Monday hot links

Let's be honest. You didn't do a lot of draft-watching this weekend and you didn't get in much quality keyboard time. This is Los Angeles — we don't even have an NFL team. You probably were at the beach. Or watching the Lakers. Or getting down in Coachella. Or ogling celebrity parents at your niece's middle school musical.

But now it's Monday and you're back in the office. You're about to run into that pretentious punk from accounting who can name 45 undrafted players from BCS all-conference teams. Fear not! We've got three posts this morning to brief you on what's happening with your favorite players. Coming up, we'll have a double dose of draft news (NFL and NBA). For now, it's your morning hot links ...

• Chris Joseph (pictured) decided to pursue a Rhodes Scholarship instead of the NFL.
• Women's tennis had a big weekend at the Pac-10 championships, including an individual title for Riza Zalameda.  
• Women's water polo won the MPSF championship with a win over USC.  
• Tasha Schwikert followed up her NCAA gymnastics all-around championship with an individual title in the uneven bars and second in the floor exercises.  
• One of the other activities in town this weekend was the L.A. Times Festival of Books, held at UCLA.
• We've heard a lot about NBA and movie stars shooting hoops on campus but it doesn't end there. Apparently, Andrew Bynum enjoyed himself at a UCLA frat party last week ... incidentally the same place that held a Sigma Nu-heisel party earlier this year. Maybe he'll be back in time for the Western Conference Finals.

Photo by Richard Hartog / Los Angeles Times