This post was updated March 1 at 4:42 p.m. One team has spent the better part of the last four years thriving in the role of playground bully, withholding lunch money and laughing at other kids’ futile attempts to take it back. Read more...
Photo: UCLA softball players huddle. The blue and gold fell to Oklahoma in a 14-0 rout on Sunday after suffering a 15-0 defeat at the hands of the Sooners to end their 2022 season. (Kaiya Pomeroy-Tso/Daily Bruin senior staff)
For nearly the entire history of NCAA water polo, a quartet of schools has established themselves above the rest. Four teams have long stood as bastions of talent and barriers to winning a national championship in the sport. Read more...
Photo: Coach Adam Wright watches his team during a game. Wright has collected four national championships as head coach of the men’s team and has made one national championship appearance since taking over the women’s team ahead of the 2018 season. (Joseph Jimenez/Assistant Photo editor)
A half-court heave and UCLA had done it. There would be no top-five showdown in Pauley Pavilion to crown the conference champion. No drama. No raucous celebration in Westwood. Read more...
Photo: Senior guard/forward Jaime Jaquez Jr. (left) smiles at coach Mick Cronin (right) during a game at Pauley Pavilion. Jaquez and Cronin have led No. 4 UCLA men’s basketball to a regular-season Pac-12 championship for the first time since 2013. (Anika Chakrabarti/Photo editor
Last edited Feb. 22 at 9:38 p.m. There has been a historic changing of the guard in the softball world. It didn’t come with a fancy ceremony, but considering its significance, it might as well have. Read more...
Photo: UCLA softball prepares to mob freshman utility Megan Grant at home plate. Leading the nation in RBIs among all freshmen, Grant’s contributions helped the Bruins sweep the No. 1 spot across the four major softball polls this week. (Myka Fromm/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated Feb. 14 at 10:21 p.m. NCAA gymnastics has a problem. It’s not a problem with talent, nor marketability or viewership. In fact, the sport has checked all those boxes and passed all those tests with flying colors. Read more...
Photo: A gymnastics scorecard is pictured. Judging inconsistencies have become increasingly prevalent across the sport. (Shengfeng Chien/Daily Bruin senior staff)
This post was updated Feb. 14 at 10:04 p.m. Losing a first-team All American and Lloy Ball Award finalist might have set some teams back. But not the Bruins. Read more...
Photo: Pictured are UCLA men’s volleyball freshman Andrew Rowan (right) and junior Miles Partain (left). Partain has departed from the Bruins’ program, leaving Rowan as UCLA’s starting setter. (Left to right: Brandon Morquecho/Daily Bruin, Joseph Jimenez/Assistant Photo editor. Photo illustration by Megan Cai/Assistant Photo editor)
This post was updated Feb. 3 at 1:59 p.m. Unlike most other collegiate arenas, Pauley Pavilion doesn’t have room to hang anything but a national championship. Read more...
Photo: UCLA women’s basketball team stands in a huddle. The Bruins are currently 17-5 across the season after collecting two losses last week against Colorado and No. 7 Utah. (Anika Chakrabarti/Photo editor)
