Gabe Galen thought his competitive climbing career was over. As the then-18-year-old accomplished athlete met with doctors in early 2020 to discuss the intense pain he was experiencing in his arm, Galen was told he needed a bone marrow biopsy to rule out bone cancer. Read more...
Photo: Second-year business economics student Gabriel Galen climbs the wall. Galen won a national championship at the USA Climbing Collegiate National Championships in April. (Jake Greenberg-Bell/Daily Bruin)
An NCAA-high 10 players left Westwood for the 2021 MLB Draft in the offseason. To replace those players, the Bruins brought in the No. 1 recruiting class in the country, according to Baseball America and D1Baseball. Read more...
A line of young girls waits for the Bruins to emerge from the clubhouse after every home game. Win or lose, members of the UCLA softball team file through the blue barricades in an orderly fashion, signing autographs and snapping pictures. Read more...
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Growing up in Bedford, Texas, Merrick McHenry noticed there weren’t many people who looked like him on the court. The UCLA men’s volleyball middle blocker grew up in a predominantly white community, playing a predominantly white sport. Read more...
Photo: (Katelyn Dang/Illustrations director)
The day was over, and Darren Savino nestled himself into the couch. A bowl of dry-roasted, unsalted peanuts was perched in one hand. In the other rested a remote for controlling the film of his team’s next opponents. Read more...
Photo: UCLA men’s basketball associate head coach Darren Savino (left) and coach Mick Cronin (right) have coached together at the collegiate level for 14 years, making 12 NCAA Tournaments. (Illustration by Christopher Kha/Daily Bruin, photos (left to right) by David Rimer/Assistant Photo editor and Christine Kao/Daily Bruin staff)
The love of Ido David’s life is volleyball. That love story, however, began by chance. One of his fourth grade teachers had started a volleyball club, but David, who described himself as a lazy kid, didn’t play sports. Read more...
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Chae Campbell could have easily walked away. When the then-freshman UCLA gymnast hyperextended her knee warming up her vault at the 2021 NCAA championships on April 16, she had already put up a beyond respectable score on floor. Read more...
Photo: (Katelyn Dang/Illustrations director)
