After spending most of college working my way up through the ranks of the Daily Bruin Sports section, I finally got my first chance to travel for the paper Saturday. Read more...
Photo: Arizona Stadium in Tucson has turf and the Rose Bowl has grass, but that’s just the start the differences between Arizona’s stomping ground and the Rose Bowl in Pasadena. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Everybody knows UCLA football’s Josh Rosen, but there are plenty of other superstar athletes and powerhouse players that you may not have heard as much about. Read more...
Photo: Senior midfielder Brian Iloski is one of two seniors on the underclassman-heavy roster this year for UCLA. He has started every game of the season so far. (Ken Shin/Daily Bruin)
I grew up a Dodgers fan, so I’m used to watching my team lose in the playoffs. When I got to UCLA, I thought that was going to change. Read more...
Photo: The UCLA men’s basketball team was eliminated in the Sweet 16 last year after an exciting regular season. That team isn’t the only one in Westwood who did well, but not well enough to win it all. (Daily Bruin File)
Hurdler Rai Benjamin is yet another example of a worrying trend at Drake Stadium. The rising sophomore recently announced halfway through his stunning collegiate track and field career that he will be transferring from UCLA to USC. Read more...
Photo: The 2017 outdoor track and field season was then-freshman Rai Benjamin’s first full season as a Bruin but it was also his last – despite being one of UCLA’s highest ranked sprinters. (Keila Mayberry/Daily Bruin staff)
The last time Jonah Bolden played college basketball, he had one of the worst seasons statswise among the 2017 NBA Draft class. Bolden, the Bruins’ former guard/forward, averaged just 2.4 more points and 2.5 more rebounds per game in his collegiate career than LaVar Ball, who’s widely mocked in the basketball community for his uninspiring one-year tenure at Washington State. Read more...
Photo: Jonah Bolden’s career at UCLA was nothing special, but the 6-foot-10 guard/forward has been impressive in his time in the NBA Summer League thanks to experience that he picked up playing overseas after he left Westwood. (Daily Bruin file photo)
UCLA men’s basketball will open its 2017-2018 conference schedule with a lot less stress than it did last season. In 2016, the Bruins began conference play in Oregon, where they dropped their first game of the season following a 3-pointer at the buzzer by Ducks forward Dillon Brooks. Read more...
Photo: Junior guard Aaron Holiday is one of just five upperclassmen remaining from last year’s men’s basketball team, which lost to Oregon in the Pac-12 opener. This season, the Bruins will open conference play with a pair of home games.(Jintak Han/Daily Bruin senior staff)
As June 16 quickly approaches and the end of my career as a student-athlete draws near, I reflect on my time at UCLA and share my experience along with life lessons that I have learned along the way. Read more...
Photo: (Keila Mayberry/Daily Bruin staff)
