This post was updated March 5 at 2:56 p.m. UCLA filed a request to a judge to reject a former soccer coach’s subpoena request Friday. Former UCLA men’s soccer coach Jorge Salcedo filed a subpoena request Jan. Read more...
Photo: UCLA requested a judge to block former men’s soccer coach Jorge Salcedo’s request for a subpoena. The request was made for Salcedo’s trial regarding his role in the larger 2019 college admissions scandal. (Daily Bruin file photo)
A woman pleaded guilty in a federal court Friday for paying to get her son admitted to UCLA as an athletic recruit. Xiaoning Sui, a 49-year-old Chinese national and Canadian resident, pleaded guilty to planning to pay $400,000 to William Singer, the organizer of the 2019 college admissions scandal, to have her son admitted to UCLA as a soccer recruit, even though he did not have any competitive experience. Read more...
Photo: Xiaoning Sui pleaded guilty in federal court Friday for paying William Singer, the organizer of the 2019 college admissions scandal, to have her son admitted to UCLA as an athletic recruit. (Daily Bruin file photo)
A woman who allegedly paid for her son’s admission into UCLA has accepted a plea deal, according to a Los Angeles Times article Wednesday. Xiaoning Sui, who was detained by Spanish authorities in September, will plead guilty to federal program bribery, the article stated. Read more...
Photo: A woman who agreed to pay $400,000 for her son’s admission into UCLA has accepted a plea deal, according to a Los Angeles Times article. (Daily Bruin file photo)
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)
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)
Andy Schwarz – co-founder of the Historical Basketball League and co-sponsor of Senate Bill 206 – grabbed the microphone from former TCU football player and NFL Players Association staffer Joe Briggs. Read more...
Photo: A panel of athletes, lawyers, administrators and economists spoke about the development of Senate Bill 206, the future of the NCAA as a result and the necessity of developing resources to promote student-athlete well-being. (Jacqueline Dzwonczyk/Daily Bruin senior staff)
This post was updated at 1:17pm The NCAA Board of Governors announced Tuesday morning it voted unanimously to allow collegiate athletes to earn money from their name, image and likeness. Read more...
Photo: The NCAA Board of Governors voted to update its laws to allow student-athletes to earn money, as long as they’re not compensated directly from their sports. The vote came about a month after Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill to implement similar legislation in California universities. (Liz Ketcham/Photo editor)
