Articles by Diane Pucin Page 2

Stanford football Coach Jim Harbaugh is partial to athletes whose fathers coached them, because he used to be one of those athletes. Read more

Tonight, the Big Ten Network will, it says in a news release, “capture the madness and hysteria associated with the beginning of another thrilling basketball season with two and a half hours of live coverage during Big Ten Tonight: Basketball Season Tip-off Special.” Read more

UCLA begins its quest to qualify for a fourth consecutive Final Four when practice officially begins tonight at 8. Read more

Jrue Holiday isn’t a mouthy freshman. Read more

Alfred Aboya, a UCLA senior, walks into a conference room carrying a backpack loaded with books on statistics, economics and multi-party political systems. Read more

UCLA plays at Oregon on Saturday, its first away game since losing, 59-0, against Brigham Young in Provo, Utah, on Sept. Read more

While other local college basketball coaches were telling jokes and ribbing each other, UCLA’s Ben Howland spoke seriously about his team during his time at the lectern Wednesday at the College Basketball Tip-Off luncheon at the Los Angeles Athletic Club. Read more

All of a sudden there it is – the invitation to the John R. Wooden Award Tip-Off luncheon at the Los Angeles Athletic Club. Read more

UCLA tailback Kahlil Bell hobbled off the field at the end of the first half against Washington State, still bothered by a high-ankle sprain that forced him to sit out two games. Read more