Bruin Sports editors Claire Fahy, Tanner Walters, Korbin Placet and Matt Cummings premiere their new weekly podcast “The Huddle.” This week’s topic: week five of college football. Read more...
Photo: (Owen Emerson/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Sports
Sports, Sports Columns
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October 2, 2:38 am
Claire-ification: NCAA needs to value student-athletes’ work, not just their worth
College athletes have long been considered amateurs due to the lack of pay provided for their work. Since January, this standing has been cast into doubt as an antitrust lawsuit against the NCAA made major developments in the lives of student athletes, allowing them to receive larger stipends toward living costs. Read more...
Photo: Senior Caleb Benenoch criticized the NCAA last month for not providing athletes with enough money to pay rent. (Owen Emerson/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Sports, Women's Soccer
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October 2, 2:37 am
Women’s soccer drops first Pac-12 match since 2012
It’s been almost three years since the UCLA women’s soccer team was defeated by a Pac-12 team. The last six minutes of Thursday’s match also marked the first conference loss of coach Amanda Cromwell’s UCLA career, as the unranked Bruins fell to the Washington Huskies 2-1, once again failing to win three consecutive games this season. Read more...
Photo: Senior forward Kourtney Konkol-Mroczkowski scored her first goal of the season Thursday in a 2-1 loss to Washington. UCLA dropped to 1-1-0 in Pac-12 play after the ball deflected off a Bruin defender with six minutes left to play. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Men's Tennis, Sports
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October 2, 2:36 am
Men’s tennis continues fall tournament season
The men’s tennis team is doing overtime this fall as they continue their professional tournament campaign. Junior Mackie McDonald, the No. 3 college player in the nation, earned a wild card into the main draw of the Tiburon Challenger last Sunday. Read more...
Photo: (Jintak Han/Daily Bruin)
Men's Soccer, Sports
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October 2, 2:36 am
Men’s soccer to test winning inertia in first Pac-12 matchups
UCLA men’s soccer enters Pac-12 play this weekend trending in the opposite direction of its first conference opponents. Having lost four of their last five games and mired in their worst start in the past decade, the unranked Bruins (4-4-0) rebounded with a pair of comeback wins last week. Read more...
Photo: Freshman midfielder Jackson Yueill said that UCLA will need to get its footing early on against Oregon State and Washington. Yueill has seven points so far in 2015. (Hannah Ye/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Features, Softball, Sports
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October 2, 2:35 am
UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame inducts softball alumna Janice Parks
Feared. Humble. Reliable. Contagious confidence. The best player in the country. These are just a handful of words used to describe UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame inductee and former softball powerhouse third baseman Janice Parks. Read more...
Photo: (Courtesy of Samantha Ford)
Men's Water Polo, Sports
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October 2, 2:32 am
No. 1 men’s water polo dives into conference play against Waves
A 2015 national championship trophy is up for grabs, waiting in the depths for the men’s water polo team that is able to plunge the deepest without being crushed by ever-increasing pressure. Read more...
Photo: Senior defender Anthony Daboub is tied for UCLA men’s water polo leading scorer with five goals on the season. (Owen Emerson/Daily Bruin senior staff)