UCLA football looks to maintain improved form heading into rivalry game

Like a fine wine, UCLA football seems to get better with age. After suffering consecutive losses to Stanford and Oregon last year, UCLA strung together a series of impressive performances, winning five of its next six games to end the season. The Bruins have taken a similar path this season. Following back-to-back losses to Utah […]

Bruins’ secondary overcomes early season struggles

UCLA’s pass defense faced arguably the toughest four-game stretch of any team in the nation over the past month. In the last four games, UCLA has faced the nation’s No. 16 passing offense in Oregon, the No. 4 passing offense in Cal, the No. 17 passing offense in Colorado and the No. 10 passing offense […]

Quietness on defense persists in men’s basketball’s exhibition game

In its exhibition game Friday, UCLA men’s basketball held Azusa Pacific to 53 points on 24 percent shooting with eight steals in its 80-53 win. Coach Steve Alford’s assessment of his team’s performance? The defense needs some work. “I can’t single one (player) out that I’m happy with (defensively) yet,” Alford said. After holding the […]

Bo Knows: UCLA defense realizes preseason hype with dominant showing vs. Arizona

This is what it was supposed to look like. When all the ESPN “experts” picked UCLA to reach the College Football Playoff, this is what they had in mind. UCLA’s defensive performance against Arizona Saturday was just that good. Facing the most explosive offense in the Pac-12 and one of the most dangerous offenses in […]

Myles Jack meets new competition from his home state of Washington

Sunday, Nov. 9 will be the one-year anniversary. Nov. 9, 2013 was the day Myles Jack went from freshman linebacker to college football superstar. A handoff to the right, one cut and 66 yards later, and Jack was a household name. So it’s only fitting that the day before the anniversary of his origin story […]