Preparations are underway as a new season approaches the horizon. UCLA track and field is gearing up for its first indoor track meet of the season. Read more...
Photo: Senior pole vaulter Katerina Adamiec cleared 13 feet 1.5 inches in the 2023 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Invitational. (Anya Yakimenko/Daily Bruin staff)
Depth and uncertainty can be considered two sides of the same coin. The line between them? That’s what John Speraw likes to toe early in the season. Read more...
Photo: UCLA men’s volleyball coach John Speraw prepares a play during a match. The Bruin head honcho has produced four NCAA titles and is in search of retaining last year’s national championship status. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Ahead is a challenge not seen in over two decades. The stoicism of coach Stella Sampras Webster on the matter, though, might suggest it’s no more than another day at the office. Read more...
Photo: Redshirt senior Sasha Vagramov readies to hit the ball. (Julia Zhou/Assistant Photo editor)
Softball’s introduction into the 1996 Olympic Games proved to be a massive moment for the sport. “We had reached that pinnacle of athletics, and that’s being an Olympic sport, and getting onto the mainstream where we’re in the talks with soccer and women’s basketball,” said UCLA associate head coach Lisa Fernandez. Read more...
Photo: UCLA softball’s Lisa Fernandez, now an associate head softball coach (left) and previously a utility from 1990-1993 (right), stands in the stadium in her two roles. (From left to right: Myka Fromm/Assistant Photo editor and Courtesy from UCLA Athletics)
The number 121 echoes with significance in Westwood. It’s tied to the tireless work of Bruin players and coaches alike. But on the periphery of the spotlight lies a dimmer constituent, the ones anchoring UCLA’s winning engine – athletic trainers. Read more...
Photo: Members of the UCLA baseball program are pictured in the dugout watching the game. Included in the staff are students in the Sports Medicine Internship Program, who are on hand to help treat athletes. (Joseph Jimenez/Photo editor)
This post was updated Jan. 18 at 6:08 p.m. A lone USC fan lined up outside the Galen Center. It was five hours until tip-off, and the spectator spotted USC guard and freshman phenom JuJu Watkins. Read more...
Photo: The crowd watches UCLA women’s basketball compete against USC at Galen Center. (Jeremy Chen/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Stella Sampras Webster first became a Bruin in 1987. She’s made her presence known at UCLA ever since. Sampras Webster took over as the head coach of UCLA women’s tennis in 1997 after spending four years on the team and several years as assistant coach. Read more...
Photo: Coach Stella Sampras Webster walks on the tennis court. Sampras Webster is the longest-tenured female coach at UCLA. (Courtesy of Jesus Ramirez)
