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UCLA Will Reveal John Wooden Statue Outside Pauley Pavilion On October 26

John Wooden was already immortalized in UCLA lore with his decade of dominance as UCLA’s basketball coach. But now, Wooden’s image will be further engrained in Bruin history, when UCLA unveils…Read More

UCLA’s Most Beloved: John Wooden vs. J.D. Morgan

This is a part of our “UCLA’s Most Beloved” series, in which we have a bracket-style tournament to determine who UCLA’s most beloved sports figure is. For more info, visit here. Today’s…Read More

Who is the most beloved UCLA sports figure?

UCLA has a rich tradition of athletics; dating back to 1950, no school has had as much success nationally as UCLA has. From basketball to volleyball, to golf and tennis, UCLA trumps any and all universities…Read More

UCLA Video Vault: A story of Lew Alcindor at UCLA

Here at GJB, we understand that — now UCLA basketball recruiting season is long gone, and UCLA football’s Spring Game has been over for a good few days — you’re itching for some…Read More

Some UCLA “fans” want Pauley Pavilion torn down. Well, OK

With Pauley Pavilion’s construction apparently going smoothly, people on campus and off are excited for UCLA’s 2012-13 basketball season, partly because of our monster recruiting class and…Read More

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Pat Summitt might have coached her last game; let the John Wooden comparisons begin

With legendary NCAA Women’s Basketball Coach Pat Summitt suffering from early onset dementia (indicative…Read More

UCLA Basketball: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar says Bruin basketball is a shadow of its former self

The division among UCLA fans, students and alum as well as the mainstream media keeps getting wider…Read More

Bruin Hoops Preview: Washington and Washington State

UCLA’S UPCOMING OPPONENTS: Washington Huskies,  Alaska Airlines Arena, Seattle, WA, Thursday,…Read More

Shorthanded Sun Devils No Match For Bruins, 75-58

  Going into this Pac-12 contest with an Arizona State team that had suspended three players - two…Read More

Bruins Wear Arizona Out, 65-58

Apparently, all those pundits and fans who were predicting the UCLA basketball team’s loss to…Read More

Gene Bartow, Former UCLA Basketball Coach, Passes Away

Gene Bartow, the man who had perhaps the most unenviable coaching task in college basketball history…Read More

UCLA Olympic Sports Update, January 2nd

  Happy New Year! Hopefully 2012 can be a great one for UCLA and for Bruin Nation. Here is what’s…Read More

Bruin Hoops Preview: Stanford and California

Now it begins: the real work, the real tests. Ben Howland’s UCLA basketball team did quite well…Read More

Bruins Cut Down The Spiders’ Web In 71-63 Win

It looked like UCLA was getting a bit of arachniphobia Friday night. The Richmond Spiders, a solid mid-major…Read More

UCLA WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL WINS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP!

All of Bruin Nation is proud, thanks to the women’s volleyball program. Mike Sealy has been incredible…Read More

Joshua Smith Leads Bruins In Walloping Of UC Davis

There is nothing like a 1-8 team whose only win this year is against a Division III school to get a…Read More

Lady Bruins Get Beaten Handily By Former Coach

Being that the coach of the LSU Tigers’ Women’s Basketball team was the head coach of the…Read More

UCLA Olympic Sports Update, December 12th

Disappointing news from the soccer pitch this week, which was offset by some very good news on the volleyball…Read More

Should He Stay Or Should He Go: My Thoughts On Reeves Nelson

John Wooden, the legendary coach of UCLA basketball who won ten championships in a 12-year span and…Read More

The Top Ten UCLA Basketball Players Of All Time

In light of all the problems and struggles that UCLA’s marquee sports program has had so far this…Read More