The pre-game jitters that rose up within Trevor Ariza’s stomach when he first stepped foot on the Pauley Pavilion floor Wednesday night had disappeared by the opening buzzer. Read more...

Just moments before making his UCLA basketball coaching debut, Ben Howland was all alone in the locker room. There he sat and thought about all he had lost since taking the job in the offseason ““ namely his father, Robert, who died in June from a head injury following a fall. Read more...

Word on the street is that Title IX, since its inception, has helped only women’s sports. As the UCLA men’s crew team has shown, this is not always the case. Read more...

It’s a given that there are no easy weeks in the Pac-10. But right about now, the No. 8 UCLA women’s volleyball team is about to run an absolute gauntlet. Read more...

Placekicker Justin Medlock knows all too well the way field goal kicking has played crucial roles in losses against Oregon for the past two years. “I’ve watched the game tapes,” Medlock said. Read more...

Saturday’s exhibition game between UCLA and team Love and Basketball marked the return of Julia Pitts. While freshman guard Noelle Quinn’s game-winning buzzer-beater captivated the crowd, all eyes were on Pitts, the sophomore starting forward from the first second she stepped on the court. Read more...

Signing day adds Olympian to Bruins’ gymnastics lineup The UCLA gymnastics team has signed Tasha Schwikert and Lindsey Vanden Eykel to national letters of intent. Schwikert, from Las Vegas, is a 2000 Olympian and 2003 World Championship gold medalist, and Vanden Eykel, from Plano, Texas, is a former junior national champion. Read more...