On Sept. 14, my dog Al turned 3 years old. Al is a terrier mutt ““ a medium-sized dog with brown and white short hair. Al reminds me of actress Nicole Kidman and Portland Trailblazers power forward Rasheed Wallace. Read more...

Every great team has a great leader. For the UCLA women’s soccer team, that leader is Nandi Pryce. Pryce, an All-American senior defender, will lead the Bruins tonight in the team’s Pac-10 opener against Washington State at Drake Stadium . Read more...

The cliché “it’s not whether you win or lose; it’s what you get out of it” definitely holds true for the No. 5 UCLA water polo team (8-4). Read more...

Usually a soccer team that has only three players who have started every game is either terrible, fraught with injuries, or both. But the No. 2 UCLA men’s soccer team (8-1, 2-0 Pac-10) is neither terrible nor fraught with injuries. Read more...

The talk at Tuesday’s football practice was all about underestimating Arizona and how the Bruins (3-2, 1-0 Pac-10) will not be doing that when they travel to Tucson for this weekend’s game. Read more...

This time there wasn’t quite as much drama. Just days after escaping with a harrowing last-second road victory over UNLV, the UCLA women’s soccer team closed out the nonconference portion of its schedule with a dominating 2-0 defeat of host San Diego on Tuesday night at Torero Stadium. Read more...

Brett Ormsby’s summer team will play his current team today. Over the summer, Ormsby played for the U.S. water polo team that won the gold medal at the Pan American Champion-ships and finished sixth at the World Championships in August. Read more...