Sophomore punter Sean Covington is no longer with the UCLA football program, as first reported by Bruin Report Online. The report was unclear as to why Covington, slated to start for the second-year running, left. Junior college punter Matt Mengel has committed to UCLA, and should be the Bruins’ starting punter come opening day. The […]
Author Archives: Chris Kalra
Graphic: Recap of UCLA players named to football awards watch lists
Over the past two weeks, most of the college football awards watch lists were released. Here is a recap of all of UCLA football’s player selections: Compiled by Chris Kalra, Bruin Sports senior staff.
Brett Hundley, Myles Jack named to Walter Camp Award watch list
In the last major college football watch list released for the upcoming season, quarterback Brett Hundley and linebacker Myles Jack were named to the Walter Camp Football Foundation 2014 Player of the Year award Friday. 50 players total were named to the award’s watch list, 10 of whom were from the Pac-12. Both UCLA football […]
Three Bruins named to watch lists for football awards
Three UCLA football players were named to watch lists for some of the most prestigious college football awards on Monday: the Maxwell Award, the Chuck Bednarik Award and the Paul Hornung Award. Redshirt junior quarterback Brett Hundley was one of 76 players selected to the Maxwell Award watch list. In its 78th year, the award […]
Kyle Anderson drafted by Spurs with 30th selection
This post was updated on June 27 at 7:23 p.m. The names continued to be called, down the pecking order of the NBA draft’s first round. Tyler Ennis. Shabazz Napier. C.J. Wilcox. Kyle Anderson, meanwhile, kept waiting. He had been one of the most polarizing prospects in the draft, his stock ranging anywhere from the […]
Ashe About Sports: Achilles Tendon Injuries
BY DENA FLORCZYK Editor’s Note: In the final installment of a monthly series on common sports injuries, Dr. Dena Florczyk, from the Arthur Ashe Student Health and Wellness Center, discusses Achilles tendon injuries. The Achilles’ heel is named after the mythological Greek warrior Achilles. Having received a prophecy of her son’s death, his mother dipped […]
UCLA’s Yo-yo Kid has world on a string
The neon green yo-yo swings in front of Ian Johnson, looping left, right and in nearly every direction as his fingers play puppeteer. With a flick of his wrist and a few fingers, the yo-yo flies off the string and high into the air. He whips the string backwards behind his back and then forward […]