Monday, April 6


Q&A: Daily Wildcat Sports editors talk final men’s basketball Pac-12 battle

This post was updated March 5 at 10:07 p.m. UCLA men’s basketball (14-15, 9-9 Pac-12) is hosting No. 5 Arizona (23-6, 14-4) for the final time as Pac-12 rivals Thursday. Read more...

Photo: UCLA men’s basketball coach Mick Cronin (left) and Arizona coach Tommy Lloyd (right) are pictured. Cronin is 2-5 against Lloyd across seven regular season and postseason meetings. (Left to right: Myka Fromm/Photo editor, Courtesy of Mike Christy/Arizona Athletics)



UCLA baseball reshuffles defense during 12-error week ahead of Pac-12 play

This post was updated March 5 at 8:39 p.m. The Bruins’ seven errors against Long Beach State last week had coach John Savage seeing ghosts. “Welcome to the haunted house tonight, buddy,” he said. Read more...

Photo: Freshman shortstop Roch Cholowsky gets set in the infield before a pitch is thrown at Dodger Stadium. Cholowsky started his first collegiate game at shortstop on Sunday, with coach John Savage shifting junior Cody Schrier to second base. (Aidan Sun/Daily Bruin)



For gymnast Emma Malabuyo, Olympic opportunities come 2nd to the UCLA team

This post was updated March 5 at 8:26 p.m. As UCLA hosted California and Utah, a lone Bruin readied to compete halfway around the world. Junior Emma Malabuyo, used to the clamoring of an NCAA arena and teammates cheering beside her, walked onto the competition floor in near silence on the international stage. Read more...

Photo: Junior Emma Malabuyo competes on beam at Pauley Pavilion. (Jeremy Chen/Photo editor)


At Dodger Stadium, UCLA baseball sinks to UC Irvine’s 7th-inning grand slam

This post was updated March 3 at 10:55 p.m.  LOS ANGELES – Coach John Savage dubbed his team’s recent stretch of the schedule as “hell week” – five games in six days, all against different opponents.  After rain resulted in the cancelation of Saturday’s contest against San Diego, UCLA had the chance to take “Blue Heaven on Earth” by storm and finish the week 3-1.  Instead, “hell week” reached its conclusion as the Bruins familiarized themself with “Blue Hell on Earth.”   Unable to recover from UC Irvine outfielder Caden Kendle’s seventh-inning grand slam, UCLA baseball (5-5) fell 5-2 to UC Irvine (9-0) at Dodger Stadium on Sunday in the Dodger Stadium College Baseball Classic finale. Read more...

Photo: Junior outfielder AJ Salgado stretches over the Dodger Stadium left field wall to try and rob a home run. The seventh-inning home run, a grand slam hit by UC Irvine’s Caden Kendle, placed the Anteaters ahead 5-1 en route to their victory. (Aidan Sun/Daily Bruin)