I was done with my story, but I had so many questions. As the stunned home crowd sat in silence, the Drake Stadium scoreboard was painfully clear: UC Irvine 3, UCLA 0. Read more...
Photo: Freshman midfielder Jose Hernandez led UCLA to a dramatic finish Sunday night against UC Irvine. The Bruins won in overtime after coming back from a 3-0 deficit. (Hannah Ye/Daily Bruin senior staff)
I waited 10 months to make my triumphant return to the Rose Bowl and on Saturday I waited two more hours. They were two very miserable hours. Read more...
Photo: The Rooter Bus line before Saturday’s football game against Brigham Young University stretched all the way from the De Neve Crosswalk to the John Wooden statue in front of Pauley Pavilion. (Tanner Walters/Daily Bruin senior staff)
The headline was unfortunately commonplace, alerting the public to yet another unnecessarily violent arrest involving an unsuspecting black man. As the country had its attention turned to New York’s Arthur Ashe Stadium for the U.S. Read more...
Photo: Retired top-10 tennis player James Blake was arrested Wednesday in New York after he was mistaken for a suspect in a fraudulent credit card scheme. (Creative Commons photo by James Marvin Phelps via Flikr)
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Football season arrived in Pasadena Saturday afternoon as I sat on a couch 2,500 miles away, fumbling with a lagging Chromecast, sporting a bright blue UCLA T-shirt and surrounded by Virginia fans. Read more...
Photo: Daily Bruin Sports Assistant Editor Tanner Walters watched UCLA’s season opener against Virginia under the shadow of Scott Stadium in Charlottesville, Va. (Tanner Walters/Daily Bruin senior staff)
I have lived the 4:55 a.m. wake-up calls. It was only four months, but my time with the UCLA men’s rowing team gave me the utmost respect for the athletes – male and female – who are able to fight past every mental and physical barrier to compete on the water. Read more...
Last fall, as the National Football League’s public relations woes were fully emerging into the public eye, Forbes released a Buzzfeed-esque list entitled “4 Ways Leaders Can Avoid Crises Of NFL Proportions.” Oh, but if only the league had actually taken the time to read that article themselves. Read more...
Photo: Former NFL wide receiver Cris Carter received his Hall of Fame ring on November 7, 2013. Carter was involved in a controversy this weekend over comments he made at the 2014 rookie symposium. (Creative Commons photo by MN National Guard via Wikipedia)
Ray Rice is many things. A trending Twitter hashtag. A viral headline. A national controversy. What Ray Rice is not is an NFL football player, and it should stay that way. Read more...
Photo: Ray Rice, whose NFL career ended in 2014 when his contract with the Baltimore Ravens was terminated because of domestic violence charges, is now getting a second look from the Cleveland Browns. (Creative Commons photo by Keith Allison via Flickr)
