Saturday, May 16

Men’s tennis looks to set regular season lineup at Sherwood Cup

The Sherwood Collegiate Cup has become an annual tradition of sorts for the UCLA men’s tennis team. The tournament is the final opportunity for individual players to prove themselves before the grind of in-season dual meets begins. Read more...

Photo: Sophomore Austin Rapp and the rest of the Bruins travel to Thousand Oaks, California for the Sherwood Collegiate Cup. There they will face competition from USC, Stanford and Baylor. (Daily Bruin file photo)



Set Six Episode 1: Set One

Daily Bruin Sports is back with its latest and greatest podcast: Set Six. Every week, the UCLA men’s volleyball beat writers – Tanner Walters, Phil Share and Grant Sugimura – will break down what’s going on with the Bruins. Read more...

Photo: (Jesse Wang/Daily Bruin)


Tanner’s Take: The emotional rollercoaster of NFL relocation

Stan Kroenke’s first name might as well have an “a” before the “t” as far as St. Louisans are concerned. Hearing the name alone can incite a fury and disgust within millions of Midwesterners that is probably worthy only of the devil himself. Read more...

Photo: The NFL owners voted to move the St. Louis Rams to Los Angeles for the 2016 season, with an option for the San Diego Chargers to join them in Inglewood. (Creative Commons photo by Paul Sableman via Flickr)


Baseball ranks in top 15 in preseason polls, No. 3 recruiting class

The baseball team received top-15 rankings in two recent national preseason polls, coming in at No. 11 in the D1Baseball poll and at No. 14 in the Perfect Game USA poll. Read more...

Photo: Redshirt senior outfielder Eric Filia, who helped lead the 2013 UCLA team to a national championship, will be back in the Bruins’ lineup this year. Filia sat out the past two seasons, 2014 due to an injury and 2015 due to academic ineligibility. (Daily Bruin file photo)


Subpar guard play dooms UCLA basketball against USC

As UCLA’s guard play goes, so goes UCLA. That fact is becoming increasingly evident five games into the Bruins’ Pac-12 schedule. Against Arizona State and Arizona last weekend, junior guards Bryce Alford and Isaac Hamilton laid a solid foundation for the offense as UCLA walked away with two wins. Read more...

Photo: Freshman guard Aaron Holiday was one bright spark in UCLA’s performance against USC Wednesday, but it wasn’t enough to light a fire under his teammates. (Miriam Bribiesca/Daily Bruin senior staff)


Trojans trample Bruin basketball en route to 89-75 win

Not too long ago, UCLA was relishing a streak of consistent success against its crosstown rival in two sports: football and men’s basketball. The football team had won three straight games over USC, a streak dating back to 2012. Read more...

Photo: USC freshman forward Chimezie Metu provided a significant spark off the bench for the Trojans, dropping a career-high 21 points on 8-of-10 shooting in his team’s victory Wednesday night. (Miriam Bribiesca/Daily Bruin senior staff)