University of California NCAA News

In a matchup that features two teams that desperately need a win to salvage the season, the 3-5 Huskies travel to the Rose Bowl to take on the 3-5 UCLA Bruins.

UCLA quarterback Kevin Prince has left the Bruins' game against Washington after receiving a helmet-to-helmet hit from linebacker Donald Butler.

A cornerback can analyze a football play to death, use every part of his cerebral cortex and find the exact trajectory of the ball.

If Kevin Prince plays like he practices, the UCLA quarterback and the offense could be much improved against Washington on Saturday.

Looking exclusively at the numbers, one would think that UCLA has discovered a running game.

The UCLA men's basketball team is young, and it shows. In a cover-your-eyes kind of way, not a Fab Five way.

Some of the finest players in college basketball gathered near Dallas this August for a five-day camp sponsored by adidas, and many in attendance agreed that the best guard in that group may have been UCLA sophomore and former Riverside North star Malcolm Lee.

The news of Colorado running back Darrell Scott's possible transfer to UCLA sent Bruin message boards and chat rooms into a tizzy Tuesday.

Back at the start of the season, some wondered where the Pac-10's quarterbacks had gone.

As the UCLA defense recovers from allowing more than 450 yards of offense for the third consecutive game, it can at breathe a sigh of relief when looking at its opponent this week.

This was either a coming-of-age moment for UCLA quarterback Kevin Prince or a spasm out of necessity.

UCLA knew Jacquizz Rodgers could run, and he ran. The Bruins knew Jacquizz Rodgers could catch, and he caught.

Russian chess grandmaster Savielly Grigorievitch Tartakower must never have faced a 16-point deficit on the road in the Pac-10 against a team clad in orange-and-black on Halloween, of all days.

Cal and Washington, voted 1-2 in the media preseason conference poll, were the only ranked Pac-10 teams in the first Associated Press poll.

While negativity seems to surround the UCLA Bruins lately, there is some good in their visit to Oregon State on Halloween.

Talk about a striking contradiction: UCLA has one quarterback who has had plenty of attempts but wants to throw the ball more, and another quarterback who has had scarce opportunities but wants to hand the ball off.

As various Pac-10 head coaches and media members took their seats at the conference media day luncheon, the UCLA table filled up so fast, the Bruins required two.

California was picked on Thursday to win the Pac-10 basketball title, marking the first time in more than 10 years that UCLA or Arizona wasn't the top choice.

UCLA starting defensive tackle Jerzy Siewierski's foot injury appears to be more serious than originally thought.

If Rahim Moore gives you that look - that deep, longing, alluring, penetrating, soul-piercing, heart-tugging look - be afraid.