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UCLA golfers are in second place

Cory Whitsett shot a three-under-par 68 to help Alabama take a four-shot lead after two rounds of the NCAA Division I men's championships on Wednesday at Riviera Country Club. The Crimson Tide was four-over 572. UCLA is alone in second. Thomas Pieters...

Tags: Politics, Golf, Freedom of the Press, Vitamin B12, Vinny Del Negro

David Berg takes a sideways trip into UCLA baseball record book

David Berg appeared in the last 18 baseball games of UCLA's regular season. That kind of streak is nothing special if you're a position player, or filling in as a defensive replacement. But Berg is a relief pitcher — and is a freshman who isn't...

Tags: University of California, Los Angeles, Jackie Robinson, Pacific-12 Conference, Financial Aid, Awards and Prizes

Baseball: Who's going to be the next David Berg?

UCLA seeded No. 2 overall in NCAA baseball tournament

UCLA played the toughest schedule in college baseball and won a share of the Pac-12 Conference title. On Monday, the NCAA rewarded the Bruins by seeding them No. 2 nationally in the 64-team playoffs. "It says a lot about our players and the job they...

Tags: Indiana State Sycamores, Arizona Wildcats, Pepperdine Waves, Henry Rodriguez, John Savage

UCLA, Cal State Fullerton and Pepperdine win conference baseball titles

UCLA, Cal State Fullerton and Pepperdine closed college baseball's regular season Sunday by clinching conference titles and automatic berths in the NCAA playoffs. However, Long Beach State must wait until Monday to learn whether it will be invited as...

Tags: Arizona Wildcats, UC Riverside Highlanders, Big West Conference, Baseball, Cal State Fullerton Titans

USC men reach NCAA tennis final

The top-seeded USC men's tennis team defeated rival UCLA, 4-1, in a wild NCAA semifinal at Athens, Ga., and earned a chance to win its fourth consecutive national championship Tuesday. The Trojans (32-1) will meet third-seeded Virginia at 2 p.m. PDT in...

Tags: French Open, Novak Djokovic, Heart Attack, Kellen Winslow, Indianapolis Colts

Pac-12 baseball race is down to final week

This is the final week of Pac-12 college baseball action, and five teams are within striking distance of first place. Oregon (41-14, 19-8) has a one-game lead over Arizona (36-16, 18-9), with UCLA (38-16, 17-10), Stanford (36-16, 17-10) and Arizona State...

Tags: Arizona Wildcats, Mark Ellis, Arizona State Sun Devils, Pacific-12 Conference, Baseball

Kobe Bryant on All-NBA first team for 10th time

LeBron James of the Miami Heat was the leading vote-getter for the All-NBA team, and the Lakers' Kobe Bryant earned his 10th first-team selection, tied for second on the all-time list. Bryant, a first-team pick for the seventh straight season, joined...

Tags: International Boxing Federation, Golf, Ultimate Fighting Championship, Los Angeles Lakers, Russell Westbrook

Fullerton, Long Beach to meet to decide Big West baseball title

Seems like old times. For years, season-ending series between Cal State Fullerton and Long Beach State almost annually determined the Big West Conference baseball title, including three times when the rivals met as the top teams. UC Irvine's emergence...

Tags: Arizona Wildcats, Arizona State Sun Devils, John Savage, Pacific-12 Conference, UC Riverside Highlanders

Riviera Country Club to host of U.S. Amateur

Riviera Country Club, which has been the course for the regular Los Angeles stop on the PGA Tour 37 of the last 39 years, has been selected by the United States Golf Assn. as the host course for the 2017 U.S. Amateur championship. The 1948 U.S. Open, won...

Tags: Golf, Hal Sutton, James Naismith, Hale Irwin, Pepperdine Waves

Reeves Nelson files defamation lawsuit against Sports Illustrated

Former UCLA basketball player Reeves Nelson filed a $10-million defamation lawsuit against Sports Illustrated on Wednesday in Los Angeles Superior Court. The lawsuit stems from an article ("Special Report: Not the UCLA Way") published in March in which...

Tags: Laws, Pacific-12 Conference, Justice System, Periodicals, New Year's Day

Udonis Haslem ordered to sit out Game 6

Miami Heat forward Udonis Haslem was suspended by the NBA for Game 6 of his team's series against Indiana. Haslem committed a flagrant foul against Indiana's Tyler Hansbrough during the second quarter of Game 5 on Tuesday night, shortly after...

Tags: Los Angeles Lakers, Oklahoma City Thunder, Miami Heat, Udonis Haslem, Shootings