The UCLA football team names two scout team players of the week at the conclusion of the week's practices. Scholarship players sophomore defensive tackle Cassius Marsh and redshirt sophomore Ricky Marvray ran away with the honors as they were serving their respective Pac-12 mandated suspensions by dominating the scout teams, which are largely comprised of walk-ons. Read more...
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Redshirt sophomore wide receiver Jerry Rice Jr. stands up after making a diving catch for a first down.
Anderson and Morton comprise part of a highly-touted UCLA freshman recruiting class which was ranked third overall in the country according to TennisRecruiting.net. The two freshmen were vaguely familiar with one another from their days on the junior tennis circuit. The two freshmen went out and decisively won the 64-team doubles draw of the 2011 USTA/ITA Southwest Regional Championships in San Diego. Read more...
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Freshmen Skylar Morton and Robin Anderson won the Southwest Regional in San Diego and received an automatic bid to travel to New York for the Natonal Intercollegiate Indoor Championships. Morton and Anderson were able to develop chemistry together despite having just met to capture first place. They, among others, comprise the No. 3 recruiting class in the nation for 2011.
We have entered one of the most important stretches of our calendar, a time that has come to define men's souls since the first caveman got a morsel of barbecued mammoth stuck in his chin hair. Read more...
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Senior point guard Lazeric Jones, shown here at Pac-12 Media Day in October.
Before the UCLA men's basketball team begins its barnstorming home schedule, which kicks off this Sunday nearly 60 miles from Westwood, a lot of adjustments are going to have to be made. Read more...
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Sophomore center Joshua Smith expects to play in UCLA’s exhibition match in Ontario on Sunday.
First stop, Guadalajara, Mexico. Next stop, London. This past week, the U.S. Men's National Water Polo team won the gold medal at the Pan American Games in Guadalajara "“ but this gold medal pales in comparison to the meaning behind it. Read more...
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UCLA men’s water polo coach Adam Wright is no stranger to the Olympic spotlight, as he went with the national team to Athens in 2004 and Beijing in 2008. Last week, Wright and the national team won gold at the Pan American Games, securing the U.S. a spot at the 2012 Olympics.
Although UCLA Recreation members gained more than just bragging rights from their victory in the Pac-12 Best of the West Fitness Challenge last week ($5,000 for recreation programs, to be exact), many students found motivation from a classic source: the desire to beat USC. Read more...
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UCLA students won the 2011 Pac-12 Best of the West Fitness Challenge. (Credit: Courtesy of UCLA Recreation).
To the casual channel surfer who flipped to Fox Sports Prime Ticket on Saturday evening, it looked as though redshirt freshman linebacker Aramide Olaniyan had just won the Super Bowl. Read more...
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Redshirt freshman linebacker Aramide Olaniyan celebrates during Saturday’s victory over Cal. Before the Cal game, Olaniyan played on special teams, but had one tackle for a 4-yard loss on Saturday.
