The last time UCLA football was at the Rose Bowl, the Bruins were celebrating a triumphant season opener in which their freshman quarterback Josh Rosen impressed everyone as he led the team to a 34-16 win over Virginia. Read more...
Photo: Senior receiver Jordan Payton said that he hasn’t seen an 18-year-old take on a leadership role as much as freshman quarterback Josh Rosen. (Austin Yu/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Football is a game where the stats aren’t foolproof. There aren’t ways to quantify how well an offensive lineman or defensive lineman controls the line of scrimmage, and there aren’t ways to truly measure how well a defensive back plays in man coverage. Read more...
Photo: Kolton Miller saw his first extended game action against UNLV Saturday, stepping in to play right tackle for the second half. While he was in the game, Miller helped the UCLA offense increase its average points per play and yards per play. (Daniel Alcazar/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Each week, Daily Bruin Sports takes a look at the game film for the UCLA football game and grades each position group on its performance. This week, we grade UCLA’s 37-3 win over UNLV. Read more...
Photo: Junior linebacker Myles Jack helped the UCLA defense hold the UNLV offense to 3.3 yards per carry on its first 12 drives. (Austin Yu/Daily Bruin senior staff)
UCLA men’s basketball received another big commitment to its 2017 recruiting class, adding point guard Jaylen Hands Wednesday morning. The 6-foot-2 guard was rumored to be leaning toward the Bruins for the past months, and he made the decision public on Twitter this week. Read more...
At the end of the first half against Wake Forest, the UCLA women’s soccer team was facing a familiar storyline – poor transition defense had saddled the Bruins with a 1-0 deficit. Read more...
Photo: Senior forward Taylor Smith scored the tying goal against Wake Forest in the second half. (Miriam Bribiesca/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Taylor Formico transferred from UCSB to UCLA just last year. So it’s no surprise the junior libero looked right at home at this weekend’s UCSB tournament, tallying a team-high 46 digs as women’s volleyball extended its win streak to six in its penultimate tournament before Pac-12 play. Read more...
Photo: Junior libero Taylor Formico led the Bruins in digs at this weekend’s UCSB tournament. (Daily Bruin file photo)
The headline was unfortunately commonplace, alerting the public to yet another unnecessarily violent arrest involving an unsuspecting black man. As the country had its attention turned to New York’s Arthur Ashe Stadium for the U.S. Read more...
Photo: Retired top-10 tennis player James Blake was arrested Wednesday in New York after he was mistaken for a suspect in a fraudulent credit card scheme. (Creative Commons photo by James Marvin Phelps via Flikr)
