Saturday, June 20

Gymnastics edged out of NCAAs despite individual all-round, beam title

When Samantha Peszek walked towards the balance beam on Sunday afternoon in Fort Worth, Texas, the redshirt senior knew it was her last chance to perform on her favorite apparatus in front of a crowd. Read more...

Photo: Redshirt senior Samantha Peszek finished her UCLA career by winning the 2015 NCAA beam championship and tying for the national all-around title. (Courtesy of Paul Moseley/Fort Worth Star-Telegram)


UCLA women’s water polo crushes USC, maintains perfect home record

USC women’s water polo coach Jovan Vavic screamed a slew of inaudible words in the waning moments of the fourth quarter, as he had been during every intermission in Saturday’s game. Read more...

Photo: Attacker Rachel Fattal, UCLA’s leading scorer this season, proved to be just as much in the Bruins’ 9-5 win over the Trojans Saturday. The junior led UCLA with four goals. (Austin Yu/Daily Bruin senior staff)


Baseball clinches Cal series with close comeback win

Senior closer David Berg looked on from the UCLA dugout in the bottom of the eighth inning Saturday, the Bruins trailing 1-0 to the Cal Bears. Read more...

Photo: After grounding into an inning-ending double play with the bases loaded in the sixth inning, junior left fielder Ty Moore found redemption in the bottom of the eighth inning with a game-tying grounder just beyond the glove of the Cal second baseman. (Conor Cusack/Daily Bruin)



UCLA running back recruit arrested, booked on charge of evading arrest

This post was updated on April 19 at 4:50 p.m. UCLA running back recruit Sotonye “Soso” Jamabo was arrested and booked early Sunday for evading a police officer with a vehicle, according to police records. Read more...

Photo: Sotonye “Soso” Jamabo was arrested and booked early Sunday for drinking and evading a police officer with a vehicle. (Courtesy of Kaufman County Sheriff’s Office)


Kareem Abdul-Jabbar recovers from quadruple coronary bypass surgery

Former UCLA men’s basketball player and Los Angeles Lakers center Kareem Abdul-Jabbar underwent a quadruple coronary bypass surgery on Thursday at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, according to a UCLA press release. Read more...

Photo: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar played for the UCLA men’s basketball team from 1967 to 1969 under his former name, Lew Alcindor. During his three years competing as a Bruin, the center led UCLA to three NCAA championships. (Daily Bruin file photo)