Friday, June 19

Senior place-kicker named to 2015 Lou Groza Award Watch List

UCLA football’s rising senior place-kicker Ka’imi Fairbairn was one of 30 NCAA football players named to the Watch List for the 2015 Lou Groza Collegiate Place-Kicker award Thursday morning. Read more...

Photo: Ka’imi Fairbairn missed a 52-yard field goal in the 2013 Pac-12 championship game against USC. The now-rising senior was named to the 2015 Lou Groza Award Watch List on Thursday. (Daily Bruin file photo)


Bruin center named to Rimington Trophy Watch List

UCLA football’s Jake Brendel was named to the 63-man 2015 Rimington Trophy Watch List on Wednesday morning. This marks the third year in a row that the Bruin center has made the preseason list. Read more...

Photo: UCLA center Jake Brendel blocks a Trojan in his freshman season. The now-redshirt senior was named to the 2015 Rimington Trophy Watch List on Wednesday morning. (Daily Bruin file photo)


Claire-ification: Federal judge rules to cancel Washington Redskins’ trademark request

American professional sports often serve as a sort of thermometer for national culture. Rarely is there a debate or trend in the political sphere that isn’t mirrored by the various professional sports leagues. Read more...

Photo: Utah, a team UCLA competes against in the Pac-12 conference, is one of multiple collegiate teams who takes its mascot name – the Utes – from a Native American tribe (Daily Bruin file photo)


Maxwell Football Club names three UCLA players to award watch lists

The Maxwell Football Club honored three UCLA football players Tuesday, naming rising junior linebacker Myles Jack and rising junior defensive lineman Kenny Clark to its Chuck Bednarik Award watch list, and placing rising redshirt junior running back Paul Perkins on the watch list for the Maxwell Award. Read more...

Photo: Rising junior linebacker Myles Jack was named to the watch list for the Chuck Bednarik Award, which honors the best collegiate defensive player. (Daily Bruin file photo)


JT Hatch, US Junior National Team capture silver at Pan American Cup

It took just seven months since starting his first collegiate volleyball match for J.T. Hatch to put together an impressive list of accomplishments in both NCAA and national play. Read more...

Photo: Sophomore outside hitter J.T. Hatch was named captain of this year’s U.S. Men’s Junior National Team after the NCAA season. The team got silver at the U21 Pan American Cup in June. (Daily Bruin file photo)