Sunday, August 2

Students react to continued demands to fire coach Steve Alford

Twitter is abuzz with infuriated UCLA basketball fans. Bruin Walk? Not so much. As mobile billboards calling for the firing of coach Steve Alford made appearances around campus Wednesday – continuing a string of actions demanding his release – the Daily Bruin set up shop at the newspaper stand outside of Ackerman Union to gauge reactions from the general student body. Read more...

Photo: A pair of mobile billboards traveled around the UCLA campus Wednesday calling for the firing of men’s basketball coach Steve Alford. (Matt Joye/Daily Bruin senior staff)


UCLA baseball suffers four Tuesday pitching mishaps, hopes to improve

When UCLA baseball won the NCAA championship in 2013, it only lost four Tuesday games all season. It’s only March, but the Bruins have already accomplished that feat, going 0-4 in their first four Tuesday games of 2016. Read more...

Photo: Sophomore Jake Bird (left), redshirt junior Hunter Virant (center) and freshman Justin Hooper have all tried their hands at starting Tuesday games, but none of the three have made a start that lasted more than four innings during a midweek game. (Keila Mayberry, Michael Zshornack,Mackenzie Possee/Daily Bruin)


UCLA beach volleyball twins defeat top-ranked Pepperdine

It was an unseasonably blustery day at Sunset Recreation Center as UCLA beach volleyball took on the top team in the country, but the Canadian duo of Megan McNamara and Nicole McNamara felt right at home. Read more...

Photo: Freshman Megan McNamara and her sister, Nicole, clinched UCLA’s upset of the No. 1 Pepperdine Waves. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)


UCLA invitational to prepare track and field for title run

The UCLA track and field team will host ten schools this weekend in what it will treat as a trial meet. The Bruin Legends of Track and Field Invitational is a two-day meet open to both college and high school competitors, slightly lowering the intensity of competition for the Bruins. Read more...

Photo: Redshirt senior Kylie Price, ranks first in the nation in long jump with a mark of 21-4.75. (Daily Bruin file photo)


UCLA men’s tennis alum returns as volunteer coach while battling injury

Not even bad hips can keep Marcos Giron away from tennis. After learning that he had to undergo hip surgery and put his professional career on hold, Giron, a former UCLA standout and the 2014 NCAA singles champion, reached out to UCLA men’s tennis coach Billy Martin about coming back to Westwood as a volunteer assistant coach. Read more...

Photo: Marcos Giron, the 2014 NCAA singles champion, is back at UCLA as a coach while he recovers from hip surgery. (Daily Bruin file photo)



Tuesday troubles continue as baseball drops Cal State Fullerton game

It’s safe to say the Tuesday starting job for UCLA baseball is wide open. The Bruins dropped to 0-4 in midweek contests this season with a 14-7 home loss to the Cal State Fullerton Titans on Tuesday. Read more...

Photo: Redshirt senior right fielder Eric Filia closed out the month of March without a strikeout, but also failed to connect Tuesday as UCLA struggled. (Mackenzie Possee/Daily Bruin)