Sure, I was born almost exactly nine months after Super Bowl XXX – which, of all the Super Bowls, clearly has the best initials for baby-making – but my dad hates the Cowboys, who won that game 27-17 over the Steelers. Read more...
Photo: In a commercial titled “Super Bowl Babies,” the NFL featured children born nine months after the Super Bowl in the cities of the winning teams. (NFL via YouTube)
Watch any UCLA women’s basketball practice, and you will come away impressed with the Bruins’ footwork. Not just their drop steps or their defensive slides, but also their Milly Rocks and their two-steps. Read more...
Photo: Sophomore forward Monique Billings is one of many women’s basketball players who can be found dancing to the music that blasts through Pauley Pavilion during the Bruins’ practices. (Keila Mayberry/Daily Bruin staff)
As soon as she learned to walk, Catherine Harrison was on the tennis court rallying against her parents. She was too small, though, to swing the racket with one hand, so instead she used two. Read more...
Photo: Senior Catherine Harrison is one of two UCLA players to utilize a two-handed forehand, a rarity in tennis. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
The sports editors are huddling once more! Still without a Nike sponsorship. Matt, Tanner, Korbin and Claire review UCLA gymnast Sophina DeJesus’s viral dance routine and the road ahead for the women’s basketball team. Read more...
Photo: Angela Cosme|Daily Bruin
While Bruin athletes continue competing in Westwood, here’s a look at some of the biggest news from the rest of the Pac-12. Anderson garners national honors Arizona men’s basketball’s forward Ryan Anderson earned national player of the week honors from the United States Basketball Writers Association and the Naismith Award. Read more...
Photo: Ryan Anderson, a forward from Arizona, earned national player of the week honors from both the United States Basketball Writers Association and the Naismith Award. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
UCLA women’s golf finished tied for fifth place Tuesday at the Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge in Palos Verdes, where a familiar Southern California setting was of no help to the Bruins. Read more...
Photo: Junior Bronte Law finished 1-over par at the Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge, the best performance on the Bruins. (Courtesy of UCLA Athletics)
Head tilted back, arms crossed, gazing up at the wall, Justin Saco encouraged Marco Zepeda, 13, to keep climbing. Nervous of the height and unsure of what to do next, Marco asked to come down, but Saco wasn’t ready to let him give up. Read more...
Photo: Justin Saco (right), a fourth-year microbiology, immunology and molecular genetics student, and Matthew Wai, a fourth-year physiological science student, created Rockin’ Autism, a program meant to teach children with autism rock climbing, in the hope that the kids on the autism spectrum develop social and motor skills. (Conor Cusack/Daily Bruin)
