Monday, July 6

Pac-12 releases game, practice schedules for some fall sports, including football

This post was updated July 31 at 3:05 p.m. The speculation is over, and the Pac-12 has a plan for 2020 fall sports. The conference announced a tentative schedule for the upcoming athletics season Friday afternoon on a media teleconference, should play resume amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Read more...

Photo: UCLA football and the rest of the Pac-12 revealed the conference-only schedule for the 10-game football season. Other fall sports are projected to begin practicing on Aug. 15, while some are still waiting for the official word. (Liz Ketcham/Daily Bruin senior staff)


Adjusted UCLA football schedule sets up early matchups with USC, California

The Bruins’ schedule just received a major shake-up. UCLA football will reportedly face two California rivals to open the 2020 season. Coach Chip Kelly’s squad will travel to Berkeley to face California on Sept. Read more...

Photo: UCLA football will begin its season with matchups against California and USC in a new conference-only schedule, according to a report. (Tanmay Shankar/Daily Bruin senior staff)


Former UCLA coach pleads guilty to accepting bribes in college admissions scandal

A former UCLA men’s soccer coach pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit racketeering, according to a press release from the U.S. attorney’s office on Monday. Jorge Salcedo became the sixth former collegiate coach to plead guilty in the Varsity Blues college admissions scandal, in which parents paid bribes to have their children admitted to elite U.S. Read more...

Photo: Former UCLA soccer coach Jorge Salcedo pleaded guilty to accepting bribes from parents to admit two students as soccer recruits, according to a press release Monday. (Liz Ketcham/Daily Bruin senior staff)



Five-star small forward Peyton Watson commits to UCLA men’s basketball

For the first time since 2016, the No. 1 player in California is headed to Westwood. Class of 2021 five-star small forward Peyton Watson has committed to UCLA men’s basketball, the rising high school senior announced on the Titus & Tate podcast Monday night. Read more...

Photo: Class of 2021 small forward Peyton Watson committed to UCLA men’s basketball Monday night. Watson averaged 23.2 points per game in his junior year at Long Beach Poly. (Courtesy of Bleacher Report Hoops)


Pro Bruin Rundown: Monique Billings leads WNBA’s return, Megan Oyster helps win NWSL Challenge Cup

As college sports continue to be pushed back because of the COVID-19 pandemic, professional leagues have restarted. Each Monday, Daily Bruin Sports will highlight a few standout alumni performances from the past week in ongoing leagues as we await the return of university athletics. Read more...

Photo: Former UCLA women’s soccer player Megan Oyster helped lead her team, the Houston Dash, to the Challenge Cup championship Sunday. (Daily Bruin file photo)


Dorian Thompson-Robinson named to Maxwell Award preseason watch list

Dorian Thompson-Robinson is officially in the running for college football’s most outstanding player award, should there be a season in 2020. The rising junior UCLA football quarterback was named to the Maxwell Award preseason watch list Friday morning. Read more...

Photo: Rising junior quarterback Dorian Thompson-Robinson landed a spot on the Maxwell Award preseason watch list Friday. He would be the first Bruin to win the award since quarterback Gary Beban in 1967. (Liz Ketcham/Daily Bruin senior staff)