Author Archives: Nik Lampros

Last Tuesday, first-year UCLA wide receivers coach Eric Scott, along with two other men, was arrested on a charge of burglary. He was placed on administrative leave Wednesday.

For one set Sunday night, it was hard to tell which doubles pairing was the one ranked No. 1 in the world and looking to capture its record-setting fourth Countrywide Classic title, and which was the unseeded upstart that had only this week notched wins in three consecutive matches for the first time.

This week’s Countrywide Classic marks the beginning of the US Open Series of tennis, a six-week, 10-tournament road trip that winds its way east across the country, culminating with the US Open in New York City in late August. The series represents the heart of the hardcourt tennis season, and is typically when the top American men’s players really begin to excel.

A professional draft, like the one that took place Thursday for the NBA, is an interesting thing for a college campus. It means very different things to different people.

Former UCLA men’s basketball Director of Basketball Operations Chris Carlson was recently announced as the new head coach of the UC San Diego men’s basketball program. He will replace Bill Carr, who put together a 38-45 record over his three-year tenure at UCSD. Carlson had worked under Ben Howland for the past four seasons and […]

Here at UCLA we have a lot of traditions. Some of them may seem a little weird to you at first. To this day, I still don’t know why I need to clap eight times for any of our teams to win a big game. But I clap. I don’t know where the “dead dog Rover” song came from, but I sing it anyway.

IRVINE “”mdash; The men’s water polo team’s season came to an end Sunday, following an up-and-down final weekend at the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation’s end-of-the-year tournament. The high points were obvious. The third-ranked Bruins opened the weekend with a dominating 17-1 rout over the fifth-seeded Pacific Tigers on Friday, then closed out their season on […]