This post was updated Nov. 15 at 12:02 p.m. Coach Steve Alford announced Wednesday morning that the three UCLA men’s basketball freshmen arrested in China will be suspended from the team indefinitely. Cody Riley, LiAngelo Ball and Jalen Hill gave short prepared statements to the media, in which they admitted to shoplifting and apologized to […]
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Bruins overcome shaky first-half defense to defeat Arizona State 44-37
The first half Saturday night looked like more of the same for UCLA football’s defense. The Bruins allowed 203 rushing yards on 39 carries, on course to blow their average of 303 rushing yards allowed per game. But a mental reset for the defense at halftime led to Arizona State only gaining 91 rushing yards […]
Wang’s Word: UCLA must discipline basketball players for China arrests
I’m more familiar with the legal system in China than I should be. My grandfather was mauled by a drunk driver six years ago in broad daylight in front of multiple witnesses near Wuxi, a city two hours west of Shanghai. The riffraff who committed the hit-and-run waited a month as the authorities investigated the […]
UCLA football outscores Arizona State in Rosen’s return
The storybook return of junior quarterback Josh Rosen started with a nightmare first quarter. UCLA football started the game offensively with a missed field goal and an interception sandwiched between two punts, leading to a 14-0 Arizona State lead just over 10 minutes into the game. But junior cornerback Nate Meadors sparked UCLA’s offense by […]
Men’s basketball claims season opening 63-60 victory against Georgia Tech
UCLA men’s basketball’s season opener might have been in Shanghai, but the Bruins’ pair of All-Americans came to play. Freshmen guards Jaylen Hands and Kris Wilkes combined for 32 points as UCLA (1-0) built a single-digit lead in the second half, but the outcome of the game came down to a frantic, last-possession 3-point attempt […]
Multiple injuries leaves UCLA football floundering as end of season looms
The 2017 football season started with Josh Rosen looking directly into a TV camera and winking with his trademark smirk. And for many UCLA fans, the campaign ended with TV cameras showing the junior quarterback walking woozily back to the visitors’ locker room at the University of Washington with his left hand wrapped in a […]
UCLA football player’s decision to retire sparks Twitter discourse
A barren UCLA linebacker corps just got a little more bare, albeit with some Twitter fireworks. Redshirt freshman Breland Brandt announced his medical retirement from football after suffering four concussions in three years, but his decision wasn’t taken well by everyone on the Bruins’ football staff. “Lol it’s funny when you quit the team, then […]