Some students are just born Bruins. They have that blue and gold in their veins that surges with every eight-clap and each cry of “UCLA, fight, fight, fight!” The name UCLA just brings about a sense of family and tradition. Read more...

Ben Howland, this is your team. Not an entirely inauspicious debut, wouldn’t you say? In his first game as head coach, Howland has already managed to do something Steve Lavin couldn’t: beat EA Sports. Read more...

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...

Amid the many posters hanging in the Morgan Center Press Room, one Sports Illustrated cover is so visually striking it is impossible to miss. The headline reads, “Return to Glory,” superimposed over a photograph of Ed O’Bannon cutting down the net after winning UCLA’s 11th NCAA title. Read more...

As she awaits Charde Houston’s decision, UCLA women’s basketball coach Kathy Olivier can take solace in one thing. Regardless of whether Houston, perhaps the nation’s top prep forward, commits to the Bruins or not, UCLA will have its third straight top-20 recruiting class according to most analysts. Read more...

Don’t laugh when Tia Jackson talks about bringing a championship to Westwood. Nikki Blue didn’t. Not even after a pair of 20-loss seasons that had some outside the UCLA women’s basketball community questioning the program’s direction. Read more...