As the season winds down with only four conference games left, the No. 2 Bruins are eagerly trying to tie up loose ends and make final improvements before the postseason begins. Read more...
Photo: Senior attacker Paul Pickell and the Bruins have been practicing how to attack from the zone this week.
Little was left to the imagination during UCLA and Arizona’s previous two meetings on the football field. One October night in 2011, a hapless Arizona team explosively unraveled the veneer of mediocrity surrounding what had been a 3-3 UCLA squad. Read more...
Photo: Redshirt sophomore quarterback Brett Hundley and the Bruins returned to their early season form last week with a big win over Colorado. UCLA will look to continue its strong play in the desert against Arizona.
Steve Alford has been waiting since March. After months of preparation and anticipation, Alford will make his official debut as UCLA’s head coach today. But he’ll have to wait a little longer. Read more...
Photo: UCLA men’s basketball tips off its season tonight against a physical Drexel team. The game marks the official start to the UCLA career of coach Steve Alford.
UCLA swim and dive defeated Arizona 157-141 in a close contest last season, marking the first time the Bruins had pulled off such a feat in 12 years. Read more...
Photo: After defeating Arizona at home last week, UCLA swim and dive will travel to Tucson for a rematch.
For nearly 30 years, John Wooden roamed the sideline as UCLA’s men’s basketball coach. During his tenure, he amassed the most outstanding resume in the history of college basketball, winning 10 national titles in 12 years. Read more...
Photo: Georgia Tech sports history professor John Matthew Smith wrote a book detailing how John Wooden’s teams in the 1960s got involved in the various political and social movements of the time. He described how players like Bill Walton, Lew Alcindor and Andy Hill at times clashed with Wooden because of their activism and political beliefs.
For the members of the UCLA women’s volleyball team, this season is still a work in progress. As it enters its 13th and 14th Pac-12 matches against Oregon State and Oregon today and Sunday, respectively, UCLA feels that it is still growing, developing and coming together as a team. Read more...
Photo: Sophomore libero and defensive specialist Karly Drolson said UCLA is hoping to build off the momentum from the team’s play last weekend.
In a match in which the archenemy is the rival, the only thing that matters is the win. Although UCLA women’s soccer arrived to the match against crosstown rival USC as the conference champions, the team wanted to conclude its regular season slate with a win. Read more...
Photo: After USC spoiled UCLA’s hopes at a top-2 seed last year, UCLA got its redemption Thursday night, defeating its crosstown rivals 4-1.
