Monday, May 18

UCLA to co-host 2015 Special Olympics World Summer Games

For the first time since 1999, the Special Olympics is bringing back its flagship event, the World Summer Games, to the United States. The event will take place in Los Angeles, with several events to be held at the UCLA campus. Read more...

Photo: The 2015 Special Olympics World Summer Games will be held in Los Angeles for the second time since the event’s inception in 1968. UCLA will host several events, including artistic and rhythmic gymnastics in the John Wooden Center. The events will run from July 25 until Aug. 2. (Courtesy of Special Olympics USA)


Rookies to watch: Bruin Sports looks at 2015 incoming athletes

Football – Josh Rosen Josh Rosen’s early enrollment at UCLA last January gave him a definitive edge over all other rookies in that he is familiar with the ins and outs of the school and football team before the first day of orientation. Read more...

Photo: Josh Rosen was nearly unanimously regarded as the top quarterback recruit from 2015. He was rated the No. 1 quarterback prospect in the nation by Scout.com, Rivals.com and 247Sports.com; ESPN ranked Rosen the No. 2 quarterback recruit in the country. (Max Himmelrich/Daily Bruin)


Incoming freshman brings top-ranked pitching to UCLA softball

At Highland High School in Palmdale, the softball field and the baseball field are separated by about 50 yards, and the football team practices in the gap between the two. Read more...

Photo: Incoming freshman Rachel Garcia is one of the top-ranked recruits for softball and has been named Gatorade Player of the Year. (Courtesy of Susan Goldman)


Two Bruins named to Walter Camp Player of the Year watch list

Rising junior linebacker Myles Jack and rising redshirt junior running back Paul Perkins were two of 50 players in the nation named to the preseason watch list for the Walter Camp Player of the Year award Friday morning. Read more...

Photo: Rising redshirt junior running back Paul Perkins joined rising junior linebacker Myles Jack on the 2015 Walter Camp Player of the Year watch list. (Daily Bruin file photo)


Running back Paul Perkins named to Doak Walker Award watch list

Rising redshirt junior running back Paul Perkins was named to the preseason watch list for the Doak Walker Award, given annually to the top running back in college football, on Thursday. Read more...

Photo: Running back Paul Perkins escapes a Cal defender in a 2013 game. The junior was named to the Doak Walker Award watch list Thursday morning. (Daily Bruin file photo)


Bruin seniors named to Biletnikoff, Wuerffel Watch Lists

This post was updated July 15 at 3:32 p.m. Two UCLA football seniors were named to the 2015 Biletnikoff Award and Wuerffel Trophy Watch Lists on Wednesday morning, as receiver Jordan Payton joined center Jake Brendel in the preseason honors. Read more...

Photo: Then-junior wide receiver Jordan Payton loses his helmet after taking a hit from Nebraska then-senior corner Josh Mitchell. Payton was named to the 2015 Biletnikoff Award watch list on Wednesday. (Daily Bruin file photo)


Myles Jack named to Rotary Lombardi, Butkus Award watch lists

Football season is more than a month away, but rising junior linebacker Myles Jack is already on a roll. Two of the most prestigious awards in collegiate football – the Butkus Award and the Rotary Lombardi Award – announced their watch lists Tuesday, and Jack’s name appeared on both. Read more...

Photo: This season could well mark a major showing from junior linebacker Myles Jack, with the arrival of Tom Bradley as defensive coordinator, as well as adjustments made to Jack’s position to make him more prominent in the Bruins’ playbook. (Daily Bruin file photo)