Lauren Carr, a member of UCLA's club soccer team, was playing in her first game of the season when she felt her left knee pop. That pop, as it turned out, was a torn anterior cruciate ligament "“ an injury that can bench an athlete for more than a year, said Dr. Gerald Finerman, a professor of orthopedic surgery at UCLA and director of intercollegiate sports medicine. Read more...
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October 28, 1:00 am
UCLA Men’s Rugby Club experiences growth spurt in athletes and interest
For a program to be successful for nearly 80 years, leadership is required. The UCLA Men's Rugby Club stands as one of UCLA's longest and most storied organizations, having competed since the 1930s. Read more...
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First-year biochemistry student Andrew Bailey practices with the UCLA Men’s Rugby Club at the Intramural Field. Bailey plays the forward position of prop.
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October 13, 1:11 am
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu gains popularity and becomes a club sport
Dave Bryant gave his students two minutes to escape from their opponents' side control, a dominant grappling position where the combatant has his opponent pinned down and locked perpendicularly. Read more...
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Members of UCLA’s Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Club practice in the Wooden Center’s Blue Room on Monday. The club practices five days a week with beginner and intermediate classes available. The classes have seen an increase in participants, and the club has grown in popularity as a result of Jiu Jitsu’s influence in Mixed Martial Arts and the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
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October 8, 7:35 pm
Bruin ice hockey loses season opener 8-1 to Loyola Marymount
The season opener for UCLA ice hockey featured a newly formed Bruin team and ended in an 8-1 loss against the Loyola Marymount Lions Wednesday night. Read more...
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October 7, 1:27 am
Poolside Pupil
The first practice of the men's club water polo season began with a gnarly moustache and a burly goatee. Read more...
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Coach Doug Merkel guided the UCLA men’s club water polo team to a national championship last season. A first-year law student, Merkel decided to return to the same team he has been affiliated with since his undergraduate years at UCLA.
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September 29, 1:07 am
Family of Fighters
Boxing Club member Kyler Richie's love for the sport stemmed from his military roots
September 29, 2010 – UCLA boxing club member Kyler Richie describes how he came to love the sport. [2:29]
"Boxing Club member Kyler Richie's love for the sport stemmed from his military roots"If the punching bags at Gio's Brooklyn Boxing Club in Burbank could speak, they probably wouldn't be saying much. Read more...
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Fifth-year applied mathematics and first-year education graduate student, Sarah Ghannadan, spars with The Boxing Club at UCLA, one of the newest clubs on-campus. UCLA’s most committed boxers travel a long way to Burbank to train twice a week.
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September 23, 1:30 am
Hockey heads onto the ice
PANORAMA CITY "”mdash; Sixteen miles away from Westwood, the UCLA hockey club walked off the ice Wednesday morning, finishing a three-hour practice, its first of the season. Read more...
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Ashton Christian, left, and Jonathan Lee hold the Crosstown Cup after UCLA beat USC in the five-game series last season. The season opener is on Oct. 6.