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)
This post was updated July 6 at 12:36 p.m. The UCLA club sports scene welcomed a new member to its ranks Thursday. Esports @UCLA was officially added to the UCLA Recreation and Club Sports list for the 2018-2019 school year. Read more...
Photo: The Esports @UCLA group became an officially sanctioned Club Sport on Thursday. The squads will compete in Tespa tournaments and other collegiate matches across the country next year. (Quanzhao He/Daily Bruin)
The Bruins have always boasted a strong resume in Pauley Pavilion and at the Rose Bowl – but a new wave of competition is coming to campus in the form of online card battles. Read more...
Photo: UCLA Blue fell to Penn State in the Tespa Collegiate Hearthstone Championship final. The UCLA players, Shawn Footitt, Riley Dunne and Andrew Piro, walked away with $6,000 in scholarship money. (Kristie-Valerie Hoang/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Onegai shimasu – “Please let me train with you.” Two players face each other and bow, wearing Bogu with their Shinais in hand – a Kendo match begins. Read more...
Photo: UCLA Kendo competes in tournaments in Southern California and across the country and has consistently shown strength in recent years. The club’s co-founder, Nathan Makino, said Kendo has become like a brand that maintains a strong reputation year after year. (Niveda Tennety/Daily Bruin)
The Bruins fell one match short of clinching their first collegiate rugby championship after a testing path to the final. UCLA men’s club rugby dropped the 2018 Penn Mutual Collegiate Rugby Championship Cup final to Lindenwood University by a score of 24-7 on Sunday. Read more...
Photo: UCLA men’s club rugby fell to Lindenwood University in the 2018 Penn Mutual Collegiate Rugby Championship final. The loss marked the second time the Bruins lost in the final, with the other being their last appearance against California in 2016. (Habeba Mostafa/Daily Bruin)
