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Students react to death of former Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant

This post was updated Jan. 27 at 12:16 a.m. As a lifelong basketball player, Mert Gulen said he always felt a deep connection to Kobe Bryant. Read more...

Photo: A man holds a poster of Kobe Bryant, a Los Angeles Lakers legend who died in a helicopter crash Sunday, at a memorial dedicated to Bryant at L.A. Live. (Jintak Han/Daily Bruin senior staff)


Track and field sees four event victories, sets records at Columbia invitational

The Bruins left the Big Apple with event victories and broken records. UCLA track and field competed in the Dr. Sander Invitational Columbia Challenge, the team’s first trip to the East Coast this season. Read more...

Photo: Junior thrower Alyssa Wilson has won three straight shot put events this season for UCLA track and field. The Bruins had four victories at the Dr. Sander Invitational Columbia Challenge. (Lauren Man/Daily Bruin)


Women’s basketball bounces back from USC loss with win over Washington

The Bruins are still undefeated when junior forward Michaela Onyenwere plays. After losing its first game of the season last week, No. 10 UCLA women’s basketball (17-1, 6-1 Pac-12) defeated Washington (10-8, 2-5) by a final score of 85-80. Read more...

Photo: Junior forward Michaela Onyenwere scored a career-high 31 points for No. 10 UCLA women’s basketball in the Bruins’ win over Washington on Friday night. (Jason Zhu/Daily Bruin)


Bruin men’s volleyball brought to roaring straight-set defeat by Nittany Lions

The Bruins dropped their sixth straight set after allowing their opponent to hit for its highest hitting percentage all season. No. 6 UCLA men’s volleyball (3-2) was swept by No. Read more...

Photo: Redshirt senior middle blocker Matt Younggren hit for .286 as No. 6 UCLA men’s volleyball was swept on the road for the second consecutive match. (Alice Naland/Daily Bruin staff)


UCLA refutes Jorge Salcedo’s allegations of athletics admissions misconduct

This post was updated Jan. 25 at 5:55 p.m. UCLA denied claims made by a former UCLA men’s soccer coach, who accused the university of strategically admitting under-qualified student-athletes to raise money for the athletic department in a motion filed Thursday by his attorneys. Read more...

Photo: UCLA Athletics was implicated in last year’s college admissions scandal after former men’s soccer coach Jorge Salcedo was charged with accepting bribes to let unqualified athletes into the school. (Kristie-Valerie Hoang/Daily Bruin senior staff)