Daily Bruin sports editors Aubrey Yeo and Matthew Joye take an inside look at the week that was in UCLA sports. The two discuss the first week of spring practice for UCLA football, and the position battles and expectations that come with it. There will also be a recap of UCLA women’s basketball’s 62-60 win […]
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UCLA track and field’s multifaceted coaching staff draws top recruits
UCLA’s track and field team is the biggest Division I sports team on campus in terms of roster size. There are 117 athletes on the team. There are seven coaches. “You usually have a sprint coach that coaches sprinters and a hurdles coach that coaches hurdles. But because our (college) group is so much bigger, […]
Softball eager to get back on field after weekend losses
Following UCLA softball’s 10-0 loss to then-No. 1 Oregon Sunday, junior outfielder Allexis Bennett was adamant about what her team needed to do to turn things around. She didn’t mince her words, though she chopped them into bits. “Bruins gotta play our game – our game – and stick to it the whole time – […]
Softball eager to get back on field after weekend losses
Following UCLA softball’s 10-0 loss to then-No. 1 Oregon Sunday, junior outfielder Allexis Bennett was adamant about what her team needed to do to turn things around. She didn’t mince her words, though she chopped them into bits. “Bruins gotta play our game – our game – and stick to it the whole time – […]
Bruin shortstop reconstructs body, mind during shoulder rehabilitation
Redshirt junior shortstop Kevin Kramer has charged ground balls and thrown out baserunners at first base with fluidity. He’s precisely predicted the trajectory of a foul ball down the left-field line, sprinting and diving for the catch between two other UCLA defenders who couldn’t get there in time. And at the plate, he’s led the […]
Middle infielders carry UCLA to series win at midway point of season
Shortstop Kevin Kramer was all over the field this weekend, almost as if he had something to prove. That much was evident throughout UCLA’s two victories over Oregon State on Friday and Saturday, but particularly in the fourth inning Friday night. In the top half of the frame, the redshirt junior got the Bruins out […]
Kevon Looney undecided about following Norman Powell to NBA
Norman Powell is going through the wide range of emotions common to many graduating seniors. There’s the relief that the last final exam is over, but also the anxiousness of going into a job market that is even larger and more competitive than UCLA. For Powell, that market is the NBA. “I mean it’s crazy, […]