If there’s one thing that’s clear about UCLA baseball through 17 games, it’s this: The Bruins are at their best in close games. “I like the tight games,” said coach John Savage earlier this season. Read more...
Photo: Junior left fielder Brett Stephens broke a 0-for-6 streak with his walk-off single in the 12th inning on Saturday against Washington State. (Kathy Chen/Daily Bruin)
The idea that a Hawaiian team could upend a highly touted UC school was no longer alien to Hawai’i women’s basketball. Barely 24 hours before the women tipped off against UCLA on Sunday afternoon, the No. Read more...
Photo: UCLA’s Monique Billings joined forces with fellow sophomore forward Lahjahna Drummer to barricade the UCLA basket from Hawai’i’s offensive attacks. The Bruins won 66-50 at Pauley Pavilion. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Junior Grant Dyer’s oblique injury forced sophomore Griffin Canning into the role of Friday starter for two weeks. Dyer is healthy now, but Canning doesn’t look like he wants to give up the job. Read more...
Photo: Redshirt senior center fielder Christoph Bono put the Bruins on top for good in the second inning Friday night with a solo home run against Washington State. (Daniel Alcazar/Daily Bruin senior staff)
The thing that everyone was waiting for will have to wait a couple more weeks. Myles Jack did not run his 40-yard dash at UCLA Football Pro Day on Tuesday. Read more...
Photo: Former UCLA linebacker Myles Jack was back in action at Tuesday’s Football Pro Day on campus. Jack, who is projected to be a top-10 draft pick, said he wasn’t at full strength yet. (Kathy Chen/Daily Bruin)
This page includes a feature on Tony Parker and women’s basketball tournament preview. Read more...
Photo: The UCLA women’s basketball team will be a No. 3 seed in the Bridgeport, Connecticut, region in the NCAA Tournament this month. (Korbin Placet/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Monique Billings had never won a game against Arizona State. But on a Sunday afternoon in late February, the sophomore forward really wanted to. The Bruins would be done with the 2015-2016 regular season after their game against the then-No. Read more...
Photo: Sophomore forward Monique Billings has almost doubled her scoring average from last season, putting up 12.7 points per game and garnering high praise for her post skills from coach Cori Close. (Keila Mayberry/Daily Bruin staff)
A small plane circled the sky above UCLA’s campus Monday, towing behind it a simple message: “UCLA deserves better. Fire Alford!” The emphatic message has been echoed around the internet recently, calling for the firing of men’s basketball coach Steve Alford in the days since the Bruins’ season ended prematurely in the first round of the Pac-12 tournament March 9. Read more...
Photo: UCLA men’s basketball coach Steve Alford led the Bruins to a 15-17 season, the squad’s worst record since former coach Ben Howland was fired in 2013. (Jintak Han/Daily Bruin)
