Inching closer to a new era for UCLA football in the Big Ten, Daily Bruin Sports will preview each of the Bruins’ position groups prior to the season’s official start. Read more...
Photo: Kicker Blake Glessner holds a kick. The redshirt senior was a second-string place kicker for UCLA football last year but will likely assume first-string duties in 2024. (Photo by Shane Yu/Daily Bruin staff. Design by Lindsey Murto/Design director)
This post was updated Aug. 18 at 10:43 p.m. A Bruin-turned-Trojan faced off with a Longhorn-turned-Bruin at the Olympic Games. Rai Benjamin – who spent two seasons with UCLA track and field from 2016 to 2017 – represented Team USA in his second Olympics, winning two gold medals in the men’s 400-meter hurdles and 4×400-meter relay at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Read more...
Photo: Rai Benjamin jumps over a hurdle. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Just as quickly as things can fall together, they can fall apart. After wins in the Olympic quarter and semifinals, the United States women’s volleyball national team was swept 3-0 by Italy in the gold medal match Sunday. Read more...
Photo: UCLA women’s volleyball coach Alfee Reft stands near the Galen Center sideline. Reft served as an assistant coach for the United States women’s volleyball national team’s silver medal campaign at the 2024 Paris Olympics. (Shane Yu/Daily Bruin staff)
One Olympics semifinal match. Five former Bruin athletes. All facing off in the Olympic women’s water polo semifinals – three playing for the United States and two for Australia. Read more...
Photo: Former Bruin attacker Maddie Musselman raises her arm to pass. (Courtesy of Catharyn Hayne/USA Water Polo)
Jrue Holiday has a new parallel. It’s basketball legend Scottie Pippen, a kindred spirit in defensive ferocity and dual-threat prowess. And they are now the only two who snagged both Olympic gold and an NBA title in the same year – twice. Read more...
Photo: Former UCLA men’s basketball guard Jrue Holiday poses for a picture with Team USA after clinching his second-straight Olympic gold. Holiday is now the second basketball player to win an NBA title and Olympic gold in the same year – twice. (Courtesy of FIBA.basketball)
A podium finish was not in the cards for Bruin golfers at the Olympic Games. Despite being ranked second internationally, former member of UCLA women’s golf Lilia Vu finished tied for 36th after four rounds of stroke play at Le Golf National. Read more...
Photo: Former member of UCLA women’s golf Mariajo Uribe follows through on a swing. Uribe competed in Paris for her third and final Olympic Games and finished at 10th. (Daily Bruin file photo)
A plethora of new Bruins stepped onto the pitch for the Bruins’ Big Ten debut. After bagging two goals within the first 16 minutes to surge to an early lead, UCLA women’s soccer trounced Loyola Marymount 3-0 in an exhibition match Saturday to kick off its 2024 season. Read more...
Photo: Freshman defender Nicki Fraser celebrates with her teammates after scoring her first collegiate career. Despite the exhibition game being her debut, she has experience playing for the United States youth national teams. (Darlene Sanzon/Assistant Photo editor)
