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March Madness: Kiki Rice leads UCLA past Creighton and into Sweet 16

Kiki Rice held the ball in the final moments before joining her teammates in a joyous mob just inside the three-point line, everyone hopping in celebration. Cori Close walked around the Pauley Pavilion court and pointed toward the crowd with both fingers, repeatedly saying, “Thank you!” For UCLA, this was especially sweet. Once trailing Creighton

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How trash-talking men helped UCLA women reach the Sweet 16

If things start to go sideways against Louisiana State and flamboyant star Angel Reese, UCLA can always go back to the mantra that has carried it through difficult moments. They don’t have a Jonny. They don’t have an O2. We’ve got this. Jonny is Jonny Garnett, a 6-foot-4 super freak of an athlete who can

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NCAA tournament: UCLA hopes tough Lauren Betts can play Creighton

The wait could be over. If Lauren Betts is able to return from the unspecified injury that sidelined her for UCLA’s opening-round victory in the NCAA women’s basketball tournament, it would make a formidable team more powerful, a juggernaut possibly unstoppable. The wait could drag on. If Betts is sidelined for a second consecutive game

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March Madness: Kiki Rice leads UCLA women past Cal Baptist

The takeover started with a flurry of shotmaking. Worried about California Baptist’s ability to make three-pointers in bunches Saturday at Pauley Pavilion, it was UCLA that opened the game with back-to-back shots from long range. The takeover continued with a blur of highlights immediately after halftime. A Gabriela Jaquez three-pointer was followed by a Charisma

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Q&A: UCLA coach DeShaun Foster details plans to have fun and win

On a recent morning inside DeShaun Foster’s sprawling third-floor office, automatic shades are lowered to block out the harsh sunlight — not to mention an arresting view of the practice field below. The new UCLA football coach enters the room, greets a visitor and snags two bottles of water from a refrigerator before settling onto

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UCLA rally falls short in Pac-12 tournament loss to Oregon

LAS VEGAS —  For UCLA to go on an improbable run in the Pac-12 tournament, coach Mick Cronin said, the Bruins would need their best players to carry them. That’s hard when your top defender and the player you run your offense through barely plays. Mired in foul trouble for practically the entire game Thursday afternoon,

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