Twitter is abuzz with infuriated UCLA basketball fans. Bruin Walk? Not so much. As mobile billboards calling for the firing of coach Steve Alford made appearances around campus Wednesday – continuing a string of actions demanding his release – the Daily Bruin set up shop at the newspaper stand outside of Ackerman Union to gauge […]
Author Archives: Tanner Walters
Around the League: Women’s basketball All-Americans, ASU no-hitter
While Bruin athletes continue competing in Westwood, here’s a look at some of the biggest news from the rest of the Pac-12. All-American basketball stars With a pair of schools in the Final Four, the Pac-12 showed the women’s basketball world that it deserved the title of powerhouse conference. Guiding those talented West Coast teams […]
Steve Alford announces restructured contract set to end in 2020
Despite recent uproar calling for the firing of Steve Alford, it appears the UCLA men’s basketball coach will return for a fourth season in Westwood. In an email message addressed to “UCLA Family, Friends, Alumni and Supporters” sent Sunday evening, Alford wrote that he decided to restructure his own contract, removing a one-year extension that […]
Reserve players fuel men’s volleyball’s home sweep over Concordia
There were plenty of new faces on the court during Friday night’s nonconference match between UCLA and Concordia – on both sides of the net. The No. 4 Bruins (19-3, 13-3 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation) trotted out a number of its reserve players to face the Eagles (10-5) in Pauley Pavilion. UCLA made quick work […]
Set Six Episode 9: Featuring John Speraw
UCLA men’s volleyball coach John Speraw joins all three Daily Bruin beat writers this week for a special edition of Set Six. The team is in its last stretch of nonconference matches and is gearing up for a grueling final month of regular season play. Take a listen as the Bruin coach discusses the strengths […]
Men’s volleyball makes quick work of UCSB in straight sets
Friday night was a trap match for UCLA men’s volleyball. The Bruins, fresh off a win over the UC Santa Barbara Gauchos just two days prior, traveled up the coast to face the same underdog conference foe – this time in a daunting gym where the home team was 8-1 coming into the evening. But […]
Set Six Episode 8: featuring Mitch Stahl
The best weekly volleyball podcast got even better this week with two – two?! – guests. You won’t want to miss this special edition, as junior middle blocker Mitch Stahl and Daily Bruin sports editor Claire Fahy join Tanner Walters. Listen as the three talk about the volleyball team’s season sweep of ‘SC, the chaotic […]