A transition from basketball to hockey would seem unlikely, as the two sports have little in common. But Kevin Walker, who played basketball at UCLA from ’87-’90, and later received an MBA from UCLA’s Anderson School, is doing just that. Read more...

Times are changing for UCLA’s basketball program, and you can thank the Say No Classic for helping them. Four incoming freshmen ““ Noelle Quinn, Amanda Livingston, Consuelo Lezcano and Shaina Zaidi ““ have inked their way to UCLA this off-season and will make an immediate mark on a program that has burgeoned the past few seasons. Read more...

The City of Los Angeles is spoiled with back-to-back-to-back Lakers championships. Yet it was only fitting that a fourth parade never took place. What began as a season that saw one of its greats, Chick Hearn, forever silenced and ended with a Robert Horry three-pointer that should’ve gone in but didn’t, the Lakers were never prepared last season. Read more...

LONG BEACH “”mdash; As Earl Watson walks out of the locker room after a NBA summer league game, Jerry West, the Memphis Grizzlies’ general manager, quietly walks over to the young point guard and gives him a few post-game tips. Read more...

With both of my roommates out of town for the weekend, I faced a harsh realization ““ if I didn’t learn how to cook, there was a chance I would die. Read more...

I love New York. It’s the greatest city in the world. What other city can boast having an inspirational song by Frank Sinatra? I mean, Los Angeles has Randy Newman and Denver has John Denver, but no one measures up to the Godfather. Read more...

The magnitude of California’s budget crisis is being felt as far as the UCLA athletic department, as rising student fees and budget cuts have the department staring at a deficit of approximately $1.7 million for this fiscal year, which began July 1. Read more...