This post was updated July 29 at 1:12 p.m. The track and field collegiate season may have ended almost two months ago, but many Bruins are still competing during the summer months. Four former and current Bruins traveled to Des Moines, Iowa, to compete in the Toyota USATF Outdoor Championships from Thursday to Sunday. Rising […]
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Incoming women’s tennis player claims girls’ doubles title at Wimbledon
A Bruin was crowned doubles champion at arguably the most prestigious and historic tournament in the world of tennis. Rising UCLA women’s tennis freshman Abigail Forbes and her parter Savannah Broadus claimed the girls’ doubles title at Wimbledon – a Grand Slam tournament held annually during the summer at the All England Lawn Tennis and […]
NBA Summer League seasons come to an end for former Bruins
Jaylen Hands made it onto an NBA highlight reel – just not the way he might have envisioned it. The former Bruin guard took a tumble to the floor in the second quarter of the Brooklyn Nets’ opening NBA Summer League playoff game Saturday after Detroit Pistons guard Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk stopped on a dime, broke […]
Baseball sends Bruins to compete in summer leagues, collegiate national team
Summer is here, but many Bruins won’t be having a vacation for the foreseeable future. Twenty-one players from UCLA baseball are slated to compete in various summer leagues this offseason. The Bruins will compete in leagues from coast to coast, including the West Coast League, the Cape Cod League, the Northwoods League and for the […]
A year’s review of UCLA-USC’s crosstown rivalry filled with highs, lows
UCLA and USC faced off in the Crosstown Cup this year with the Trojans prevailing over the Bruins by a score of 105-85. In a year filled with exciting matchups, here are a few that the Daily Bruin staff think warrant a second look. Football – Nov. 17, 2018Jared Tay, assistant Sports editor One word […]
Tay’s Takedown: Greater attention should be paid to academic futures of student-athletes
“Champions made here.” The motto of UCLA Athletics implies that student-athletes are fostered by the university to be the best embodiment of themselves on the field. But it should mean demonstrating excellence off the field as well. As student-athletes, being a champion means attaining, or at least striving for, high academic excellence as well as […]
