Current and former UCLA athletes participated in the London Olympics, which ended this Sunday. The Daily Bruin tracked these athletes and brought you updates from their performances. Read more...
Sports
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August 13, 6:41 am
Bruin Invasion
Football, Sports
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August 13, 6:32 am
Coach Mora names Brett Hundley as UCLA’s starting quarterback
After months of speculation, predictions and patience, UCLA has chosen its starting quarterback. Read more...
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On Friday, redshirt freshman quarterback Brett Hundley was announced as the Bruins’ starting quarterback.
Sports
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August 13, 6:30 am
Bruin athletes work with UCLA dieticians to develop eating regimens during Ramadan
After waking up every two hours throughout the night to eat or drink, Ahmed Mahmood gets up at 5 a.m. and has breakfast "“ the last food and water he'll take in for the next 15 hours. Read more...
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Ahmed Mahmood, a sophomore who competed on the track and field team last year, has been fasting for the past three weeks for Ramadan.
Sports, Women's Soccer
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August 13, 6:28 am
Women’s soccer looks to rebuild last year’s success with fresh start
The UCLA women's soccer team ended 2011 on a dark note, with a surprise loss in the second round of the postseason. The beginning of the 2012 season, however, rang out with a bright note last Thursday. Read more...
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The women’s soccer team is optimistic about the coming season, which begins this weekend against Connecticut and Massachusetts.
Sports
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August 13, 6:25 am
Honor Bruin athletes while they're still at UCLA
We waited four years "“ plus the time it took for our live streams to buffer or our TV stations to deliver tape-delayed coverage "“ but the Olympics once again gave UCLA even more athletes to be proud of. Read more...
Sports
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August 6, 1:55 am
Bruin Invasion
Although Matkowski and his partner Agnieszka Radwanska were awarded the fourth seed in the mixed doubles tournament, they were eliminated in the first round by Australia in straight sets, 6-3, 6-3. Rojer met a similar fate in men's doubles when he and his Dutch partner, Robin Haase, fell in the first round of men's doubles to India in three sets, 7-6, 4-6, 6-2. Read more...
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August 6, 1:53 am
UCLA alumni, Olympic medalists reunite to watch opening ceremony, support athletes
To a typical bar-goer, the four people, aged 50-86, gathering for a picture two Fridays ago at Barney's Beanery may not have seemed extraordinary. To someone more informed, four Olympic medalists and former Bruins were reunited once again. Read more...
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From left: 1976 swimming gold medalist Brian Goodell, 1948 track and field bronze medalist Craig Dixon, 1984 and 1988 track and field gold and silver medalist Sherri Howard, and 1948 track and field bronze medalist George Stanich, all UCLA alumni, recently convened at Barney’s Beanery in Westwood Village to attend a fundraising event to help provide financial support to train Olympic and Paralympic hopefuls.