Sebastian Mack provides spark UCLA needs to win first Big Ten game
Mack Attack. The Return of the Mack. The Mack Strikes Back.Every nickname fit Sebastian Mack on Tuesday night, when the UCLA guard came off the…
UCLA vies to fend off Ohio State, keep recruiting class intact
Kuron Jabari Jr. was the original believer.Back in early March, before DeShaun Foster had concocted his first spring practice plan or devised a tentative depth…
Who will be UCLA’s starting quarterback in 2025? Five questions facing the Bruins
Once UCLA lost to USC, erasing the possibility of a winning season and a bowl game, the most important date on the Bruins’ calendar shifted…
The Sports Report: What a day — Rams, Chargers, Lakers, Clippers, UCLA women and Ducks win
Howdy, I’m your host, Houston Mitchell. Let’s get right to the news. Newsletter Go beyond the scoreboard Get the latest on L.A.'s teams in the…
Why UCLA needs Dylan Andrews to reemerge as a top playmaker
With every jump shot that fell through the net, a flurry of nine points in less than 2½ minutes last week, Dylan Andrews provided a…
Kiki Rice scores 21 points to lead UCLA women past Hawaii
HONOLULU — Kiki Rice scored 14 of her 21 points before halftime to lead No. 1 UCLA to a 70-49 win over Hawaii on Sunday in…
Yoga in a pill? Research might bring about prescription calmness
Good morning, and welcome to the Essential California newsletter. It’s Sunday. I’m your host, Andrew J. Campa. Here’s what you need to know to start…
No. 1 UCLA routs Fresno State at Rainbow Wahine Showdown
HONOLULU — Lauren Betts had 20 points and 12 rebounds to lead No. 1 UCLA to a 97-41 rout of Fresno State on Saturday in the…
UCLA holds off Fresno State to finish season with a win
It was a chance for UCLA to bid farewell to its seniors while making one final statement.Whew!After coming out flatter than their coach’s opening remarks…
Letters: Dodgers and their latest spending on the arms race
It’s a brilliant idea, the eight-man starting rotation. Think about it: Shohei Ohtani, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Tyler Glasnow, Clayton Kershaw, Walker Buehler, Tony Gonsolin, Dustin May…
UCLA vs. Fresno State: Five things to watch in the season finale
Kelly Skipper coached DeShaun Foster at UCLA. Jim Skipper coached Foster with the Carolina Panthers. Tim Skipper would like to teach Foster a thing or…
UCLA coach DeShaun Foster says staffer apologized for penalty
After further review, DeShaun Foster has reversed his stance on one central figure in the halftime brouhaha during the crosstown rivalry game.The UCLA coach acknowledged…
No. 1 UCLA basketball focused on improving after South Carolina win
A day after UCLA was anointed the best women’s college basketball team in the country in the season’s opening month, Cori Close showed up at…
UCLA men have best game of season in rout of Southern Utah
Mick Cronin’s postgame speech wasn’t one found in many coaching handbooks.After his team dismantled Southern Utah by 45 points on Tuesday night, the UCLA coach…
How USC’s Eddie Czaplicki became the best punter in college football
A light rain fell over the Rose Bowl Saturday night as Eddie Czaplicki took his place just behind USC’s 45-yard line. He didn’t expect to…
DeShaun Foster says UCLA was unfairly penalized in loss to USC
Two days after tensions flared going into halftime of the crosstown rivalry game, DeShaun Foster remained salty about UCLA being the only team punished. Three…
‘I got lonely’: Why a student built an escape room in a UCLA dorm room
“Code Green” has the trappings of a modern escape room. We enter what we are told is a hidden bunker-turned-research lab. It’s dark, but there…
UCLA women’s basketball ranked No. 1 in AP poll for the first time
The UCLA women’s basketball team has a new, coveted designation: best in the country.A day after the Bruins toppled top-ranked South Carolina, they leapfrogged three…
The Sports Report: UCLA has the best team in women’s basketball
Howdy, I’m your host, Houston Mitchell. Let’s get right to the news. Newsletter Go beyond the scoreboard Get the latest on L.A.'s teams in the…
Hernández: UCLA women prove beyond a doubt they are No. 1
The best women’s basketball team in the country plays at Pauley Pavilion.How else can UCLA be described after its 77-62 destruction of No. 1 South…