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A special day needed a big moment. Leave it to the tallest Bruin to deliver a handful in his own tribute to Bill Walton. With UCLA clinging to a narrow ...

The text messages about Bill Walton’s latest on-air absurdity pinged the UCLA basketball staffer’s cellphone with only a few minutes left in the game. It wasn’t what the broadcaster was ...

Lauren Betts spent pregame warmups with a smile as the UCLA women’s basketball team welcomed their star center back after she missed a game because of a right foot injury. ...

Sixteen minutes into his weekly media availability, after addressing a variety of topics, including a planned Bill Walton tribute and the memories of his first coaching victory, Mick Cronin wanted ...

All these years later, Mick Cronin’s favorite coach is still clueing him in. Wondering why his 83-year-old father, Hep, would choose to fly to Los Angeles for UCLA’s Tuesday game ...

Londynn Jones made a pull-up jumper. Kiki Rice got a steal. Janiah Barker scored a tough putback layup. Rice hit free throws. And then, Timea Gardiner hit the biggest three ...

Mika Webster-Longin nudged assistant coach Mark Freeman as she prepared to watch her teammates compete on the beam. She needed to lock arms with her coach, to complete an “all-for-one, ...

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Dylan Andrews exhaled, took two dribbles, spun the ball and swished the free throw. After so much had gone wrong for UCLA, including two missed free throws on the ...

Londynn Jones escaped with the ball on a fast break. Down eight points in the first quarter, all the shifty guard had to do was score a layup to keep ...

JuJu Watkins is used to feeling the weight of the world on her shoulders. She’d been raised on the basketball court in that kind of pressure cooker, shouldering whatever burden ...