According to a report from the Albuquerque Journal, UCLA basketball coach Steve Alford does not intend to pay his former employer, the University of New Mexico, the $1 million buyout the school is demanding. Read more...
Men's Basketball, Sports
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April 30, 11:06 am
Alford, UNM disagree on $1 million buyout
Men's Basketball, Sports
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April 30, 12:28 am
Baseball hopes to keep up offensive spark against UC Irvine
In front of its home crowd last Tuesday, UCLA baseball offered up a lethargic performance, getting blown out against a sub-.500 Long Beach State team. The Bruins’ offense continued to wallow in its ineffectiveness and their usually stout pitching got rocked. Read more...
Photo: Shortstop Pat Valaika and the Bruins are hoping to bottle up their offensive momentum from the weekend and carry it with them into tonight’s game.
Club & IM Sports, Features, Sports
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April 30, 12:14 am
Rallying for an Education: Howard Shu juggles school, Olympic aspirations
Howard Shu’s brother called the badminton player’s freshman year “a toss-up.” On the one hand, he was starting down the path to a degree in business economics from UCLA. Read more...
Photo: Fourth-year student Howard Shu traveled the world, competing in badminton in various countries and eventually playing for the U.S. national team. He has since returned to school after taking time off to try to make the 2012 Olympics.
Sports, Track and Field
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April 30, 12:03 am
Track teammates cohost video blog series
Teammates, roommates, and now, co-hosts: since the launch of the track and field team’s video blog series, “Trackside,” junior hammer thrower Alec Faldermeyer and junior pole vaulter Mike Woepse have added a new dimension to their friendship. Read more...
Photo: Mike Woepse, a junior pole vaulter, hosts the video blog series “Trackside” with junior thrower Alec Faldermeyer.
Podcasts, Sports
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April 29, 10:05 pm
Out of Bounds with Daily Bruin Sports – April 29, 2013
This week, the guys talk about the spring game at the Rose Bowl and the NFL draft. Later, Kevin doles out another punishment for Andrew’s incorrect You Better Be Right pick. Read more...
Sports, Women's Tennis
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April 29, 12:35 am
Women’s tennis comes out strong at Pac-12 championships, freshman secures singles title
With the NCAAs right around the corner for UCLA women’s tennis, most of the team’s players headed up to Ojai, Calif. for the Pac-12 tournament while some players stayed behind to rest for the postseason. Missing players did not have any noticeable effect, however, as players competed in either singles or doubles matches that did not count toward the score of the entire team as they would in a dual match. Read more...
Photo: Freshman Kyle McPhillips said that her victory at the Pac-12 tournament this weekend gives her momentum going into the NCAA tournament. McPhillips won the singles championship, upsetting the No. 1 seed from California in the quarterfinals, with several Bruins sitting out of the tournament in Ojai, Calif. to rest and recover from injuries.
Men's Tennis, Sports
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April 29, 12:30 am
No. 1 men’s tennis topples Trojans for Pac-12 tournament title
The No. 1 UCLA men’s tennis team didn’t take long to justify its recent climb to the top of the college tennis rankings, downing No. 5 USC handily on Saturday to win the Pac-12 tournament. Read more...
Photo: Adrien Puget and the tennis team got their revenge Saturday, winning the Pac-12 title by beating USC 4-2.