The UCLA women’s basketball team now has good reason to believe in unlucky numbers. Wearing Washington’s No. 13 jersey, Giuliana Mendiola is exactly the reason. Clearly intent on avenging an earlier season loss to the Bruins, Mendiola led the Washington squad (17-3 overall, 9-2 Pac-10) in the epitome of a rout on Sunday. Read more...

On a January day in which the on-court temperature approached 90 degrees, the youthful No. 7 women’s tennis team fell to its experienced rival No. 9 USC 4-3. Read more...

Schneider, Lopez join football staff UCLA’s coaching staff continues to acquire a Colorado taste, as Dorrell hired Brian Schneider ““ formerly the Colorado State tight end and special teams coach ““ to come to Westwood and coach UCLA’s outside linebackers and nickel backs. Read more...

The heckling fans didn’t beat the Bruins. The altitude of Provo, Utah didn’t defeat UCLA either. BYU beat the UCLA men’s volleyball team ““ twice ““ thoroughly outplaying the Bruins in two 3-0 victories Friday and Saturday night at the Smith Fieldhouse. Read more...

Going to UCLA basketball games this season has been a lot like driving by a serious car wreck on the highway. You know it’s going to be ugly, you know there are going to be casualties, but you can’t force yourself not to look. Read more...

Forget seeing their shadows ““ the Bruins didn’t even climb out of their hole on Saturday night, suffering another embarrassing loss. This time it was Oregon State winning 83-79, on the eve of Groundhog Day, in front of a disgruntled Pauley Pavilion crowd of 7,698. Read more...

If this was a midterm, the No. 1 UCLA men’s tennis team would have set the curve. In the team’s first true test of the season, playing against defending national champion USC across town, it passed with flying colors. Read more...