UCLA women’s basketball continues to be pegged as one of the breakthrough teams in the upcoming season, with the most recent praise coming from its most familiar critics. The Bruins have been selected to finish in second place of the Pac-10 conference for the 2005-2006 season, according to a poll of media members who cover […]
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[Online Exclusive]: Another overtime comeback as Bruins top Cardinal 30-27
Another week, another improbable comeback win of mammoth proportions for the Bruins. In a season defined by its last-minute heroics, UCLA had no more dramatic or important victory of the season after traveling to Palo Alto and beating Stanford 30-27 in overtime Saturday night. With a fading pass through the Bay Area sky that gingerly […]
Hurricane Wilma blows men’s golf performance off course
Off the shores of the Florida coast, the building tension stirred up by Hurricane Wilma finally got to the UCLA men’s golf team. The No. 10 Bruins, who were delayed by one day due to the hurricane, finished their tournament on Tuesday, culminating in a tie for 11th place at the Isleworth Collegiate Invitational, hosted […]
Bruins work to live up to early accolades
During a streak of damp and gloomy days as winter rears its ugly head, the women’s basketball team has reason to feel like the sun is gazing down on them. As they prepare for the start of a new season, the Bruins have received a bevy of encouraging news ““ from the national media as […]
Online exclusive: Bruins still undefeated after trouncing Beavers 51-28
What had the making of a back-and-forth shootout after the first few minutes of play quickly turned into a sound drubbing as UCLA easily beat Oregon State 51-28 to continue marching forward with its perfect record intact. Senior quarterback Drew Olson engineered an offense that put points on the scoreboard without much resistance from a […]
No longer small fish in a big pond
It’s an unusually wet and dreary Tuesday morning. Half past five. While most of the UCLA campus is still fast asleep, the UCLA men’s rowing team pulls itself out of bed to go practice on the waters at Marina Del Rey. The rowers gather at the top of Bruin Walk before the sun has even […]
The soul of UCLA, on and off court
Oct. 14th came and went. The balmy Friday afternoon slipped into night, and soon the dawn ushered in a Saturday full of memorable sports moments ““ none more spectacular than the UCLA football team’s overtime win over Washington State. But that Friday carried an important footnote: a birthday for a man who is responsible for […]