W. volleyball: Inconsistent season could defy history

No matter how much the No. 16 UCLA’s women’s volleyball team has struggled in the past, it has always been able to pull through against one particular team. And regardless of how impressively it has played at times in the last few years, it hasn’t been able to beat another. With inconsistency and injuries plaguing […]

[Football preview] Enduring change after change

Jared Newberry didn’t expect this. Five years ago, Stanford’s football team was headed to the Rose Bowl and Newberry hoped to become the linebacker that kept the Cardinal atop the Pac-10 conference. But since that time, Newberry has gone through a whirlwind experience that has mirrored Stanford’s program. Despite the change and uncertainty, the Cardinal […]

M. basketball: Men’s basketball gets its 2nd international player

Four days after landing its biggest prize, the UCLA men’s basketball team continues to fill out its 2005 recruiting class. The Bruins received a verbal commitment on Friday from Luc Mbah a Moute, a small forward from Cameroon. Mbah a Moute, who attends high school at the Montervade Academy in Florida, is the second international […]

Point spreads a good way to spice up losing game

Shortly after Cal put last Saturday’s football game against UCLA out of reach, things got really interesting. As the Bears’ lead teetered between two and three scores, a vested audience remained glued to its television sets, erupting at every inconsequential touchdown. J.J. Arrington’s 9-yard scamper into the end zone with a minute and a half […]