When Mark Francis watched college football while growing up in New Brunswick, Canada, he rooted for the Bruins. Now, UCLA is far more than just a team Francis watches on television. Read more...
Photo: Mark Francis is an instructor at the Anderson Center for Managing Enterprise in Media, Entertainment and Sports. He has also coached the UCLA men’s club hockey team and served as the associate executive director of the PAC-8 Intercollegiate Hockey Conference. (Keila Mayberry/Daily Bruin staff)
Jaylen Hands isn’t holding anything back in his expectations for this year’s UCLA men’s basketball freshman class. “We can shoot, we can run and we’re athletic,” the freshman point guard said. Read more...
Photo: Coach Steve Alford has seven freshmen to fill the holes left by assets like Lonzo Ball, T.J. Leaf and Ike Anigbogu. The incoming class is ranked ESPN’s fifth-best recruiting class this year. (Daily Bruin file photo)
The Bruins may have fallen out of the No. 1 slot, but they still have yet to fall to an opponent. No. 2 UCLA women’s soccer (11-0-2, 4-0-1 Pac-12) will look to remain unbeaten this week as it hosts Utah (5-6-2, 0-4-1) on Thursday for its annual Breast Cancer Awareness match. Read more...
Photo: Redshirt senior defender Claire Winter is one of the two remaining members of the 2013 NCAA championship squad, with the other being Zoey Goralski. Goralski and Winter have played in every game this season. (Axel Lopez/Daily Bruin)
This Saturday’s contest will feature a pair of 3-2 competitors each searching for their second consecutive conference win, since both programs are coming off wins against Colorado. Read more...
Photo: Arizona quarterback Khalil Tate stepped in for Brandon Dawkins and broke the FBS record for rushing yards in a game by a quarterback. (Daily Bruin file photo)
UCLA men’s water polo has a 13-1 record, but the past few weeks have indicated that the team is still in the process of figuring out how to play with one another. Read more...
Photo: Senior attacker Max Irving says energy and smart play will get UCLA to where they want to go. He is one of the remaining players from the 2016 national championship squad. (Daily Bruin file photo)
For a meeting between a pair of 3-2 teams, Saturday’s UCLA-Arizona matchup will likely draw an outsized amount of national attention. That’s what happens when the quarterback for one team – Arizona sophomore Khalil Tate – is coming off a Football Bowl Subdivision-record rushing performance and heading into a matchup with a unit – UCLA’s defense – that has struggled all year with running quarterbacks. Read more...
Photo: Redshirt junior tight end Austin Roberts has taken on a bigger role in UCLA’s offense this season in the wake of a season-ending injury suffered by redshirt sophomore Caleb Wilson. (Amy Dixon/Assistant photo editor)
Two big games. Two victories. The UCLA men’s soccer team (5-5, 2-2 Pac-12) is back to an even record after picking up a pair of wins in its third road trip of the season. Read more...
Photo: The Bruins’ offense has been inconsistent in 2017. They have struggled to earn more than one goal per game on average, managing to score two or more just three times so far this year. When they have managed to outscore their opponent, they have done so by just one goal in all their victories except for one. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
