Monday, July 7

Tanner’s Take: Mora’s Thursday night football concerns valid but come with the business

Jim Mora isn’t very subtle. Whether he’s yelling at a writer for making an ill-timed phone call or deflecting questions away from his team’s disappointing loss, the UCLA football coach is a master at the art of handling postgame press conferences in a brusque, no-nonsense manner. Read more...

Photo: After his team’s loss to Arizona State on Saturday, football coach Jim Mora expressed his displeasure with the Bruins’ upcoming schedule. Their next two games will be played on Thursday nights, which Mora described as “a complete injustice to our young men.” (Austin Yu/Daily Bruin senior staff)


Claire-ification: NCAA needs to value student-athletes’ work, not just their worth

College athletes have long been considered amateurs due to the lack of pay provided for their work. Since January, this standing has been cast into doubt as an antitrust lawsuit against the NCAA made major developments in the lives of student athletes, allowing them to receive larger stipends toward living costs. Read more...

Photo: Senior Caleb Benenoch criticized the NCAA last month for not providing athletes with enough money to pay rent. (Owen Emerson/Daily Bruin senior staff)




Tanner’s Take: Men’s soccer comeback offers possible turning point

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)


Tanner’s Take: Rooter Bus inefficiencies mar football game day experience

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)


Claire-ification: Arrest of former tennis pro should be final straw on police brutality

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)



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