Jim Mora didn’t waste much time before mentioning the offensive line. The UCLA football coach singled the position group out in his opening statement at Wednesday’s Pac-12 Media Day, and redshirt senior center Scott Quessenberry agreed with the point of emphasis. Read more...
Photo: Coach Jim Mora’s opening statement included a section about his team’s offensive line, which will look to improve on its 2016 performance. (Michael Zshornack/Photo editor)
Last year, UCLA and Under Armour closed a 15-year, $280 million dollar deal – the largest apparel agreement in collegiate athletic history. UCLA football’s Jim Mora said the deal’s significance was unquestioned, but one specific aspect has remained a point of contention. Read more...
Men’s basketballRyan Smith, assistant Sports editor UCLA men’s basketball was one of four teams selected to compete in the Hall of Fame Classic. UCLA will be joined by Baylor, Creighton and Wisconsin. Read more...
Despite fighting multiple injuries, former UCLA guard Lonzo Ball managed to take home the 2017 Las Vegas Summer League MVP award and helped the Los Angeles Lakers win the summer league championship. Read more...
Photo: Former UCLA men’s basketball point guard and current Los Angeles Lakers guard Lonzo Ball turned heads at NBA Summer League. He averaged 16.3 points and 9.3 assists per game and won summer league MVP. (Jintak Han/Daily Bruin senior staff)
The winningest coach in Westwood will now be on the pool deck twice as often. Adam Wright, who has coached the men’s water polo team for the last eight seasons, was also named coach of the UCLA women’s water polo team Thursday afternoon. Read more...
Photo: UCLA’s national search for a new women’s water polo coach concluded in Westwood. Adam Wright, who already coaches the men’s team, will now also coach the women’s team. (Daily Bruin file photo)
UCLA baseball’s incoming recruiting class had four players whom coach John Savage called high-profile. “We were hoping to hold on to two of them,” Savage said. Read more...
Photo: Coach John Savage will have to make it through next season without Jeremiah Estrada, who opted to sign with the Cubs instead of honoring his commitment to UCLA baseball. (Kathy Chen/Daily Bruin)
The last time Jonah Bolden played college basketball, he had one of the worst seasons statswise among the 2017 NBA Draft class. Bolden, the Bruins’ former guard/forward, averaged just 2.4 more points and 2.5 more rebounds per game in his collegiate career than LaVar Ball, who’s widely mocked in the basketball community for his uninspiring one-year tenure at Washington State. Read more...
Photo: Jonah Bolden’s career at UCLA was nothing special, but the 6-foot-10 guard/forward has been impressive in his time in the NBA Summer League thanks to experience that he picked up playing overseas after he left Westwood. (Daily Bruin file photo)
