Zach LaVine waited anxiously on the UCLA bench in the opening minutes of an exhibition game against Cal State San Bernardino. “I tried not to seem like I had jitters or anything, but it’s human nature,” LaVine said. Read more...
Photo: After committing to UCLA early, freshman guard Zach LaVine flew under the radar in high school. But he expects to prove his talent quickly in college.
For UCLA graduate film student Farzad Nikbakht Sangari and the UCLA Quidditch team, nothing goes according to script. It seems fitting, then, that Sangari’s upcoming UCLA Quidditch documentary, “Mudbloods,” was neither planned nor imagined beforehand, but just fell into place and evolved naturally. Read more...
Photo: UCLA Quidditch founder Tom Marks has worked with Farzad Nikbakht Sangari to develop the upcoming documentary “Mudbloods.”
The prospect of passing out from exhaustion and pain hung constantly over Marcus Rios. Coming down with stuffy noses during his senior year of high school morphed into breathing almost exclusively through his mouth during football summer workouts. Read more...
Photo: Sophomore cornerback Marcus Rios fought off a serious infectious disease to return to the UCLA football team.
Alex Redmond enjoys inflicting pain on the football field. Coach Jim Mora said the right guard has a “mean streak” in him, a perfect trait for a guard. Read more...
Photo: Freshman offensive lineman Alex Redmond translated his success on the wrestling mat to dominance on the football field.
From her childhood in Annandale, Va., playing soccer with her four brothers, to captaining the University of Virginia Cavaliers to an NCAA Final Four run , all signs seemed to point toward an eventual career in soccer for Amanda Cromwell. Read more...
Photo: Women’s soccer coach Amanda Cromwell initially pursued a career in medicine, not coaching, before plans changed. Her academic experiences, however, as well as her soccer experience, now help her mentor her players.
Growing up in Los Angeles, Marques Johnson lived a “charmed” life. Both his parents were schoolteachers. His father was an assistant basketball coach at Crenshaw High School, and his mother had a master’s degree in library science from USC. Read more...
Photo: Former UCLA basketball player Marques Johnson addressed a crowd of high school students in Royce Hall at Saturday’s Destination College event.
Professor Vijay Gupta keeps a large, square piece of plastic-like, yellow-tinged material on the shelf of his office. And while it may not look like anything special, this polymer could make a world of difference in an arena miles away from Engineering IV– namely, the football field. Read more...
