This post was updated Jan. 24 at 9:36 p.m. Rachel Luba doesn’t take the mound every fifth night or step up to the plate with the game on the line. Read more...
Photo: Former UCLA gymnast and club boxer Rachel Luba has turned the sports agency landscape on its head, breaking norms and stereotypes on her way up the ladder. (Courtesy of Rachel Luba)
Roundnet, a sport whose most popular brand is Spikeball, faces the challenge of expanding its relatively new college competition amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Originally invented in 1989 by toymaker Jeff Knurek, spikeball sat in limbo for nearly two decades before Chris Ruder, now the Spikeball Inc. Read more...
Photo: Spikeball Inc. is the No. 1 roundnet equipment producer in the world, but it also runs the largest tournament organization in hopes of one day turning roundnet into a premier sport. (Ellie Tsai/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated March 5 at 4:48 p.m. Ross Fulkerson said he knew he wanted to go to college and be a professional rock climber. Read more...
Photo: First-year undeclared student Ross Fulkerson won rock climbing junior national championships in 2013 and 2017 and placed 11th in the 2019 Bouldering Open National Championship at the age of 18. Fulkerson said he is aiming to compete in the 2024 Paris Olympics but will need to take time off UCLA to make time for his training. (Amy Dixon/Daily Bruin senior staff)
This post was updated Aug. 26 at 2:57 p.m. Esports is growing rapidly in participation, popularity and pay. With 60 collegiate varsity programs and an expected global revenue over $1 billion dollars at the professional level, Esports is quickly becoming one of the biggest competitive sports in the world. Read more...
Photo: Esports is a growing community and business in addition to being a competitive sport. Twitch streamers, Twitch viewers and jobs in the Esports industry have each increased in recent years, and Bruin Gaming – UCLA’s recreational gaming club – fielded over 500 members in its first year. (Creative Commons photo by Trade Group via Flickr)
Esports is growing rapidly in participation, popularity and pay. With 60 collegiate varsity programs and an expected global revenue over $1 billion dollars at the professional level, Esports is quickly becoming one of the biggest competitive sports in the world. Read more...
Photo: (Cody Wilson/Daily Bruin)
Take a step onto UCLA’s campus and it’s hard to miss the most salient identifying feature of a Bruin athlete – the blue Under Armour backpack. Read more...
This post was updated on May 15 at 10:18 a.m. Chloe Beverina’s first few minutes in a boxing ring went like how most peoples’ would’ve gone. Read more...
Photo: Second-year economics student Chloe Beverina played soccer before coming to UCLA last year, but she won the National Collegiate Boxing Association national championships in April. (Daniel Leibowitz/Daily Bruin staff)
