On Tuesday, UCLA announced a six-year contract extension with coach Jim Mora that will extend through 2019. This past Saturday, Mora led UCLA to a 35-14 defeat of crosstown rival USC, making him the first UCLA football coach since Bob Toledo in 1996 and 1997 to win his first two games over the Trojans. Read more...
Photo: Coach Jim Mora agreed to a six-year extension on Tuesday.
Four different UCLA football players were voted by Pac-12 coaches to all-conference teams, the conference announced Monday. Junior offensive lineman Xavier Su’a-Filo and senior outside linebacker Anthony Barr were each named to the All-Pac-12 First Team for the second year in a row, while freshman outside linebacker Myles Jack was named to the All-Pac-12 Second Team Defense. Redshirt junior inside linebacker Ryan Hofmeister was also named to the All-Pac-12 Second Team for his play on special teams this season. Read more...
UCLA running backs coach Steve Broussard has been fired and will not return to the coaching staff next season, a source with knowledge of the situation who was not authorized to speak publicly on the matter confirmed to the Bruin Monday. Read more...
With a final opportunity to add something, anything, new to this season’s narrative, the UCLA women’s volleyball team had nothing but the same old story. UCLA dropped its final two matches of the regular season as it was swept by USC Wednesday before falling to Utah 3-1 Friday. Read more...
Photo: Sophomore libero Karly Drolson said it was errors in play that plagued UCLA in its loss to USC.
In the opening games of UCLA men’s basketball’s 2013-2014 campaign, talent wasn’t the issue. It was bodies. Redshirt senior forward Travis Wear didn’t play his first game until Morehead State rolled into town last Friday, and freshman forward Wanaah Bail missed the team’s first five games while recovering from knee surgery. Read more...
Photo: Sophomore guard/forward Kyle Anderson nearly registered his second triple-double of the season on Friday.Photo credit: Katie Meyers.
The game almost had it all: long-range goals, shots cleared off the line, controversial calls, a big comeback, double overtime and sudden-death penalty kicks. The only thing missing was a happy ending for the Bruins. Read more...
Photo: Senior midfielder Victor Munoz and the UCLA men’s soccer team’s season came to a shocking end, after the team lost to unseeded Connecticut in penalty kicks.
Every UCLA football Saturday, whether at the Rose Bowl or on the road, has so much more to it than a win or a loss. That’s why each postgame Monday, the Daily Bruin will break down the Bruins’ most recent game, outlining the good, the bad and the verdict for their performance. Read more...
