It’s been a wild fall quarter for sports at UCLA – and a lot of them took a beating last weekend – but there’s still a lot to be thankful for ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday. Read more...
Photo: It’s been a season full of frustration for UCLA football, but that doesn’t mean there’s nothing to be thankful for. (Mackenzie Possee/Assistant Photo editor)
If zero tolerance truly means zero tolerance, then Harvard got it right. The men’s soccer team has an abhorrent tradition of ranking student-athletes on the women’s team by appearance and assigning them ideal sexual positions in “scouting reports” uncovered by the student newspaper, The Harvard Crimson. Read more...
Photo: Harvard canceled the rest of its men’s soccer season after vulgar documents from 2012 surfaced. (Creative Commons photo by Joseph Williams via Flickr)
I beat my roommate this weekend in fantasy football. He was pretty mad. Every week he plays the team in our league that scores the most points. Read more...
Photo: The NCAA bans student-athletes from participating in the frustration and fun of fantasy football leagues, though regular students have been able to bond with friends and peers over weekly games. (Creative Commons photo by Matt McGee via Flickr)
Last Tuesday, I felt like I was on top of the world. There I was, sitting in my friend’s two-bed closet in Dykstra, staring out the window at my immaculate view of a lone pine tree and readying myself for the seven-month roller coaster known as NBA season. Read more...
Photo: Freshman forward TJ Leaf is one of UCLA’s two top-20 recruits. In the Bruins’ trip to Australia this summer, Leaf scored 34 points and grabbed 18 rebounds in three games. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
With Enrique “Kiké” Hernández striking out to kick off the ninth inning, the magnitude of the situation finally hit me – the Dodgers weren’t going to pull it off. Read more...
Photo: For the fourth straight year, the Dodgers won the division over the rival Giants. The Boys-in-Blue were eliminated by the Cubs 4-2 in the NLCS. (Daily Bruin file photo)
The teaching profession contributes more to the future of our society than any other single profession. While I’d love to take credit for this – hello professors – I won’t. Read more...
Photo: Men’s basketball coach Steve Alford signed a $18.2 million contract that expires after the 2019-2020 season. He stands to make more than $2.7 million this year. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Dear Donald Trump, I’m a sports writer, so I never thought I’d be writing anything about you this year, but here we are. This weekend, I was in Tempe, Arizona covering the UCLA football team’s dismal loss to ASU. Read more...
Photo: Presidential nominee Donald Trump came under fire this weekend for lewd comments he made in 2005. Although Trump dismissed it as “locker room talk,” critics from both parties as well as athletes said the Republican candidate’s words described sexual assault. (Creative Commons photo by Gage Skidmore via Flickr)
