Tuesday, April 28

UCLA men’s basketball wins Best Game ESPY award for Final Four matchup

UCLA men’s basketball has once again been honored on the national stage. The team – along with Gonzaga – took home the Best Game ESPY award Saturday night at the annual awards show hosted by ESPN for their April 3 Final Four matchup in the 2021 NCAA Tournament. Read more...

Photo: UCLA men’s basketball’s season-ending Final Four loss to Gonzaga in April garnered nearly 15 million viewers and earned the Best Game ESPY award Saturday night. (Courtesy of Trevor Brown Jr/NCAA Photos via Getty Images)


UCLA baseball to see at least 1 player selected for MLB draft

Several Bruins may be on the verge of going pro. The 2021 MLB draft – scheduled a month later than in previous years and expanded to twenty rounds from five in 2020 – is set to begin Sunday. Read more...

Photo: Several players on UCLA baseball appear on the MLB draft prospect list and have the potential to be selected in the 2021 MLB Draft starting Sunday, including rising senior shortstop Matt McLain and rising redshirt junior first baseman JT Schwartz. (Finn Chitwood/Daily Bruin)


Amy Fuller Kearney to no longer serve as head coach of UCLA women’s rowing

This post was updated July 11 at 9:13 p.m. For the first time as a varsity program, the Bruins will have a new head coach. After two decades leading the program, Amy Fuller Kearney will no longer serve as head coach of UCLA rowing. Read more...

Photo: Amy Fuller Kearney served as head coach of UCLA women’s rowing for 20 years, leading the program to four NCAA Championship appearances as well as earning a Pac-12 co-Coach of the Year nod for the 2020-2021 season. (Courtesy of Don Liebig/ASUCLA Photography)


Men’s basketball guard Johnny Juzang withdraws from NBA Draft, stays with UCLA

This post was updated July 11 at 9:04 p.m. The Bruins’ Final Four squad is running it back with its catalyst front and center. UCLA men’s basketball guard Johnny Juzang is withdrawing his name from the 2021 NBA Draft and returning to Westwood, the rising junior announced via Instagram. Read more...

Photo: UCLA men’s basketball rising junior guard Johnny Juzang is withdrawing his name from the 2021 NBA Draft and will return to Westwood. Juzang led the team with 16 points per game a season ago, including a six-game stretch in the NCAA tournament with an average of 22.8 points per game. (Andy Bao/Daily Bruin staff)


UCLA men’s basketball guard Chris Smith announces exit from program

This post was updated July 5 at 10:26 p.m. The Bruins are losing their only senior from last season.  UCLA men’s basketball guard Chris Smith announced he is moving on from the program in an Instagram post Monday night. Read more...

Photo: UCLA men’s basketball guard Chris Smith will not be returning to the program in the fall, according to an announcement on Instagram on Monday night. Smith played four years with the Bruins but only played in eight games his senior year after tearing his left ACL. (Jason Zhu/Daily Bruin staff)


UCLA sprinter Shae Anderson to compete at Tokyo Olympics in Team USA relay pool

This post was updated July 11 at 9:11 p.m. For the first time in almost a decade, UCLA track and field will be sending an athlete on its active roster to the Olympics. Read more...

Photo: Rising redshirt senior sprinter Shae Anderson was one of two collegians to be selected to the Olympic relay pool for Team USA after setting a new personal record in the 400-meter final during Trials. Anderson is one of two UCLA track athletes that will compete in Tokyo during the Olympics this summer. (Courtesy of Kirby Lee/USA Today Images)


Pro Bruin Rundown: Holiday heads to NBA Finals with Bucks, Toglia selected for MLB Futures Game

As UCLA Athletics takes a break for the summer, professional sports are still in full swing, with many Bruin alumni representing. Each Monday during the summer, Daily Bruin Sports will take a look at the standout performances of former UCLA greats from the past week as we count down the days until fall. Read more...

Photo: Michaela Onyenwere, who ended her time in Westwood fourth on UCLA women’s basketball’s all-time scoring list, received her second-straight WNBA Rookie of the Month Award in June. Onyenwere, a forward for the New York Liberty, leads her rookie class with over 10 points per game. (David Rimer/Assistant Photo editor)