Author Archives: Jonathan Lee

For the time being at least, it looks like the UCLA football team is once again locked in a quarterback derby to decide who should lead the team into the new season. Last year it was incumbent senior Drew Olson competing against redshirt freshman Ben Olson, the all-everything recruit from Thousand Oaks who transferred in […]

During her tenure as coach of the UCLA women’s soccer team, Jill Ellis has built the program into a consistent winner. Now she looks to do the same at the international level. This week, Ellis will lead the U.S. Under-21 National Team in the Nordic Cup, the most prestigious international tournament at the U-21 level, […]

ESPN.com reported this past Wednesday that O.J. Mayo, the No. 1-rated high school basketball player in the class of 2007, would soon make his college decision known. Why should this matter to Bruin fans, since he clearly won’t be attending UCLA in the future? Because it is now widely believed that Mayo, billed as the […]

UCLA is known across the country for its unparalleled success in NCAA sports, but more athletes roam the campus than just those who fill the Morgan Center with trophies. Every quarter, hundreds of ordinary students looking for a bit of competition ““ or just to have a little fun ““ participate in an extensive intramural […]

The talent of Kara Lang has never been a question. The star freshman forward for the UCLA women’s soccer team has been a part of the Canadian National team since she was just 15 years old As the No. 1 overall recruit in the nation last year, Lang already had more experience playing at the […]

At first glance, the news that sophomore guards Jordan Farmar and Arron Afflalo are declaring for the NBA Draft is devastating to UCLA basketball. After coming oh-so-close to hanging a 12th banner in Pauley Pavilion, Bruin fans were already dreaming of just how good the team might be next year. Without Farmar and Afflalo, though, […]

Now that the sting of losing to the Florida Gators in the national championship has worn off a bit, it’s time to start looking forward to next season. The Bruins arrived on the national scene a year earlier than most pundits expected, reaching the title game relying heavily on a rotation made up of seven […]