John Savage’s mantra has stayed the same throughout his 21-year tenure at the helm of UCLA baseball.
Pitching and defense wins championships.
But Sunday, junior right-hander Landon Stump allowed three runs in just 2.1 innings pitched – his shortest start since tossing just two-plus frames against No.

This post was updated Feb. 16 at 12:18 a.m.
UCLA football coach Bob Chesney, former men’s basketball forward Jaime Jaquez Jr. and three-time Olympian Jackie Joyner-Kersee were all at Pauley Pavilion on Sunday.

The show did not begin as advertised.
Logan Reddemann – the Bruins’ top-of-the-line transfer acquisition – had just one swing and miss by the time his 50th pitch ended up in left field.

A baseball team’s best hitter can only bat once every nine times.
Collegiate starting pitchers often only take the mound once a week.
Even elite defenders have limits to their range.

This post was updated Feb. 9 at 12:22 a.m.
Bubblegum, bubblegum, in a dish.
Five seconds, four, three, two – shoot.

Miss.

Wolverine guard Syla Swords ran to the perimeter in the bright, magenta shoes every player was wearing as part of Michigan’s Pink Game on Sunday.

The favorite, the underdog, the anti-hero and the villain.
Expectations and perception shape archetypes.
But what happens when the hype is so high that the best-case scenario is simply meeting expectations?

This post was updated Feb. 8 at 11:57 p.m.
They will give you a foul for crying foul about a foul.
They will even give you a foul for crying foul about a not-foul.

This post was updated Jan. 27 at 10:24 p.m.
Andy Banachowski was the UCLA women’s volleyball head coach for all but two seasons between 1965 and 2009 – coaching his first three campaigns as a student at UCLA and athlete on the men’s team.

This post was updated Jan. 19 at 11:15 p.m.
The boxing ring spanned 2,106 square feet Saturday – save for doubles, when it was 2,808 square feet.

UCLA is one of the best sports schools in the nation.
The Bruins have taken home 12 NCAA titles since 2016 and 16 since 2013.
Only Stanford has more NCAA titles.