Monday, May 18

Battle of the Editors: UCLA’s most exciting game day experience

The start of the 2021-2022 school year has arrived and with it comes a number of Bruins making their inaugural campus visits. For those who have yet to step foot in Westwood, it may be challenging to gauge which sporting events to attend. Read more...

Photo: UCLA softball finished the 2021 season with a 47-7 record, a Pac-12 title and a trip to the Women’s College World Series. The Bruins lost pitcher Rachel Garcia from that team, but return most of the rest of the roster heading into the 2022 season. (Christine Kao/Daily Bruin staff)



2021-2022 UCLA sports season previews

With the 2021-2022 season for UCLA Athletics beginning this month, the Daily Bruin Sports staff takes a look at the expectations for all 21 varsity teams, discussing the best- and worst-case scenarios for each club along with one key storyline surrounding each roster. Read more...

Photo: (Nathan Koketsu/Daily Bruin)


UCLA softball alumni earn Olympic silver medal with Team USA after loss to Japan

In a final 13 years in the making, the red, white and blue met a familiar fate. The No. 1-ranked United States softball team – which features four Bruins on the roster – went scoreless against No. Read more...

Photo: In softball’s return to the Olympics, Team USA softball – which features four Bruins, including pitcher Rachel Garcia (left) and shortstop Delaney Spaulding (right) – lost to Japan in the gold medal final Tuesday in Tokyo, extending a 17-year first-place drought. (Left to right: Christine Kao/Daily Bruin staff, Daily Bruin file photo)


Olympic preview: Dozens of current Bruins, alumni represent UCLA in Tokyo

This post was updated July 25 at 9:47 p.m. With the 2020 Tokyo Games officially underway, Daily Bruin Sports looks at the 43 Bruin athletes – and handful of coaches – who are currently in Japan representing the blue and gold of UCLA, along with their countries’ colors. Read more...

Photo: (Lauren Ho/Design director, Photos (left to right): Daily Bruin file photo, courtesy of Mike Mattina/Arizona Athletics, Daily Bruin file photo, David Rimer/Assistant Photo editor)


Battle of the Editors: Bruin athletes and monetary success post-NIL legislation

This post was updated July 18 at 9:22 p.m. On July 1, new name, image and likeness legislation was introduced by the NCAA, meaning, for the first time ever, collegiate athletes are able to make money off their brands through endorsements. Read more...

Photo: UCLA gymnastics rising senior Margzetta Frazier has over 100,000 followers on Instagram and was among the first NCAA student-athletes to take advantage of the new name, image, and likeness legislation after inking a deal with The Player’s Trunk clothing company. (Daily Bruin file photo)


UCLA softball reflects on the triumphs during a year of adversity

Ever since it won the NCAA’s first softball championship back in 1982, no program has ever had more titles to its name than UCLA. But after UCLA softball’s Women’s College World Series exit earlier this month marked the end of an adversity-filled two-year quest to defend its latest national championship, coach Kelly Inouye-Perez emphasized that the “Bruin bubble” is about far more than just victories on the field. Read more...

Photo: UCLA softball coach Kelly Inouye-Perez took her team to another Women’s College World Series in June but came up just short of winning another national championship after a Pac-12 championship-winning regular season. (Kaiya Pomeroy-Tso/Daily Bruin senior staff)



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