This post was updated Aug. 26 at 8:35 p.m. to include a statement from Under Armour. UCLA is suing Under Armour for breach of contract, according to a lawsuit filed by the school in the District Court in California. Read more...
Photo: Under Armour, whose logo is found on UCLA’s jerseys, announced it was terminating its branding agreement with the university in June. UCLA responded by filing a lawsuit for breach of contract Wednesday. (Kanishka Mehra/Photo editor)
The NCAA announced Friday that another year of athletic eligibility will be given to fall sport student-athletes. After the cancellation of the Pac-12 and Big Ten fall sports seasons earlier this month, the Division 1 Board of Directors implemented a blanket COVID-19 waiver, which not only gave fall athletes another year of eligibility but protected all players from losing scholarships should they opt out of the season. Read more...
Photo: UCLA football rising redshirt senior running back Demetric Felton is one of the fall sport student-athletes who will be granted an extra year of athletic eligibility. (Axel Lopez/Daily Bruin senior staff)
The novel coronavirus has taken quite the financial toll on collegiate athletics. UCLA hasn’t necessarily been hit harder than its competition, but it wasn’t in the best spot to begin with either. Read more...
Photo: UCLA football saw games with San Diego State, Hawai’i and New Mexico State canceled following the Pac-12 decision to first switch to a conference-only schedule and then postpone the fall season entirely. (Kanishka Mehra/Photo editor)
No Bruins will take the field for the remainder of 2020, and two of the most powerful figures in UCLA Athletics said they still don’t have all the answers. Read more...
Photo: Coach Chip Kelly, along with new Athletics Director Martin Jarmond, participated in a Zoom press conference Tuesday, just hours after learning his team would not be competing in the fall. (Tanmay Shankar/Daily Bruin senior staff)
All fall Pac-12 sports have been postponed for the rest of the calendar year because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the conference announced Tuesday. “The health, safety and well-being of our student-athletes and all those connected to Pac-12 sports has been our number one priority since the start of this current crisis,” said Pac-12 Commissioner Larry Scott. “Our student-athletes, fans, staff and all those who love college sports would like to have seen the season played this calendar year as originally planned, and we know how disappointing this is.” In the official announcement, the conference also released the medical recommendations that went into its decision. Read more...
Photo: Every Pac-12 fall sport season – including the third year for UCLA football junior quarterback Dorian Thompson-Robinson – has been postponed. The conference announced Tuesday that the conditions made playing unsafe for the time being. (Daily Bruin file photo)
This post was updated Aug. 10 at 4:27 p.m. With the college football season on the brink of cancellation, student-athletes are making a last-ditch effort to save it. Read more...
Photo: Rising redshirt sophomore defensive back Elisha Guidry was UCLA’s lone co-author on the Pac-12 players’ #WeAreUnited letter published Aug. 2. Guidry has since joined forces with the #WeWantToPlay movement of student-athletes from each of the Power Five conferences. (Tanmay Shankar/Daily Bruin senior staff)
This post was updated Aug. 5 at 4:14 p.m. to include information from UCLA Athletics’ statement. At least eight UCLA football players have tested positive for COVID-19, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health director told reporters Wednesday. Read more...
Photo: In a coronavirus briefing Wednesday, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health director announced that at least eight UCLA football players had tested positive for COVID-19. The team had recently begun its second phase of training as it approached a Sept. 26 season-opener. (Ashley Kenney/Assistant Photo editor)
