Friday, May 22

Freshman finds his place on offense in UCLA’s fall training camp

UCLA football spent its day off last Sunday escaping the heat of San Bernardino with a trip to Bruin Woods for a day of relaxation at Lake Arrowhead. Read more...

Photo: Freshman Adarius Pickett came to UCLA this spring as a defensive back. But while playing the ball-carrier position during some tackling drills in fall camp, he showed flashes of the 1,800-yard rusher that he was in high school last year. Now, Pickett finds himself playing the running back position at practice.


UCLA women’s soccer season preview

The UCLA women’s soccer team, last year’s NCAA champion, is preparing for its upcoming season. Watch highlights of its practices and listen to some of the players and coaches as they talk about solidifying their teamwork and strategy with new, talented freshmen. Read more...

Photo: (Song Ko/Daily Bruin)


UCLA swim and dive succeeds at US National Championships

After failing to finish in the top 20 last season, members of the UCLA swim and dive team met a little more success at the the Phillips 66 U.S. Read more...

Photo: Junior distance freestyle swimmer Katy Campbell finished first in the 1500 meter freestyle event, and could possibly receive a national team berth in light of that performance. (Daily Bruin file photo)


UCLA alumnus unveils learning center as gift to former school

Baron Davis glanced out onto the playground from the window of Room 51 at South Park Elementary in Florence-Graham, Calif. About 25 years ago, as a young boy in the Los Angeles Unified School District, he stood in that same spot, looking out onto the basketball courts that he would practice on for hours each day, with hopes of one day being a professional basketball player. Read more...

Photo: Former UCLA basketball point guard Baron Davis has found a new off-the-court passion in helping to provide new and renovated learning centers for children. (Courtesy of Jason Lewis)


Consecutive championships become goal for UCLA women’s soccer

Jan. 25, 2014 – that was the day the challenge was issued. “One in nine” was the phrase former Bruin goalkeeper Alana Munger used in her farewell speech at the UCLA women’s soccer team banquet to describe the team now that it was in the company of eight other programs that have won a national championship since women’s soccer became a Division I sport in 1982. Read more...

Photo: UCLA women’s soccer is looking to make history this season by becoming the second program to win back-to-back championships in all 32 years of NCAA division I women’s soccer history. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)



Football returns from camp boasting standout performances

SAN BERNARDINO — Jim Mora could hardly wait. His post-practice interview session with the media Saturday lasted all of three minutes, his answers curt, his manner hasty. Read more...

Photo: Coach Jim Mora is confident that junior Fabian Moreau is on his way to a successful career as a cornerback. (Katie Meyers/Daily Bruin senior staff)