Redshirt sophomore linebacker Jayce Smalley laughed as he recounted the Bruins’ team trip to a bowling alley this week. “There were a lot of gutter balls, some people can’t really bowl,” Smalley said. Read more...
Photo: UCLA football has renewed its focus on creating a more player-led team dynamic during the 2019 fall camp. Players said this approach brought the team together and has prepared them for the season opener against Cincinnati in a week. (Jintak Han/Daily Bruin senior staff)
The Bruins have just one practice remaining before their preparation for Cincinnati begins on Saturday, but Chip Kelly said he is pleased with where his team stands heading into its first game week of the season. Read more...
Photo: Senior wideout Ethan Fernea will wear No. 36 in 2019 to honor former UCLA football receiver Nick Pasquale, who died following a car crash in 2013. Fernea recorded two receptions for 19 yards and four special teams tackles in 2018. (Liz Ketcham/Photo editor)
The Bruins opened the coach Ryan Jorden era with a win. UCLA men’s soccer secured a 3-0 win against Jorden’s alma mater Westmont College in its first exhibition match of the season Tuesday. Read more...
Photo: Junior forward Milan Iloski tallied three points in UCLA men’s soccer’s 3-0 win over Westmont Tuesday. Iloski was the third-highest scorer on last year’s squad with three goals. (MacKenzie Coffman/Daily Bruin senior staff)
In the final four weeks leading up to the kickoff of UCLA football’s 2019 season, Sports editor Sam Connon and staff writer Jack Perez will be taking a look at the Bruins’ outlook at each position. Read more...
Photo: Junior cornerback Darnay Holmes recorded three interceptions in each of his first two seasons with UCLA football. Holmes was five-star recruit coming out of high school and was named to the preseason Paul Hornung Award watch list. (Amy Dixon/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Mick Cronin has reeled in his first blue chip. Five-star guard Daishen Nix verbally committed to UCLA men’s basketball Tuesday morning, ESPN’s Jeff Borzello reported. Nix was rated as the nation’s No. Read more...
Photo: Daishen Nix, a five-star recruit who has been rated as the No. 1 point guard in the country, became UCLA men’s basketball’s first verbal commit under coach Mick Cronin, according to ESPN’s Jeff Borzello. (Courtesy of Bart Young/USA Basketball)
Following a summer spent together as a unit, the Bruins’ offensive line believes it has the chemistry both on and off the field to take the next step this season. Read more...
Photo: Redshirt junior Jake Burton played in every game for UCLA football in 2018. Burton has played a total of 17 games across his first three seasons in Westwood. (Tanmay Shankar/Assistant Photo editor)
Five months later, Rick Singer’s shadow still looms large over Westwood. Court documents unsealed March 12 stated Singer – the driving force behind the Varsity Blues athletics admission scandal – paid then-UCLA men’s soccer coach Jorge Salcedo $100,000 to get a prospective student admitted to UCLA. Read more...
Photo: Former UCLA men’s soccer coach Jorge Salcedo was the recipient of a $100,000 bribe from Rick Singer, in exchange for a prospective student from British Columbia to be admitted as a soccer recruit. Salcedo pled not guilty to racketeering charges March 25. (Liz Ketcham/Photo editor)
