T.J. Cummings didn’t start for the first time in 17 games and UCLA’s frontcourt managed to dominate USC in both points in the paint and fast-break points. Read more...

So far this season, the No. 11 UCLA men’s volleyball team’s depth chart has been dangerously shallow. So shallow that even the return of 6-foot-9-inch senior quick hitter Scott Morrow, who had spent the previous four months recovering from knee surgery, couldn’t save the Bruins on Wednesday. Read more...

When a No. 1 team plays to its full potential, look out. The top-ranked UCLA softball team scored 35 runs in a doubleheader against UC Riverside yesterday and didn’t allow any from the other team. Read more...

There was a blue shirt ““ symbolic of new blood ““ among the white-clad men’s tennis team. Freshman Aaron Yovan made his tennis debut Wednesday against the visiting San Diego Toreros (2-2) and contributed to a 7-0 UCLA win at the Los Angeles Tennis Center. Read more...

So Wednesday night at the Sports Arena I ran into a girl I had a crush on back in high school. I was at the game with two of my roommates, and she (it figures she turned out to be a Trojan) was there with a friend whom one of my buddies knew. Read more...

In a last-ditch effort to secure heralded Long Beach Poly defensive tackle Kevin Brown on Tuesday, UCLA sent him “The National Championship Puzzle” with a note that read, “Kevin, you’re our missing piece.” Brown told the Bruin coaching staff he was coming to Westwood Wednesday, but later decided not to send in his letter of intent, leaving UCLA still missing a part of that puzzle. Read more...

Sitting in their locker room at halftime, the Bruins probably didn’t hear USC football coach Pete Carroll triumphantly ringing the Victory Bell at center court. But they and their fans probably still hear the ringing from the Rose Bowl end zones last November. Read more...