As UCLA football’s 2014 season rapidly approaches, the team got more news about its 2015 squad, as three-star defensive tackle recruit Bryce English announced his commitment to UCLA Monday. English, a 5-foot-11-inch, 318 pound tackle, was previously a Texas commit before withdrawing his commitment in April. From DeSoto High School in DeSoto, Texas, English is […]
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Protesters rally in Westwood against recent Israeli airstrikes
This post was updated on July 20 at 7:47 p.m. More than a thousand protesters, including several UCLA students and faculty, marched to the Israeli consulate from Westwood’s Federal Building Sunday afternoon urging Israel to stop launching airstrikes on the Gaza Strip, in the latest in a series of local demonstrations from both pro-Israel and pro-Palestine […]
Q&A: OK Go’s Tim Nordwind talks going viral, founding Paracadute label
For the last 15 years, the world has struggled to define the band OK Go. Anyone who spent the summer of 2006 with the smash hit “Here It Goes Again” stuck in his or her head can attest to the band’s ability as musicians. On the other hand, OK Go’s penchant for making delightfully quirky […]
UCLA football unveils new ‘LA Steel’ alternate uniform
UCLA and Adidas unveiled a new TECHFIT football alternate uniform for the upcoming season Wednesday. The uniform, also known as “LA Steel”, pays tribute to the bright lights of Los Angeles, and is the first grey uniform in school history. On Twitter, many Bruin players retweeted tweets embedded with pictures of the Bruins’ uniforms to […]
Brett Hundley among standouts on Davey O’Brien Award watch list
Redshirt junior quarterback Brett Hundley was named to the 2014 Davey O’Brien Award watch list Wednesday. Thirty-nine quarterbacks were selected to the list, which recognizes the nation’s top quarterbacks. Of those players, Hundley is one of five returning semifinalists from last year. This season, Hundley looks poised to make a serious run at the award […]
Two Bruin linebackers named to Lombardi, Butkus Award watch lists
After finding themselves on a slew of lists last week, UCLA linebackers Myles Jack and Eric Kendricks were named to two more award watch lists Monday morning. Jack, a sophomore, and Kendricks, a redshirt senior, were both named to the Rotary Lombardi Award and the Butkus Award watch lists, making Jack’s name featured on five […]
Bruins added to Bronko Nagurski and Outland Trophy watch lists
The representation on award watch lists continued for UCLA football Thursday, as sophomore outside linebacker Myles Jack and redshirt senior inside linebacker Eric Kendricks found their names on the Bronko Nagurski Trophy watch list, while redshirt junior center Jake Brendel was named to the Outland Trophy watch list. The Bronko Nagurski Trophy is awarded to the […]