Thursday, May 7

Smith Says: Saturday’s game against USC may be Chip Kelly’s chance at redemption

Make no mistake, the Bruins’ matchup with the Trojans on Saturday is the most important game in Chip Kelly’s UCLA football coaching tenure. It has nothing to do with Kelly being on the hot seat – because he isn’t – but rather because he has a chance to prove himself in front of not only a fan base starved of success, but also a national audience that has placed him and his career on the back burner. Read more...

Photo: UCLA football coach Chip Kelly has a 7-15 record since coming to Westwood, well below his 46-7 mark across four seasons with Oregon. One of Kelly’s seven wins as a Bruin came against crosstown rival USC on Nov. 17, 2018. (Liz Ketcham/Photo editor)


Q&A: Daily Trojan Sports managing editor talks expectations for UCLA-USC football game

UCLA football (4-6, 4-3 Pac-12) and USC (7-4, 6-2) will face off Saturday with the Victory Bell on the line. In honor of the crosstown clash, Daily Bruin Sports editor Sam Connon took some time to talk with the Sports managing editor at the Daily Trojan, Aidan Berg. Read more...

Photo: USC is two games ahead of UCLA football in the Pac-12 South standings and will finish ahead of the Bruins for the fifth-consecutive season with a victory Saturday at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. (Amy Dixon/Daily Bruin senior staff)





UCLA women’s volleyball to play Oregon, Oregon state in home finale

The Bruins are playing in their home finale this weekend. UCLA women’s volleyball (14-11, 9-7 Pac-12) will play Oregon (7-18, 3-13) on Friday and Oregon State (9-18, 3-13) on Sunday, their last two home games of the season. Read more...

Photo: Senior outside hitter Savvy Simo and UCLA women’s volleyball will face off against Oregon and Oregon State in the Bruins’ final home games of the season. (Daily Bruin file photo)


Women’s basketball readies to face Northern Colorado for first time since 2015

The Bruins’ nonconference schedule in the confines of Pauley Pavilion is nearing its conclusion. No. 11 UCLA women’s basketball (3-0 Pac-12) has a chance to earn another victory when it takes on Northern Colorado (2-3 Big Sky) on Friday at Pauley Pavilion, vying to stay unbeaten in its five-game homestand. Read more...

Photo: Freshman guard Jaden Owens has averaged 19 minutes per game for No. 11 UCLA women’s basketball so far this season. She has scored 13 points and posted seven rebounds in the Bruins’ opening three nonconference games. (Niveda Tennety/Assistant Photo editor)