When I look back at my five years at UCLA, I can’t help but smile and feel flooded with so many positive emotions: happiness, contentment, love, trust, support, fulfillment and an overall feeling of pure gratitude. Read more...
Photo: Savvy Simo played for both UCLA women’s volleyball and UCLA beach volleyball during her five seasons in Westwood. (Left to Right: Liz Ketcham/Daily Bruin senior staff, Jefferson Alade/Daily Bruin)
Female Athlete of the Year: Rachel Garcia Coral Smith, Daily Bruin senior staff After her phenomenal 2019 season, one might have thought we had witnessed the greatest year of Rachel Garcia’s UCLA career. Read more...
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After a delayed start because of the COVID-19 pandemic, UCLA Athletics had quite a year full of big moments. Ranging from adding national championship No. 119 to its trophy case to a revival of a long-storied program to a Michelle Obama tweet, Daily Bruin Sports takes a look at the very best moments of the 2020-2021 year in UCLA sports. Read more...
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How lucky am I? Last year, in this same column, my predecessor talked about the uncertainty of UCLA Athletics for the 2020-2021 school year. He discussed the challenges ahead of the Bruin community because of the COVID-19 pandemic and wondered if there would even be any sports to write about. Read more...
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INDIANAPOLIS — Nobody ever wants to end the season with a loss. After all, that means you didn’t come out on top and win a championship – every team’s goal at the start of every campaign. Read more...
Photo: UCLA men’s basketball made an unexpected run to the Final Four after making the tournament as one of the last four teams selected. Despite bowing out in the semifinal, the Bruins were praised by fans and alumni. (Courtesy of Jamie Schwaberow/NCAA Photos via Getty Images)
When Mick Cronin spoke with the media Sunday after finding out his Bruins had made the NCAA tournament, he reaffirmed the promise he made to the fanbase when he took the job in April 2019. Read more...
Photo: Coach Mick Cronin has led UCLA men’s basketball to its first NCAA tournament appearance with him at the helm. The Bruins received one of the last at-large bids, meaning they will have to win a First Four game to advance to the main bracket. (Andy Bao/Daily Bruin staff)
Chip Kelly’s first three seasons in Westwood have been full of excuses. Those excuses have been justifiable, but they are still excuses nonetheless. The team wasn’t built of Kelly’s hand-picked recruits, the Pac-12 had evolved in his six-year absence since he coached up in Eugene, disgruntled players transferred out of the program in droves, injuries to key players disrupted position groups and a pandemic cost him a layup nonconference slate, among other things. Read more...
Photo: UCLA football coach Chip Kelly is 10-21 in his time in Westwood and has yet to achieve a winning season with the Bruins. Kelly is also 0-6 in nonconference play with UCLA but returns the second most production out of any team in the country heading into the 2021 season. (Andy Bao/Daily Bruin)
