The baseball rivalry between UCLA and UC Irvine has traditionally been one of the best on the West Coast. From 2007 to 2015, the two teams combined for five College World Series appearances and 13 NCAA Tournament berths. This year, however, the two programs have been anything but powerhouses. The Bruins (21-21, 10-11 Pac-12) and […]
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Out of Bounds: May 2nd, 2016
On this week’s show, hosts Matthew Joye and Aubrey Yeo discuss the most-recent sports contests between UCLA and USC, which took place in track and field and beach volleyball. The two also discuss UCLA football’s record performance in the NFL draft.
Top recruits compete in Ballislife All-American Game, prepare for UCLA
LONG BEACH, Calif. — Saturday afternoon unofficially marked the last time UCLA men’s basketball’s top two 2016 recruits – Lonzo Ball and T.J. Leaf – would play together before wearing Bruin blue and gold. The five-star guard – Ball – and the five-star power forward – Leaf – were part of Team Future at the […]
UCLA baseball prepares for tough pitching matchup in Utah
UCLA baseball will face one of the most surprising teams in the Pac-12 – if not the country – when it heads to Salt Lake City this weekend. The team the Bruins will face there – the Utah Utes – were a perennial doormat in the Pac-12 before this season. Since joining the Pac-12 in […]
2016 NFL draft projections for UCLA athletes
The 2016 NFL draft has all the makings to be a historic one for the UCLA football program. Since the draft reduced to seven rounds in 1994, the most UCLA players drafted in a single year is six. This year, as many as nine Bruins are expected to be taken. NFL.com draft analyst Chad Reuter […]
Report Card: UCLA football spring camp 2016 – Defense
Editor’s note: A player’s year refers to his NCAA eligibility for next season. So a player who is a freshman in school this spring is called a sophomore because he will be a sophomore when the NCAA football regular season starts in fall. Now that UCLA football’s spring practice season is officially over, it’s time […]
Third-inning defensive collapse leads to loss for Bruin baseball
Everything unraveled for UCLA in the bottom of the third inning. Heading into the frame, UCLA held a 3-1 lead over Cal State Fullerton and seemingly all the momentum in the game. The Bruins had a ton of momentum heading into the game, too, as winners of their last four games. Then, in the bottom […]