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Clara Adams, Kiele Ho-Ching and Lucas Jue honored by Century Club at 69th annual banquet
Adams, Ho-Ching and Jue were named high school athletes of the year.
NBA draft: UCLA’s Tyler Bilodeau goes to Nets in 2nd round
The 6-foot-9 forward, who averaged a team-best 17.6 points to go with 5.6 rebounds for...
UCLA men’s basketball to play in Thanksgiving tournament in San Diego
The Bruins will face St. Mary’s on Thanksgiving Day and either Texas or Georgetown the...
CWS: Oklahoma routs North Carolina for 1st national title since 1994
The Sooners capitalize on the Tar Heels’ uncharacteristic pitching struggles and get another clutch performance...
North Carolina beats Oklahoma to force deciding Game 3 at College World Series
Freshman Caden Glauber strikes out eight over five scoreless innings after starter Ryan Lynch exits...
College World Series: Oklahoma thumps North Carolina in Game 1
Led by Deiten Lachance’s two homers, the Sooners rough up Tar Heels ace Jason DeCaro...
College World Series: North Carolina seeks 1st title vs. surging Oklahoma
The fifth-seeded Tar Heels face the unseeded Sooners, looking to end the SEC’s run of...
College World Series: North Carolina, Oklahoma to meet in best-of-3 finals
Owen Hull has a triple and two doubles among his four hits, Gavin Gallaher has...
College World Series: Upstart Troy joins another SEC-heavy field in Omaha
A record five SEC teams are in the eight-team CWS and the last six national...
USC baseball’s College World Series bid ends on North Carolina’s walk-off double
Owen Hull’s fourth double caps a two-run ninth inning for the Tar Heels, who rally...
NCAA Super Regional: North Carolina shuts out USC, forces deciding game
North Carolina ace Jason DeCaro allows only three baserunners in complete game shutout.
NCAA Super Regional: Carpentier powers USC baseball past North Carolina
The Huntington Beach High product’s grand slam in the sixth propels the Trojans to a...
Texas sweeps Texas Tech for 2nd straight NCAA softball title
Teagan Kavan strikes out five in the final two innings to back a strong start...
USC baseball’s next stop: North Carolina for the super regionals
In their first super regional in 21 years, the Trojans face the fifth-seeded Tar Heels...
UCLA men’s golf falls to Auburn in NCAA final at La Costa
Jackson Koivun and the top-seeded Tigers win their second NCAA golf title in three years,...
Texas tops Texas Tech in Game 1 of WCWS title series
Teagan Kavan pitches a complete game three-hitter, Katie Stewart hits her fourth home run in...
Texas and Texas Tech go at it again for WCWS title
The second-seeded Longhorns take on the 11th-seeded Red Raiders one year after winning their Women’s...
USC baseball beats Texas A&M, reaches super regionals for 1st time since 2005
Augie Lopez drives in five runs, three with a seventh-inning homer, and four USC pitchers...
USC baseball routs Texas A&M to force rematch for regional title
Andrew Lamb drives in five runs and Andrew Johnson throws 124 pitches over 7⅓ innings...
UCLA softball’s record-setting season ends in extra-inning loss to Texas Tech
Jordan Woolery homers twice and helps force extras for the Bruins. Former UCLA pitcher Kaitlyn...
No. 1 UCLA baseball’s season ends with another loss to Saint Mary’s
The Bruins fall, 6-5 in 10 innings, two days after the Gaels handed them their...
USC baseball powers past Lamar to stay alive in NCAA regional
The Trojans score a season-high 19 runs, their most in a postseason game since 1998,...
No. 1 UCLA baseball saves season with 3-run rally in the 9th
Mulivai Levu and Roman Martin slug back-to-back homers before Phoenix Call’s single wins it in...
USC baseball squanders late lead, loses to Texas State in NCAA regional opener
Adrian Lopez puts the Trojans ahead with a solo homer in the bottom of the...
WCWS: Megan Grant breaks UCLA’s career home run record in rout of Arkansas
Grant belts her 91st career home run, passing the 24-year-old program mark set by Stacey...
No. 1 UCLA baseball stunned by Saint Mary’s to open NCAA Los Angeles Regional
The Bruins stumble against the Gaels, 3-2, their first defeat since April 14. They now...
Women’s College World Series: UCLA softball falls to Alabama in opener
Megan Grant ties Stacey Nuveman’s program record with the 90th homer of her career to...
Top-ranked UCLA baseball team ready to ride together
The Big Ten champion Bruins, with targets on their backs as the No. 1 team...
USC baseball looks to rebound in College Station Regional
The Trojans, who fell to UCLA in the Big Ten Tournament semifinals, open with Texas...
UCLA earns No. 1 seed for NCAA baseball tournament
UCLA was rewarded Monday for its dominant wire-to-wire run through the regular season and will...
UCLA baseball walks off Oregon to win Big Ten tournament title
Phoenix Call is hit by a pitch with the bases loaded in the 11th inning,...
Aleena Garcia powers UCLA softball back to Women’s College World Series
Garcia hits two home runs and sets a UCLA postseason record with seven RBIs as...
Big Ten Tournament: Mulivai Levu plays hero again as UCLA baseball stuns USC
One day after driving in the winning run against Purdue, Levu launches a 3-run homer...
UCLA baseball rallies past Purdue to reach Big Ten Tournament semifinals
The top-seeded Bruins tie it with two runs in the bottom of the eighth, then...
UCLA softball stifles Central Florida in NCAA Super Regional opener
Senior pitcher Taylor Tinsley limits UCF to one run on three hits in five innings,...
USC baseball opens Big Ten Tournament by blanking Michigan State
The fourth-seeded Trojans persevere, 7-0, and advance to the semifinals as ace Mason Edwards throws...
UCLA softball hosts surprising Central Florida in NCAA Super Regional
The Bruins, loaded with experience and record-breaking power, take on the Golden Knights in a...
As college football barrels toward a 24-team playoff, who’s paying for this, and how much?
The Big Ten is pushing to double the size of the CFP, but concerns remain...
Big Ten commish says 24-team playoff would make regular season more meaningful, not less
Meeting with reporters at the Big Ten spring meetings in Rancho Palos Verdes, Tony Petitti...
UCLA’s Jordan Woolery named Softball America’s National Player of the Year
The senior first baseman, hitting .506 with 34 homers and a program record 111 RBIs,...
Megan Grant’s grand slam helps send UCLA softball to NCAA Super Regional
Grant hits her NCAA-record 40th home run of the season as the Bruins rout South...
Cal State Fullerton softball’s NCAA regional run ends against South Carolina
The Big West champion Titans fall, 4-2, in their second game of the day, while...
Cal State Fullerton softball walks off California Baptist to stay alive in NCAA regional
Ava Arce’s seventh-inning single gives the Titans a 3-2 victory and sends them into a...
Taylor Tinsley helps UCLA softball bounce back against South Carolina in NCAA regional
The senior pitcher throws her 21st complete game of the season as the Bruins beat...
UCLA softball rallies past California Baptist in wild NCAA regional opener
The Lancers take the lead with a 10-run fifth inning, but the Bruins battle back...
Cal State Fullerton softball falls to South Carolina in NCAA regional opener
Gamecocks outfielder and Great Oak High product Quincee Lilio hits a three-run, go-ahead home run...
UCLA, California Baptist, Cal State Fullerton softball set for NCAA regional
The No. 8 Bruins, led by star hitters Megan Grant and Jordan Woolery, host the...
UCLA women’s basketball coach Cori Close gets new contract
The deal will keep Close, who guided the Bruins to their first NCAA championship in...
UC Irvine men’s volleyball falls to Hawai’i in NCAA championship match
The unseeded Anteaters start strong, but the second-seeded Rainbow Warriors regroup to win in four...
UC Irvine created a men’s volleyball haven, riding the energy into NCAA final
The unseeded Anteaters (21-8) conclude their magical tournament run with a championship match against second-seeded...
Long Beach State men’s volleyball falls to Hawai’i in NCAA semifinals
Third-seeded LBSU loses to its second-seeded Big West rival in four sets, ending its bid...
UC Irvine men’s volleyball beats Ball State to reach NCAA final
The unseeded Anteaters beat the fourth-seeded Cardinals, 25-19, 23-25, 27-25, 25-19, to advance to their...
UCLA’s Megan Grant breaks NCAA HR record as Bruins lose Big Ten title game
The senior slugger eclipses a 31-year-old mark with her 38th home run of the season,...
UFC 328 tensions rise between champion Chimaev and Strickland
The middleweight champ and the former titleholder have amplified Saturday’s main event with a war...
UC Irvine, Long Beach State take different paths to NCAA men’s volleyball semifinals
The unseeded Anteaters face fourth-seeded Ball State after stunning top-seeded UCLA; third-seeded LBSU eyes a...
NCAA basketball tournaments will expand to 76 teams next season
The March Madness men's and women's brackets will grow by eight teams next season in...
Alexander: Bob Chesney, savior of UCLA football?
The new coach, who arrived in December from James Madison, not only has changed the...
UCLA softball team unleashes record-setting power
Led by Megan Grant and Jordan Woolery, the Bruins’ plate discipline has them tied with...
Chesney quickly rebuilding UCLA with a trio of 4-star commits
The new Bruins' football coach and his staff have excelled on the recruiting trail so...
UCLA women sweep Stanford to win third beach volleyball championship
It is the Bruins’ first championship since winning back-to-back titles in 2018-19.
UC Irvine men’s volleyball stuns top seed UCLA to reach NCAA semifinals
Third-seeded Long Beach State sweeps Loyola of Chicago and No. 2 Hawaii outlasts USC in...
UCLA to face Stanford in pursuit of its 3rd NCAA beach volleyball title
The third-seeded Bruins will take on the top-seeded Cardinal on Sunday after the lone Southern...
UCLA football gives fans a preview in Spring Game at Rose Bowl
The Bob Chesney era wraps up its initial spring session with no lack of enthusiasm...
Alexander: NCAA’s March Madness expansion? It’s a dud
With the NCAA Tournament likely to be bulked up from 68 to 76 teams next...
Men’s volleyball: USC, UC Irvine, Pepperdine reach NCAA regional finals
The Trojans, Anteaters and Waves survive the first night of the expanded 12-team tournament and...
UCLA, USC, Loyola Marymount advance in NCAA beach volleyball tournament
The third-seeded Bruins, fourth-seeded Trojans and seventh-seeded Lions go on to Saturday’s second round, while...
UCLA football ready to uncoil before Spring Game
The Bruins hold their final spring practice at Spaulding Field, with a special connection developing...
World’s tallest basketball player, 7-foot-9 Olivier Rioux, signs with UC Irvine
Rioux played sparingly this year at Florida, where he was a walk-on for two seasons,...
NCAA basketball tournaments on track to expand to 76 teams next March
The NCAA is still deliberating, but the much-expected development has been in the works for...
Why Cole Martin stayed at UCLA even though his father went to ASU
Former assistant coach Demetrice Martin was out when Bob Chesney and his staff came in,...
USC women’s water polo holds off Cal for its 8th national title
The third-seeded Trojans hold off a late push from the fourth-seeded Golden Bears for an...
UCLA is top seed, Long Beach State is No. 3 for NCAA men’s volleyball tourney
The teams, who have combined to win the past three national championships, will host three-team...
UCLA, Long Beach State men’s volleyball teams surging into NCAA tourney
UCLA defeats USC in the MPSF final and defending national champion LBSU outlasts Hawaii in...
NFL draft: USC’s Kamari Ramsey taken by Texans on Day 3
Sierra Canyon School’s first NFL draftee was the first pick of the fifth round. Safety...
NFL draft: USC WR Ja’Kobi Lane goes to Ravens in 3rd round
Lane, the second Trojans receiver selected after Makai Lemon went to the Philadelphia Eagles in...
UCLA football lights up for high school coaches
The Bruins have about 180 coaches – from California but also Arizona and Virginia –...
NFL draft: Eagles select ‘insanely competitive’ USC WR Makai Lemon at No. 20
Lemon, the 2025 Biletnikoff Award winner and an All-American, took an unexpected route to pro...
UCLA’s defense continues to shine at spring practice
As first-year coach Bob Chesney predicted, the Bruins’ defense is getting the better of the...
NFL draft: Which USC players might get picked and when
Led by prospective first-round wide receiver Makai Lemon, here’s a breakdown of eight Trojans who...
NFL draft: UCLA hopes to avoid a repeat of 2012’s shutout
Offensive lineman Garrett DiGiorgio and defensive tackle Gary Smith III may be the Bruins’ best...
UCLA’s ‘physical football’ more to Bob Chesney’s liking
'I thought their intensity was where it should be,' the first-year Bruins coach says, praising...
USC WR Makai Lemon brings ‘all business’ approach to NFL draft
The reigning Biletnikoff Trophy winner, who doesn’t seek media attention or limelight, is projected to...
USC women land UC Davis’ Ryann Bennett, add another 5-star freshman
Bennett, who was the Aggies’ leading scorer last season, and Spanish forward/center Sara Okeke were...
UCLA finishes 3rd in NCAA gymnastics semifinal; Jordan Chiles wins floor title
Chiles collects her fourth NCAA event title, but the two-time uneven bars champion has an...
Mac Wilkins’ world record-shattering season 50 years later
The Olympic champion will be honored at the Mt. SAC Relays this Saturday on the...
UCLA WR Landon Ellis: ‘It’s Amazon, we got everything you need’
The transfer wide receiver from James Madison raves about the offense and team chemistry and...
UCLA gymnastics team starts national title quest at NCAA semifinals
The fourth-seeded Bruins need to finish in the top two among No. 1 Oklahoma, No....
Bob Chesney challenges UCLA football team to be ready
Knowing a lull tends to happen by the third week of spring practice, the first-year...
WNBA draft: UCLA has record night with 5 first-round picks, 6 overall
Lauren Betts (Washington), Gabriela Jaquez (Chicago) and Kiki Rice (Toronto) are selected fourth through sixth,...
Nico Iamaleava ‘didn’t want to leave’ UCLA after meeting Bob Chesney
The quarterback says 'it was a no-brainer' to stay for his senior season after he...
Alexander: Can the chaos of college sports be solved?
This is a transitional period, but what changes are needed and how will it eventually...
UCLA football settling in after a week of spring practice
Energy, notably from first-year coach Bob Chesney, is rampant as the Bruins' comfort level grows...
UCLA’s national title celebration shows Bruins are ‘all trailblazers in a different lane’
International backgrounds have brought the UCLA women’s basketball players together on their way to an...
Lakers great Michael Cooper becomes head basketball coach at Cal State LA
Known by his nickname "Coop," the alumnus of Pasadena High School and Pasadena City College...
UCLA guard Skyy Clark entering the transfer portal
The Bruins reportedly couldn’t wait as the senior, who played two seasons after arriving in...
UCLA’s Bob Chesney practicing what he preaches
“Anything that we feel is valuable, and can win you or lose you a game...
UConn slows Michigan but can’t overcome poor shooting in defeat
The Huskies executed Coach Dan Hurley’s game plan in a national title game slugfest against...
Michigan holds off UConn to win its 2nd NCAA basketball title
The high-scoring Wolverines get down and dirty to dig out their first national title since...
Yakiya Milton latest USC women’s basketball player to enter transfer portal
The Florida-born junior forward, who was the tallest player on the roster at 6-foot-5, is...