It took just nine days for all the optimism surrounding the 2014-2015 UCLA men’s basketball season to evaporate. Just nine days after getting confirmation that its leading scorer would be coming back to the team next season, UCLA was blindsided by a change of heart. After initially announcing on April 17 that he would return […]
Author Archives: Kevin Bowman
UCLA’s Spring Showcase builds excitement for regular season
The most noticeable crowd-pleasing moment of UCLA’s Spring Showcase came with the clock stopped during a five-minute break from action. Replacing the injured Colby Cyburt, redshirt freshman offensive tackle Kenny Lacy struggled to squeeze into a white jersey much too small for him as he switched teams to fill the need. After an extended period […]
Gymnast Samantha Peszek to return for final year of eligibility
Redshirt junior Samantha Peszek will return to compete for UCLA gymnastics next season, UCLA announced Wednesday. Peszek had previously been unsure whether she would elect to stay for her final year of NCAA eligibility. Peszek missed the 2013 season after suffering an Achilles injury. “The opportunity to do gymnastics one more year is a privilege […]
UCLA Athletics releases renderings of new football training facility
UCLA Athletics released the first concept images of its future Football Performance Center Wednesday morning.
UCLA men’s water polo signs on three top prep players
With four seniors leaving the program next season, UCLA men’s water polo got a set of replacements Tuesday. UCLA signed three prep players – utility Alex Roelse, attacker Kent Inoue and center Corbett Kruse – to letters of intent and they will join the team as freshmen next year, the team announced Tuesday. The 6-foot-7-inch […]
Out of Bounds – April 22, 2014
Andrew and Kevin recap men’s volleyball’s season-ending loss to UC Santa Barbara and provide updates on football after its third week of spring practice.
UCLA football team may benefit from position shuffling
The key to Kennedy Polamalu‘s biggest project may just be an Oakland Raider. The new UCLA running backs coach has made a routine of pleading with coach Jim Mora to have sophomore outside linebacker Myles Jack spend time at running back to no avail. But a player he used to coach – Oakland’s Maurice Jones-Drew, […]