This post was updated Jan. 30 at 7:32 p.m. Flip the baseball cap backward. Ken Griffey Jr., a superstar on the baseball diamond who scorched his influence across each city he played in, landed in Cincinnati in 2000 – launching a nine-year stint with the Reds. Read more...
Photo: UCLA gymnastics assistant coach Kyle Grable leans against a table in Pauley Pavilion with his backwards cap. Grable coaches floor and vault for the Bruins. (Courtesy of UCLA Athletics)
This post was updated Jan. 29 at 12:03 a.m. As Chae Campbell landed her double tuck dismount on floor, scraps of paper resembling confetti were thrown in the air. Read more...
Photo: Senior Chae Campbell competes on floor at Pauley Pavilion, performing choreography to her “Black Panther”-themed routine. Campbell tied the team high on the event Saturday night as one of two gymnasts to score a 9.95. (Nicolas Greamo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
The NCAA season is long and intense for athletes in a detail-oriented sport like gymnastics. But the Bruins have discovered one way to cut through the grind: playing Dungeons & Dragons during vault training. Read more...
Photo: Graduate student Nya Reed performs choreography during her floor routine at the Super 16 in Las Vegas. (Brandon Morquecho/Assistant Photo editor)
A group of die-hard UCLA fans hoards the student section for every home gymnastics meet, sitting right in front of the floor. When each gymnast lands their final tumbling pass, shreds of blue and gold paper fly into the air. Read more...
Photo: Freshman Katelyn Rosen competes on floor at Pauley Pavilion. (Brandon Morquecho/Assistant Photo editor)
This post was updated Jan. 23 at 11:02 p.m. When Ciena Alipio got injured during the preseason, she experienced a moment of doubt. It was the sophomore’s second consecutive year entering an NCAA season potentially sidelined. Read more...
Photo: Sophomore Ciena Alipio is pictured in front of the beam at Yates Gym at the John Wooden Center. (Ella Greenberg Winnick/Daily Bruin staff)
A Pauley Pavilion floor party stole the show in the mile-high city. Led by No. 11 UCLA gymnastics’ highest score on any apparatus this season – a 49.575 on floor – the Bruins left Magness Arena in Denver with a 196.550 total score Sunday afternoon. Read more...
Photo: Junior Emma Malabuyo leaps across the beam at Pauley Pavilion. Malabuyo scored a team-high 9.925 on beam, one of her three season high scores Sunday. (Brandon Morquecho/Assistant Photo editor)
The Bruins sit just outside of the top 10 teams heading into week three of the NCAA gymnastics season. On Sunday, they will have a chance to enter that upper echelon in their third straight quad meet against top-ranked teams. Read more...
Photo: Junior Emily Lee salutes the judges following her vault at the Mean Girls Super 16 in Las Vegas. (Brandon Morquecho/Assistant Photo editor)
