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Last night I stayed up till 1 a.m. (here in the East). I'm in a bowl pool, and so I had an interest in the late game, plus I wanted to watch SNL with Jimmy Fallon, and after the volleyball...

When the Dolphins lost to the Eagles Sunday, they must have set some kind of record. They played two quarterbacks, Matt Moore and JP Losman, who were UCLA recruits but finished their careers...

The women's volleyball team, in Mike Sealy's second year as coach, has made it to the Final Four. After dropping the first set, the Bruins came back to sweep the last three. Rachael Kidder once...

UCLA alum Ben Francisco hits a 3 run home run for the Philadelphia Phillies to beat St. Louis Cardinals 3-2 in game 3 of National League Divisional Championship series. Phillies lead the series 2-1.

ESPN has two intriguing posts tonight.  Suddenly the Bruin season looks a bit brighter.   The first is that Abdel-Gaddy, the Washington guard, is out for the season.  The Huskies are still...

ESPN is now reporting that the five prospective Pac-whatever members have been convinced to stay, that Texas will receive the largest share of revenues and have the ability to set up its own...

I'm watching Eric Byrnes, UCLA all-time baseball player, on ESPN First Take, talking about his leaving the MLB and playing slow-pitch softball and golf. For those of you who are in other time...

Former UCLA soccer stars (Carlos Bocanegra and Lauren Cheney) are shining for their respective US national teams.

The New York Times reported today that Sidney Wicks is among eight members elected to the 2010 class of the National Collegiate Basketball hall of Fame.  He's in pretty good company, including one...

Bruin sophomore Ryan Stoffers turned surprisingly conservative on Final Jeopardy last night and finished second to a kid from Wash U in St. Louis.  After a horrendous start, Ryan made his move on...

With no UCLA hoops tonight, we still have a Bruin to root for.  Ryan Stoffers came from behind to win his semifinal, and now he'll be in the finals tonight and tomorrow, with a shot at becoming...

Ryan Stauffers takes his shot again tonight, on nine days rest (though I think they tape these five at a time).  The first two finalists are from Wash U of St. Louis and the U. of Minnesota.  I...

The NY Times reported this morning that Ed O'Bannon and his legal team have been granted the right to look through NCAA documents pertaining to the amount of money the organization makes from the...

Hey, West Coasters--and even Mountain States people.  Still time to catch a kid named Ryan Stauffers (sp?), who's wearing the blue and gold in Jeopardy's annual college contest.  I won't tell you...

Anyone who's read my occasional posts and comments knows that I'm obsessed with the notion that UCLA has the top combination of athletics and academics anywhere.  We're still ahead of the tree in...

I know SoCal has taken a hit in the baseball postseason, with the Angels and the boys in blue going out, but for Bruins, there are two bright spots:  Chase Utley and Ben Francisco.  Both are...

Just watched the finish of the K State game at Louisiana-Lafayette on ESPN-360.  I lived in Louisiana for a while, and I knew the campus as USL, but by any name the Rajin' Cajuns aren't exactly a...