New year, same story: Gators bounce Bruins from NCAA Tournament

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — After a sobering 40 minutes on the floor of FedExForum and before a rush of media questions, UCLA’s locker room was, for a moment, silent. Maybe the hush was the result of UCLA tasting its worst loss of the season, coming within a few made jumpers of dethroning Florida, the nation’s best […]

Bruins of Memphis: A selection of UCLA fans at the Sweet Sixteen

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Humans of Westwood visits Tennessee as Bruin fans enter the FedExForum in advance of UCLA’s Sweet Sixteen matchup with the University of Florida. They are from all around the country and all walks of life, but they have one thing in common: they came a long way to get here. The groups […]

UCLA defeats Stephen F. Austin, 77-60, secures spot in Sweet Sixteen

SAN DIEGO, Ca. — The UCLA men’s basketball team, seeded fourth in the South Region of the NCAA Tournament, defeated 12th-seeded Stephen F. Austin, 77–60, in a third-round matchup at the Viejas Arena in San Diego. The Bruins move on to a Sweet Sixteen matchup with No. 1 Florida Thursday in Memphis.

UCLA defeats Tulsa, 76-59, to advance to Round of 32 in NCAA Tournament

SAN DIEGO, Ca. — The fourth-seeded UCLA men’s basketball team defeated 13th-seeded Tulsa 76-59 in a second-round matchup in the NCAA tournament’s South regional. Sophomore guard Jordan Adams led all scorers with 21 points and junior guard Norman Powell added fifteen points, including two second-half dunks that brought the crowd in San Diego State’s Viejas […]

BarbecueLA: India’s Tandoori

The Saturday afternoon quiet of Brentwood’s Tandoori Grill was punctuated only by the emergence of stone slabs – laden with sizzling, steaming piles of meat – through the kitchen doors. Such dramatic presentation is inevitable with a traditional tandoor, kept at a temperature upwards of 900 degrees by a charcoal or wood fire within the oven itself. Given the high-intensity cooking method, food can easily be overcooked but, when done correctly, yields the kind of flavorful, tender meats offered by Tandoori Grill.

Bruins fall to Ducks, 83-87, in double overtime

Moments before UCLA basketball took the floor Thursday night, the biggest jeers facing the Bruins came neither from Oregon’s basketball players nor the Duck faithful scattered throughout Pauley Pavilion. No, it was UCLA’s pregame DJ that pointed out the elephant in the room and practically pulled on its trunk, playing Rob Base and DJ EZ […]