey, if you can’t join ’em, beat ’em. Read more...