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Larry Bird finished his speech, walked back to his seat and received a fist bump from the man sitting next to him on the dais.

Ignore just one simple fact, and UCLA's matchup with Arizona State last season was a dominating performance.

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UCLA basketball player Nikola Dragovic, arrested on a felony assault charge stemming from a fight at a concert last month, was expected to be bailed out of a Hollywood lockup Saturday.

Arizona State and UCLA both will find it tough to reach a bowl game after the final two weeks of their up-and-down seasons.

After a crushing loss, a team has two options: Live and learn from the game, taking away lessons to be applied the next game, or simply erase the memory.

UCLA coach Rick Neuheisel has joined the Twitterverse. Neuheisel has been tweeting for about three weeks, and he's still trying to get the hang of it.

Usually, when UCLA 's football team is struggling, the school's supporters are quick to say, "wait until basketball season." This season that may be no relief.

UCLA's young offensive line is improving, that's for sure. The Bruins' three-game streak of more than 450 yards a game is a direct result of better protection in the passing game and better blocking in the running game.

LOS ANGELESUCLA and Cal State Fullerton had a late start Monday night - 9 p.m. They finished a lot later than anyone figured, too, as the Titans upset the Bruins in double overtime, 68-65, at Pauley Pavilion, CSF's first victory against the Bruins in 10 tries dating to 1986.

UCLA, a team with more bumps and bruises than an over-ripe tomato basket, approaches today's season opener with Cal State Fullerton as a shell of what it will become.

UCLA can claim progress at this point. The Bruins, after all, have one more victory than they did a year ago.

Ben Howland has gone back to basics at UCLA . Losing Final Four veterans like , Josh Shipp and Alfred Aboya will force that on a coach.

There is supposed to be beauty in patience, the willingness to wait for dividends, long after the work has been put in.

Washington State and UCLA both badly need a win when they play in Pullman on Saturday.

UCLA head coach Ben Howland got one relieving phone call Monday night, from an old friend.

As redshirt freshman quarterback Kevin Prince's confidence grows by the play, something else is growing around him: the pocket.

It seems UCLA's 8-13 record under head coach Rick Neuheisel is not scaring away big-time recruits.

For so long, UCLA head coach Rick Neuheisel saw what no one else did. He saw J.J. Stokes stretch his pterodactyl arms and haul in a pass meant for another receiver somewhere in South Dakota.

Good thing the air got a bit chillier as UCLA's Wednesday practice wore on. It's about to get a whole lot colder for the Bruins as they head north to play Washington State on Saturday.