Former UCLA basketball coach Steve Lavin has had multiple meetings with long-time friend and mentor Gene Keady this week about becoming the lead assistant at Purdue, a source at the university said. Read more...

During the course of any golf tournament lasting at least three rounds, collegiate teams can expect to hit a lull. The UCLA women’s golf team is hoping it got its bad round out of the way Thursday and is looking forward to bluer skies and greener pastures for the remainder of the NCAA West Regional at Karsten Golf Course in Tempe, Ariz. Read more...

Scandal is the soup-du-jour of college sports right now, and it tastes “Mmm mmm good!” Former Iowa State basketball coach Larry Eustachy and ex-Alabama football coach Mike Price are just the last two in a long line of coaches sent packing for extracurricular activities deemed inappropriate by the powers that be. Read more...

The Altoids men’s intramural basketball team improved its record to 2-1 Wednesday evening. To some spectators’ dismay, the IM team received a forfeit. The Altoids, who won the Winter A-League title, have received both respect on the court and extensive media coverage in the Daily Bruin. Read more...

www.nationalmarblestournament.org The national marbles tournament is entering its 80th year. Boys and girls up to the age of 15 are eligible, and apparently boys have flocked across the country to New Jersey every year since 1923 ““ except during World War II ““ to compete. Read more...

Baseball to host Huskies In the final home games of the season, UCLA (23-26, 7-8 Pac-10) plays what is perhaps its most important series of the year against Washington. Read more...

JWC events mark 20th anniversary The John Wooden Center’s 20th Anniversary celebration continues this week. Here is a listing of events. Today: Map/Compass Seminar 12-2 p.m. Read more...