In a brightly lit hotel room, surrounded by cameras and posters, dozens of former collegiate athletes chatted with each other. A former Alabama gymnast sat next to a Missouri State basketball legend at one table while a Texas swimmer took her turn recording a video segment and doing photo ops. Read more...
Photo: Lisa Fernandez (right) was the first softball player to win the Honda Cup in 1993. (Ken Shin/Daily Bruin)
After a top-four finish during his collegiate season, UCLA men’s volleyball coach John Speraw now focuses on an even more daunting task – bringing home gold during the Rio 2016 Olympics. Read more...
Photo: UCLA alumnus John Speraw will coach Team USA for the 2016 Olympics. Speraw led the Bruins to the NCAA tournament semifinals this spring. (Kathy Chen/Daily Bruin)
This past week, the country’s best swimmers converged on Omaha, Nebraska, for the U.S. Swimming Olympic Trials. UCLA had its share of representatives, as 12 past, present and future Bruins threw their hats in the ring against some of the world’s most successful swimmers, some of whom are planning on adding to an already impressive list of Olympic medals. Read more...
Photo: UCLA’s Katy Campbell was less than a second away from qualifying for the finals in the 400-meter freestyle. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Eight UCLA alumni will be inducted in the UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame this fall. The new members have a combined 26 NCAA team and individual championships and six Olympic medals over their careers. Read more...
Photo: Adam Krikorian is one of eight Bruins who will be inducted in the UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame. The former player and coach won 15 national titles in Westwood. (Daily Bruin file photo)
A slew of UCLA players, headlined by true sophomore Josh Rosen, redshirt junior Eddie Vanderdoes and redshirt senior Conor McDermott, have been named to football preseason watch lists. Read more...
Photo: Quarterback Josh Rosen was named a pre-season All-American and All-Pac-12 by the Athlon magazine and writer Phil Steele. The rising sophomore is one of many Bruins on preseason watch lists. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Incoming freshman basketball player Kobe Paras has withdrawn from UCLA “due to academic conditions of his admission not being met,” as announced by the school Wednesday morning. Read more...
Brett Tashman was irate and frustrated. Not because of the constant whirring machinery, the IV drips scattered around his room or the rounds of chemotherapy he had endured for his soft tissue cancer over the last two years. Read more...
