Author Archives: Sam Allen

Nowadays the UCLA women’s water polo team looks like that rare picture of perfection in Division I athletics. The Bruins have won two straight NCAA titles and are poised for a third. In the past three seasons they have lost just five regular-season games.

If you haven’t heard, this Saturday is the NFL Draft. This weekend, ESPN will devote 18 hours of coverage to this non-event that has become a yearly TV spectacle.

The UCLA women’s water polo team did not let a tough San Diego State opponent and stormy conditions prevent it from finishing its regular season in a familiar, stellar fashion on Friday in San Diego.

Entering the year it was a foregone conclusion that at least one UCLA team would capture an NCAA title, the 100th in the school’s history and the most for any school in the country. But No. 100 has proved more elusive than predicted. Women’s volleyball came up short in December. Men’s soccer lost in the […]

The University of Spoiled Children has just signed its most sought-after basketball recruit. The prized prospect has already been on MTV Cribs flaunting his mansion and exotic cars. At 17, he’s a rap star and actor with his own clothing label. Yes, it’s an absurd, unbelievable story, but I can spell it out pretty easily […]

These days it’s clear that UCLA is one of the premier college basketball programs in the country. The Bruins are undoubtedly back in that upper echelon as coach Ben Howland attempts to build a dynasty in Westwood. But with the new territory comes new sources of anxiety for Bruin fans. Expectations couldn’t be higher. Usually […]

Last weekend’s win over No. 3 USC may have seemed like the ultimate victory for the UCLA women’s water polo team at the time. But this weekend, No. 2 UCLA (20-1) may be facing an even greater challenge in No. 1 Stanford (19-1), with even more at stake. On Saturday, UCLA will have the opportunity […]