It can be a challenge – sometimes a burden – for student-athletes to balance the weight of heavy classes and more than 20 hours of team activities throughout any given week. Read more...
Photo: Princeton alumna Kim Mackay is the only UCLA graduate student to currently compete at the Division I level. (Mackenzie Possee/Daily Bruin)
March holds the monopoly on college basketball drama, but UCLA coach Steve Alford would attest that it’s February when teams truly distinguish themselves. Heading into its second matchup of the season with USC on Thursday – its first game in February – UCLA will hope that’s true. Read more...
Photo: Forward Jonah Bolden, who was inserted into the lineup on Saturday against Washington State to provide more athleticism, is expected to start again Thursday at USC. (Miriam Bribiesca/Daily Bruin senior staff)
UCLA received commitments Wednesday from dozens of highly touted recruits, but one of the Bruins’ most valuable offers was accepted two days earlier. Cade Spinello, a 9-year-old from Mission Viejo, California signed his letter of intent Saturday. Read more...
A flurry of high-profile National Signing Day commitments, highlighted by one from the nation’s top linebacker prospect, vaulted UCLA’s 2016 recruiting class into the top 10 in national rankings. Read more...
Photo: UCLA football coach Jim Mora spoke at a press conference on National Signing Day. The Bruins ended the day with the No. 7 recruiting class, according to Scout.com. (Korbin Placet/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Back in 2008, the iPhone was just one year old, Twitter was starting to gain momentum in the social networking world and Hulu was invented. Eight years ago was also the last time Duke men’s basketball fell out of the AP Top 25 rankings. Read more...
Photo: The UCLA men’s basketball team is on the bubble of not making the NCAA Tournament. If the Bruins are left out by the selection committee, it would be the first time since 2005. (Austin Yu/Daily Bruin senior staff)
While Bruin athletes continue competing in Westwood, here’s a look at some of the biggest news from the rest of the Pac-12. All-Century gymnastics squad Everything came up blue and gold in the Pac-12’s announcement of the league’s All-Century Women’s Gymnastics Team this week. Read more...
Photo: The Pac-12 announced its All-Century lineup this week with 12 of the 16 spots occupied by Bruins, along with current coach Valorie Kondos Field being named Coach of the Century. (Angie Wang/Daily Bruin senior staff)
The fact that Arlyn Upshaw considered quitting was not unusual. Swimming at the collegiate level for a full four years is an accomplishment in itself – the early mornings and year-round season have a way of taking a toll on even the toughest athletes. Read more...
Photo: Senior swimmer Arlyn Upshaw said quitting had crossed her mind, but when an injury set her back, she knew she couldn’t end her swimming career that way. (Keila Mayberry/Daily Bruin staff)
