Saturday, July 4

Culture of trust, confidence underlies UCLA gymnastics’ rising scores

This post was updated Feb. 28 at 8:34 p.m. There are a multitude of factors that have led to the Bruins’ current top-five standing. The influence of new head coach Janelle McDonald’s bars experience. Read more...

Photo: Coach Janelle McDonald cheers on one of her student-athletes during a meet. In her first year as head coach of UCLA gymnastics, McDonald has led the Bruins back into the top five of the national rankings. (Kaiya Pomeroy-Tso/Daily Bruin senior staff)


Spotlighting the most valuable contributors for UCLA men’s basketball

This post was updated Feb. 28 at 11:34 p.m. No. 4 UCLA men’s basketball (25-4, 16-2 Pac-12) has clinched the regular-season Pac-12 title without even playing its final two games of the campaign against Arizona State and No. Read more...

Photo: Pictured from left to right are junior guard Jaylen Clark, fifth-year guard David Singleton, senior guard/forward Jaime Jaquez Jr. and freshman forward Adem Bona. (Left to right: Anika Chakrabarti/Photo editor, Kaiya Pomeroy-Tso/Daily Bruin senior staff, Brandon Morquecho/Daily Bruin, Brandon Morquecho/Daily Bruin. Photo illustration by Jeremy Chen/Assistant Photo editor)



Spotlighting the most valuable contributors for UCLA women’s basketball

This post was updated Feb. 28 at 11:42 p.m. No. 19 UCLA women’s basketball (22-8, 11-7 Pac-12) finished fifth in the Pac-12 after an up-and-down conference stretch, but it still ended the regular season ranked in the AP Top 25 after beginning the season unranked. Read more...

Photo: Pictured from left to right are redshirt sophomore Emily Bessoir, freshman guard Kiki Rice, senior guard Charisma Osborne and freshman guard Londynn Jones. (Left to right: Megan Cai/Assistant Photo editor, Kaiya Pomeroy-Tso/Daily Bruin senior staff, Brandon Morquecho/Daily Bruin, Jeremy Chen/Assistant Photo editor. Photo illustration by Megan Cai/Assistant Photo editor)


Women’s basketball Pac-12 tournament predictions

This post was updated Feb. 28 at 11:58 p.m. No. 5 seed UCLA women’s basketball (22-8, 11-7 Pac-12) will travel to Las Vegas to face off against Arizona State (8-19, 1-17) in the first round of the Pac-12 tournament and look to win out. Read more...

Photo: Senior guard Camryn Brown celebrates with her teammates. The Bruins will head into the upcoming Pac-12 tournament with a 22-8 overall record and an 11-7 conference record. (Jeremy Chen/Assistant Photo editor)


UCLA track and field transfers bolster roster with experience, perspective

This post was updated Feb. 28 at 8:41 p.m. In collegiate athletics, teams build much of their success by recruiting athletes out of high school and developing them over their multi-year tenure. Read more...

Photo: Graduate student sprinter Eric Allen Jr. (pictured above) is a student in UCLA’s Applied Geospatial Information Systems and Technology Master’s program who competes for UCLA track and field. The USC transfer has already etched his name in the UCLA record books in his inaugural season donning the blue and gold. (Courtesy of Benjamin Kirk)