Welcome to the first ever UCLA Olympics blog.   UCLA has a rich history at the Olympic Games. Icons such as Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Karch Kiraly, Lisa Fernandez and Florence Griffith Joyner – just to name a few – have competed as undergraduat...

In Canada's first game in group play, UCLA junior Kara Lang scored the game-winning goal in a 2-1 victory over Argentina.   Lang headed in a free kick from 10 yards out in the 72nd minute to give Canada a 2-0 lead. Argentina scored with fiv...

Some recent stories on UCLA and the Olympics: The Los Angeles Sentinel featured a profile of UCLA head women’s track and field coach, Jeanette Bolden, who is the head coach for the U.S. Olympic women's team. Investor's Business Daily fea...

The Los Angeles Times Olympics blog reported Wednesday that Brad Greiner, a former UCLA water polo player, model, and Darfur activist has had his visa revoked by Chinese officials. He planned to attend the Olympic Games in Beijing in support ...

Donald Straszheim, a visiting scholar at the UCLA Anderson School of Management and vice chairman of the firm Roth Capital Partners, is in Beijing and sending emails with his observations of the Olympic scene to friends and colleagues.   Fr...

The U.S. women's soccer team will advance to the gold medal match of the 2008 Olympics after a 4-2 come-from-behind victory against Japan at Beijing’s Workers’ Stadium on Monday.   The US will play Brazil on Thursday, 6 a.m. ...