A midday tweet from the Wooden Athletic Fund caused controversy Monday, thanking UCLA donors for allowing Bruin student-athletes to “go to work.” The account quickly removed the tweet after multiple individuals and even a former NFL player questioned the wording. Read more...
Photo: Former NFL tight end Tom Crabtree (@itsCrab) posted this screenshot on Twitter yesterday of a deleted tweet from the Wooden Athletic Fund.
Early season adversity for sports teams can cause a team to become dispirited or motivate it to emerge better than before. The No. 17 UCLA women’s volleyball team has evidently chosen to follow the latter path as it recovered from its shocking 3-0 defeat against Loyola Marymount University last Sunday to win the Hawaiian Airlines Wahine Volleyball Classic. Read more...
Photo: Women’s volleyball swept three teams en route to capturing the Hawaiian Airlines Wahine Volleyball Classic last weekend. (Jose Ubeda/Daily Bruin staff)
The UCLA women’s soccer team is going through some early growing pains. After suffering a 2-1 loss to postseason rival No. 1 Virginia and then being upset by unranked Texas, it appears the Bruins have to improve if they want reach the level of last year’s championship-caliber team. Read more...
Photo: Junior Lauren Kaskie was the only Bruin who managed to net a goal in UCLA’s upset loss to Texas. (Miriam Bribiesca/Daily Bruin senior staff)
In the moment, the UCLA football team’s performance looked too good to be true. Freshman quarterback Josh Rosen played like a redshirt senior. Junior nose tackle Kenny Clark caught a pass for a touchdown. Read more...
Photo: Junior defensive end Eddie Vanderdoes holds his left knee after falling during a touchdown celebration at the end of the third quarter. This turned out to be Vanderdoes’ last play of the game – and of the season – as doctors found out Sunday that he had a torn ACL. (Max Himmelrich/Daily Bruin)
UCLA men’s soccer faced its first true test of the 2015 season last weekend, taking a season-opening victory and its No. 1 national ranking to the East Coast for a pair of top-15 matchups. Read more...
Photo: Sophomore forward Abu Danladi’s goal against Maryland wasn’t enough to stave off the Terrapins, who claimed a 2-1 victory. (Jose Ubeda/Daily Bruin staff)
Cross country coach Forest Braden opted not to use his top runners in the first meet of the season, Friday’s ninth annual Nevada Twilight Classic. With leaders like Lane Werley on the men’s side and Aliya Shirif on the women’s side out of action, some less experienced Bruin runners began their season under the lights at Shadow Mountain Park in Sparks, Nev. Read more...
A well-oiled machine was quietly humming and whirring in training this summer, steadily grinding its gears back to the hightail speed it once operated at last December. Read more...
Photo: UCLA men’s water polo easily won its weekend matchups in the Triton Invitational, but senior defender Anthony Daboub said the team needs to hone its mental focus when leading by large margins. (Daily Bruin file photo)
