It wasn’t a huge serve or even a crucial point, but to Lauren Hogan, it meant everything. Despite a debilitating shoulder injury that has spelled a premature end to her volleyball career, the senior outside hitter stepped on the court at Pauley Pavilion for the first time since 2000, serving the first point of Friday’s match against Arizona. Read more...

There are no more excuses. No longer can the UCLA basketball team write off poor, low-energy performances as preseason experiments designed to give everyone playing time, rather than win. Read more...

Rowing signs six recruits The UCLA women’s rowing team has scanned the nation for recruits, signing three women from each coast to National Letters of Intent. Read more...

Moments before the final team relays on Saturday’s meet against Arizona, the Wildcats suddenly ceased activity to hear the score at that point: “Arizona 144, UCLA 120.” The Bruins’ opponent then heaved a sigh of relief at its margin of victory. Read more...

The first rule of The Team is that everybody talks about The Team. From there, the rules get more and more absurd. Then again, with the people that make up this group, anything less than ridiculous would be uncivilized. Read more...

Redshirt freshman Tyler Ebell said last week that the game would hinge on turnovers. Being right was little consolation after the loss to the Trojans. “Yep, that was me,” Ebell said, confessing to the premonition. Read more...

High expectations were shattered once again this week for UCLA sports. The women’s cross country team placed 25th out of 31 teams at the NCAA Championships yesterday in Terre Haute, Ind. Read more...