This year, at the 2016 Summer Olympics, 36 past, current and future UCLA athletes will compete in Rio de Janeiro. Each day, the Daily Bruin will wrap up the different events with Bruin highlights, key performances and upcoming events. Read more...
Photo: Incoming freshman Maddie Musselman scored a team-high four goals in Team USA’s 12-4 win over China on Thursday. The Americans are now 2-0 in group play. (Ken Shin/Daily Bruin)
This year, at the 2016 Summer Olympics, 36 past, current and future UCLA athletes will compete in Rio de Janeiro. Each day, the Daily Bruin will wrap up the different events with Bruin highlights, key performances and upcoming events. Read more...
Photo: The U.S. women’s gymnastics team won gold Tuesday with 184.897 points, outscoring silver medalist Russia by 8.209, an Olympic record. (Courtesy of John Cheng/USA Gymnastics)
The UCLA football team has a problem that many teams would actually like to have: an overload of talent at the running back position. Heading into the 2016 season, a big question facing offensive coordinator Kennedy Polamalu is “How do I get all of these guys enough touches?” Sophomore Soso Jamabo is a former five-star recruit, Nate Starks a former four-star player with a 6.4 yards-per-carry average last season, and sophomore Bolu Olorunfunmi was called the biggest offensive standout of spring camp,per coach Jim Mora. Read more...
Photo: Lineman Deon Hollins (right) anchored the defense for the Bruins alongside Takkarist McKinley. (Ken Shin/Daily Bruin)
This year, at the 2016 Summer Olympics, 36 past, current and future UCLA athletes will compete in Rio de Janeiro. Each day, the Daily Bruin will wrap up the different events with Bruin highlights, key performances and upcoming events. Read more...
Photo: Nirra Fields hit a big 3-pointer and put the Canadians ahead of Team Serbia with a layup off the bench. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Josh Rosen made it just a few minutes into his post-practice interview Monday before he offered up the quote of the day. UCLA’s star sophomore quarterback, fresh off the release of a Sports Illustrated exclusive interview and an accompanying cover shot, said that he’s not going to change the way he thinks, but that he is making a conscious effort to change the way he acts and talks. Read more...
Photo: Sophomore quarterback Josh Rosen, who has drawn criticism in the past for his social media posts, acknowledged that he has to be more mature in how he conveys his thoughts. (Kathy Chen/Daily Bruin)
A photo of Michael Phelps adorned my 14th birthday cake. My middle school email password was the infamous swimmer’s name. Following the 2004 Athens Olympics, I took up swim classes. Read more...
Photo: Fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad will be the first-ever American Olympian to compete while wearing a hijab. (Creative Commons photo by U.S. Embassy via Flickr)
What 2015 season? With all head coach Amanda Cromwell and the UCLA women’s soccer team have done since last year’s more-than-disappointing end, it’s easy to forget that the program that won a national championship three years ago and followed up with a powerful 21-1-2 season descended into an 8-10-1 mire. Read more...
Photo: Junior MacKenzie Cerda has changed positions to help bolster the Bruins’ defense, something that should be strong once again after a weak showing last year. (Daily Bruin file photo)
