UCLA fans have seen him at the Bruins’ football games, bullhorn in hand, leading the masses in the traditional UCLA 8-clap. He’s recognizable as the male cheerleader who looks a bit too old for his job. Read more...

Near the glittering stars of Hollywood in 1969, it seemed only fitting that William Holden’s movie, “The Wild Bunch,” was used to nickname the best defensive line in the nation, a group at USC that terrorized opposing backfields. Read more...

Desperate times call for desperate measures, sports fans. The last time we beat ‘SC, my voice was deepening and I was sprouting hair in strange places. Maybe it was only five years ago, but I was a late bloomer.  I desperately needed to know if this is the year of the Bruin or the year of the skirt-wearing man condom. Read more...

And so the pendulum swings. UCLA, the top team in Los Angeles five years ago, has fallen on hard times, going from rosy dreams to possibly no bowl game at all. Read more...

Pete Carroll knows what UCLA is going through. Two years ago, in his first year coaching at USC, his team struggled to a 6-5 regular season, needing a win against his cross-town rival to guarantee a bowl bid. Read more...

I guess there are a lot of better things to do with your time than watch the UCLA-USC football game on Saturday. Maybe you can go see “Matrix: Revolutions” for a second time. Read more...

Craig Bragg prides himself on scouting talent. “I knew about Marvin Harrison before he made it big,” Bragg will tell you. Or it could just be that Bragg sees so much of himself in Harrison. Read more...