The Bruins could not hang on to a lead Saturday afternoon. No. 12 UCLA baseball (5-1) fell to Baylor (3-2) after blowing a pair of two-run leads at Jackie Robinson Stadium, 8-6. The loss was the Bruins’ first of the 2018 season after winning five consecutive contests to start the year. Junior Jon Olsen took […]
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UCLA football to begin spring practices next month, open to public
UCLA football announced its spring return to the gridiron in an email sent out Wednesday afternoon. It will be the first opportunity to see the Bruins in action since December, when they fell 35-17 to Kansas State at the Cactus Bowl in Arizona. They will practice six times between March 6 and 17 at Spaulding […]
Q&A: Daily Emerald editor shares outlooks on UCLA’s game against Oregon
To get some inside information on the Oregon’s men’s basketball team, Daily Bruin Sports reached out to the Daily Emerald – University of Oregon’s student news publication – and asked its associate Sports editor Gus Morris a few questions about the Ducks before their upcoming game against the Bruins on Saturday. Daily Bruin: This rivalry […]
Smith Says: Men’s basketball struggles to stay afloat as season winds down
Conference play has not exactly gone according to plan for the Bruins this season. Back in July, I wrote about why UCLA men’s basketball (16-7, 7-4 Pac-12) was in better position to make noise within the Pac-12 than they were a year ago – and I still think I was right – but the Bruins […]
Q&A: Daily Trojan editor shares thoughts on upcoming men’s basketball matchup
To get some inside information on the USC men’s basketball team, Daily Bruin Sports reached out to the Daily Trojan – USC’s student news publication – and asked its men’s basketball beat writer Keith Demolder a few questions about the Trojans before their upcoming game against the Bruins on Saturday. Daily Bruin: The buzz around […]
Rutgers cancels future home-and-home football series with UCLA
This story was updated Feb. 1 at 8:00 p.m. UCLA announced Thursday that Rutgers would withdraw from a future two-game football series. The home-and-home series, scheduled for the 2020 and 2021 seasons, was originally scheduled for the 2016 and 2017 seasons. It was rescheduled in 2014 to accommodate Rutgers’ schedule. Rutgers informed athletic director Dan Guerrero of […]
Around the League: Pac-12 women’s basketballs’ top teams to face off
Women’s basketballRyan Smith, assistant Sports editor A pair of victories at Utah (12-5, 3-3 Pac-12) and Colorado (11-6, 2-4) this past weekend vaulted UCLA into a tie of the third spot in the Pac-12 standings after it entered in eighth place. This week, No. 13 UCLA women’s basketball (13-4, 4-2) will host California (13-4, 4-2) […]