Chase Utley was UCLA baseball’s All-American starting second baseman from 1998 to 2000 before he left school early to go pro. Utley played in the MLB from 2003 to 2018 with the Philadelphia Phillies and Los Angeles Dodgers, putting up over 250 home runs and 1000 RBIs with a .275 batting average over his career. […]
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UCLA basketball center Moses Brown to declare for NBA Draft
Moses Brown has made it official. The freshman center’s name was on the official league-released list of underclassmen entering the 2019 NBA Draft. Although Brown has not made a personal statement confirming this, a team spokesman told the Los Angeles Times that Brown would enter the draft pool with no intention of returning to school. […]
Un-Connon Opinions: Cronin will only be effective with improved ability to recruit top talent
The dust has settled and, for better or worse, the Mick Cronin era has begun. UCLA men’s basketball hired Cronin to be the program’s 14th head coach April 9, one day after a deal fell apart with Tennessee’s Rick Barnes. A week earlier, TCU’s Jamie Dixon and Kentucky’s John Calipari were also rumored to take […]
New ideas, changes see light in UCLA football’s second spring game under Chip Kelly
Chip Kelly tried something new in his second spring game with the Bruins. Team blue defeated team white 3-0 in UCLA football’s annual spring game Saturday. Kelly decided to set up an offense versus defense approach to the game since the Bruins were short on offensive linemen. The game lasted 60 minutes without any clock […]
The Rundown: April 16
This post was updated April 16 at 1:26 p.m. Men’s basketball Sam Connon, assistant Sports editor Mick Cronin is starting to round out his staff. The new UCLA men’s basketball coach is expected to hire his first new assistant after Cincinnati associate head coach Darren Savino was passed up on for the Bearcats’ coaching vacancy. […]
Football fosters versatility of players in preparation for new season
A year ago, Jaylen Erwin was enrolled in Hutchinson Community College. But after two seasons with the Blue Dragons, the wideout decided it was time for a change. The three-star junior transfer enrolled at UCLA this past quarter, joining the football team for this year’s spring practices. Erwin’s cousin Roman Phifer – a 15-year NFL […]
New men’s basketball coach ready to take dream job with Bruins
Mick Cronin would lay in his bed at night, 2,000 miles away from Westwood, watching the Bruins. He never thought he would have the chance to lead UCLA men’s basketball from the sidelines, but he wondered what he would do if he ever got the job. “You’re saying to yourself, ‘What if I ever got […]