Before COVID-19 ended the basketball season, Daily Bruin Sports writers mimicked the playstyles of their favorite Bruins as they played a game of pickup basketball. Read more...
Sports
Beach Volleyball, Sports
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April 24, 12:29 pm
Despite season being canceled, UCLA beach volleyball looks ahead to next year
Their season may have ended more than a month ago, but the Bruins are still acting as a connected, cohesive unit by reflecting on their past season and making preparations for next year. Read more...
Photo: Savvy Simo, one of three seniors on this year’s UCLA beach volleyball roster, said she is considering taking a fifth year of NCAA eligibility since her final season was cut short as a result of the novel coronavirus pandemic. (Alex Driscoll/Daily Bruin)
Football, Sports
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April 23, 2:07 pm
NFL Mock Draft 2020: Where UCLA football’s departing players might end up
UCLA football has nearly a dozen departing players who are hoping to take the next step in the NFL Draft over the weekend, but only a handful are likely to hear their names called. Read more...
Photo: (Photo illustration by Liz Ketcham, Axel Lopez, Daniel Leibowitz, Tanmay Shankar and Callista Wu/Daily Bruin staff)
Beach Volleyball, Softball, Sports, Women's Soccer
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April 22, 4:21 pm
With Olympics postponed, current and former Bruins use the extra time to train
While the world faces shortages of necessary goods, many people are surrounded by an abundance of one thing: time. And if it’s possible to keep future goals in focus, extra time can be a good thing, according to some of the current and former UCLA student athletes who had been preparing for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Read more...
Photo: (Illustration by Nico Hy/Daily Bruin)
Football, Sports
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April 21, 4:19 pm
UCLA football players work out, prepare for virtual NFL draft during pandemic
Gyms are closed, workouts have been canceled and several Bruins pursuing an NFL career have been dealt a tough hand. The UCLA football players who would have had their pro day back in March were instead stuck inside, forced to prepare for the virtual 2020 NFL Draft remotely because of the coronavirus pandemic. Read more...
Photo: Running back Joshua Kelley is projected to be one of the first Bruins off the board at the 2020 NFL Draft. Kelley is one of eight UCLA football running backs to record back-to-back 1,000-yard seasons. (Tanmay Shankar/Assistant Photo editor)
Athletics News, National, News, Sports
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April 21, 10:30 am
Former men’s soccer coach Jorge Salcedo to plead guilty to racketeering charges
Jorge Salcedo, the former UCLA men’s soccer coach who resigned following his involvement in the 2019 college admission bribery scheme, will plead guilty to conspiring to commit racketeering, according to a plea agreement released Tuesday. Read more...
Photo: Former UCLA men’s soccer coach Jorge Salcedo will plead guilty to conspiring to commit racketeering, according to a plea agreement unsealed Tuesday. Salcedo resigned in March 2019 following the initial charges and a first-round exit in the 2018 NCAA tournament. (Liz Ketcham/Photo editor)
Sports, Women's Water Polo
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April 20, 6:49 pm
Women’s water polo finishes tied for 2nd with early end to season
This post was updated April 21 at 9:49 a.m. Freshman utility Abbi Hill summed up her team’s feelings in just a couple of lines. “(Coach Adam Wright) didn’t even know what to say,” Hill said. Read more...
Photo: Senior defender Brooke Maxson ended the shortened 2020 campaign with 11 goals for UCLA women’s water polo. She has possibly played her final matches for the Bruins. (Elise Tsai/Daily Bruin)