It didn’t take Norman Powell long to prove that he belonged in the NBA. In his first three NBA Summer League games, the former UCLA guard led the Toronto Raptors in scoring, averaging just over 19 points per contest. Read more...
Photo: Former UCLA guard Norman Powell was signed to a three-year, partially guaranteed contract by the Toronto Raptors after leading all rookie guards in scoring during NBA Summer League play. (Courtesy of Roven Yau/Toronto Raptors)
There were plenty of reasons to cry while watching the ESPY Awards. Maybe it was Cincinnati Bengal Devon Still’s emotional speech about his daughter Leah’s fight against cancer. Read more...
Photo: Caitlyn Jenner won the Arthur Ashe Award for Courage at the ESPYs last Wednesday. Jenner was a former Olympic athlete who won gold in the men’s decathlon in 1976. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Daily Bruin Video interviewed professional athletes on Nickelodeon’s orange carpet for the Kids’ Choice Sports Awards on July 16. Zach LaVine, Klay Thompson, Malcolm Butler, Marcedes Lewis, Jordan Cameron and Amanda Bingson give their thoughts about UCLA, what it feels like to be a champion and advice for college students. Read more...
Photo: (Rachel Scott and Iris Lee/Daily Bruin)
For the first time since 1999, the Special Olympics is bringing back its flagship event, the World Summer Games, to the United States. The event will take place in Los Angeles, with several events to be held at the UCLA campus. Read more...
Photo: The 2015 Special Olympics World Summer Games will be held in Los Angeles for the second time since the event’s inception in 1968. UCLA will host several events, including artistic and rhythmic gymnastics in the John Wooden Center. The events will run from July 25 until Aug. 2. (Courtesy of Special Olympics USA)
Football – Josh Rosen Josh Rosen’s early enrollment at UCLA last January gave him a definitive edge over all other rookies in that he is familiar with the ins and outs of the school and football team before the first day of orientation. Read more...
Photo: Josh Rosen was nearly unanimously regarded as the top quarterback recruit from 2015. He was rated the No. 1 quarterback prospect in the nation by Scout.com, Rivals.com and 247Sports.com; ESPN ranked Rosen the No. 2 quarterback recruit in the country. (Max Himmelrich/Daily Bruin)
At Highland High School in Palmdale, the softball field and the baseball field are separated by about 50 yards, and the football team practices in the gap between the two. Read more...
Photo: Incoming freshman Rachel Garcia is one of the top-ranked recruits for softball and has been named Gatorade Player of the Year. (Courtesy of Susan Goldman)
Rising junior linebacker Myles Jack and rising redshirt junior running back Paul Perkins were two of 50 players in the nation named to the preseason watch list for the Walter Camp Player of the Year award Friday morning. Read more...
Photo: Rising redshirt junior running back Paul Perkins joined rising junior linebacker Myles Jack on the 2015 Walter Camp Player of the Year watch list. (Daily Bruin file photo)
