By Dylan Hernandez Daily Bruin Senior Staff TUCSON, Ariz. “”mdash; For 20 minutes, Jason Kapono was magic, his right hand an elegant wand that softly carried the ball into the net whenever he flicked his wrist. Read more...

  COURTNEY STEWART/Daily Bruin Junior Heidi Prosser dives in springboard competition. By Oshin Aivazian Daily Bruin Contributor Instead of smelling the roses, the diving team smelled the chlorine in weekend action at the Bruin Invitational in Pasadena. Read more...

  CHRIS BACKLEY/Daily Bruin Senior swimmer Elvira Fischer rips through the water during the 100-meter breaststroke. By Regina Yeh Daily Bruin Contributor Compelled to almost desperate measures, the UCLA swimming team suddenly found itself in a situation where the last event of the tri-meet at the Sunset Canyon Recreation Center could turn the win for Pacific. Read more...

  MAIYA HOLLIDAY Sophomore Alyssa Beckerman performs on the balance beam. By Eli Karon Daily Bruin Contributor Ladies and gentlemen, start your ovens. The folks at Krispy Kreme Doughnuts are doing just that as the UCLA gymnastics team competed at home for the first time in the 2002 season. Read more...

  Adam Karon If you know someone who is fan enough, loves Jim Everett or just wants to send a comment, e-mail Karon at [email protected]. When the gates to the Rose Bowl first open, he is there. Read more...

By Daniel Miller Daily Bruin Contributor Like the Hawaiian tropical rain storms that often appear out of nowhere, the men’s volleyball team came from behind like a monsoon to beat Hawai’i 31-29 in the first game of the championship match of the Outrigger Hotels Invitational title in Honolulu Saturday night. Read more...

By Eric Perez Daily Bruin Contributor UCLA women’s tennis enjoyed a successful weekend at the Pac-10 Indoors at the University of Washington over the weekend. The Pac-10 indoors, not quite an exhibition and not quite as crucial as the dual matches soon to come, gave the Bruins one last chance to concentrate on personal and doubles national rankings before focusing their energies toward their team goal of an NCAA title. Read more...