Saturday, September 26

2019 UCLA Football Season Preview: Team to improve rushing yards with greater experience, speed in backfield

In the final four weeks leading up to the kickoff of UCLA football’s 2019 season, Sports editor Sam Connon and staff writer Jack Perez will be taking a look at the Bruins’ outlook at each position. Read more...

Photo: Redshirt senior running back Joshua Kelley eclipsed 1,200 yards as UCLA football’s leading rusher in 2018. Kelley was named to the preseason watch lists for the Maxwell and Doak Walker Awards. (Andy Bao/Daily Bruin)


Former track coach who trained at Drake Stadium accused of sexual abuse by 41 men

A former track coach who allegedly trained multiple UCLA students at Drake Stadium was accused of sexually abusing 41 men since 1975, ESPN reported Thursday. ESPN’s Outside the Lines reported that Conrad Mainwaring, a former Olympian and track and field trainer, has been accused of inappropriate sexual contact with many of his trainees. Read more...

Photo: The most recent accuser of Mainwaring was training with him at Drake Stadium in June 2016 when another accuser confronted Mainwaring, Outside the Lines reported. After he confronted Mainwaring, the accuser and others wrote letters to the UCLA athletic department to get Mainwaring banned from UCLA’s campus, which he was in August 2016, according to Outside the Lines. (Daily Bruin file photo)


With new players and healed injuries, football preps for first game of season

Football is back in Westwood. UCLA football started its fall practices Wednesday with only 28 days until kickoff against Cincinnati. The Bruins will have 48 new faces on the practice field for the upcoming season, more than a third of the entire roster. Read more...

Photo: UCLA football coach Chip Kelly enters his second season as coach of the Bruins with 48 new faces on the roster. (Andy Bao/Daily Bruin)


2019 UCLA Football Season Preview: Thompson-Robinson favorite for quarterback, Kelly’s pass offense to be revitalized

In the final four weeks leading up to the kickoff of UCLA football’s 2019 season, Sports editor Sam Connon and staff writer Jack Perez will be taking a look at the Bruins’ outlook at each position. Read more...

Photo: Sophomore Dorian Thompson-Robinson is the favorite to be UCLA football’s starting quarterback for the season opener against Cincinnati on Aug. 29. Thompson-Robinson started seven games and appeared in nine in 2018. (Andy Bao/Daily Bruin)


Men’s water polo releases 2019 schedule headlined by home match against USC

The 2019 schedule for UCLA men’s water polo was released Monday, featuring a home match against reigning champion USC on Nov. 9. The Bruins will participate in three regular season tournaments this season, including hosting the SoCal Invitational from Sept. Read more...

Photo: Nicolas Saveljic led UCLA men’s water polo by netting 51 goals a season ago — including four in the conference match against USC. (Alice Naland/Daily Bruin)


UCLA basketball players hone skills in competitive Drew League matchups

There was star power and exciting finishes everywhere at the Drew League on Sunday. UCLA men’s basketball rising redshirt freshman forward Shareef O’Neal, rising sophomore forward Kenneth Nwuba and incoming freshman guard Jake Kyman all played in week nine of the 10-week Drew League regular season. Read more...

Photo: Rising redshirt freshman Shareef O’Neal led his Tuff Crowd team against division-leading Public Enemy on Sunday at the Drew League. O’Neal recorded 13 points, while teammate and Toronto Raptors forward Stanley Johnson chipped in 21 points and five rebounds in the losing effort. (Tanmay Shankar/Assistant Photo editor)


4 UCLA football players in contention for 5 NCAA awards

Sixteen preseason watchlists for NCAA football were announced in July, and Bruins are on five of them. Four UCLA football players were slated as players in contention for 2019-2020 awards. Read more...

Photo: Junior defensive back Darnay Holmes was one of four Bruins named to five of the 16 NCAA preseason watchlists. Holmes earned a spot on the watchlist for the Paul Hornung Award, given to the most versatile player in collegiate football. (Liz Ketcham/Photo editor)