If members of the UCLA men’s tennis team want to see what their future could potentially look like, one role model has stood out in recent weeks. Read more...
Photo: Former Bruin Mackie McDonald recently made it to the final round of the RBC Tennis Championships in Dallas, Texas. The Piedmont, California native spent three years competing for UCLA before eventually deciding to begin his professional career. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Conference play has not exactly gone according to plan for the Bruins this season. Back in July, I wrote about why UCLA men’s basketball (16-7, 7-4 Pac-12) was in better position to make noise within the Pac-12 than they were a year ago – and I still think I was right – but the Bruins are doing their best to prove me wrong. Read more...
Photo: Although the UCLA men’s basketball team earned a No.3 seed in the NCAA Tournament last year, a three-game loss this season has UCLA in a desperate position to gain ground. (Amy Dixon/Assistant Photo editor)
SoftballDavid Gottlieb, Sports editor UCLA softball was picked to finish second in the Pac-12 Preseason Coaches Poll, which was released Monday. The Bruins were one of just two teams to receive first-place votes. Read more...
Photo: Only UCLA and Oregon received first-place votes in the Pac-12 Preseason Coaches Poll. (Daily Bruin file photo)
First-year undeclared student Chantel Horvat describes her experience moving from Geelong, Australia, to Los Angeles to compete on the UCLA women’s basketball team. Horvat’s profile is the first installment in the Daily Bruin’s new series about international student-athletes. Read more...
The Bruins have the chance to avenge a five-set upset from last season Tuesday. No. 2 UCLA men’s volleyball (10-1) hosts No. 12 Cal State Northridge (6-3) at Pauley Pavilion for their first of three games this week. Read more...
Photo: Freshman libero Garland Peed and the No. 2 UCLA Bruins will look to avenge a loss from last season to the No. 10 CSUN Matadors on Tusday night in Pauley Pavilion. CSUN upset UCLA last season in five sets. (Axel Lopez/Daily Bruin)
Under normal circumstances, UCLA’s gymnastics meet against Oklahoma would have been billed as a showdown between two top-tier programs with national championship ambitions. The individual scores and the final results would have taken center stage. Read more...
Photo: After their meet Sunday, members of UCLA and Oklahoma gymnastics honored women who have come forward and spoken about about the sexual abuse of former USA Gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar. (Ken Shin/Daily Bruin staff)
Coach Cori Close received an unusual text message from her freshman point guard in 2015. “I don’t think we should recruit Kennedy Burke,” Jordin Canada wrote. Read more...
Photo: After competing against one another at rival high schools for three years, senior guard Jordin Canada and junior forward Kennedy Burke have become inseparable as teammates for UCLA women’s basketball. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
