In a brightly lit hotel room, surrounded by cameras and posters, dozens of former collegiate athletes chatted with each other. A former Alabama gymnast sat next to a Missouri State basketball legend at one table while a Texas swimmer took her turn recording a video segment and doing photo ops. On the 40th anniversary of […]
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Eight Bruins to join UCLA Athletics 2016 Hall of Fame
Eight UCLA alumni will be inducted in the UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame this fall. The new members have a combined 26 NCAA team and individual championships and six Olympic medals over their careers. The group of 2016 inductees also includes an NBA All-Star, Super Bowl champion and a Women’s College World Series Most Outstanding […]
Bruins named to early watch lists for upcoming football season
A slew of UCLA players, headlined by true sophomore Josh Rosen, redshirt junior Eddie Vanderdoes and redshirt senior Conor McDermott, have been named to football preseason watch lists. Last season, Rosen capped off his freshman campaign with multiple awards including first-team Freshman All-American honors and Pac-12 Offensive Freshman of the Year and Newcomer of the […]
Incoming basketball recruit withdraws due to academic reasons
Incoming freshman basketball player Kobe Paras has withdrawn from UCLA “due to academic conditions of his admission not being met,” as announced by the school Wednesday morning. The point guard from the Philippines signed a letter of intent with the Bruins this past fall. The 6-foot-6 guard played high school basketball at Cathedral High School […]
Foundation keeps former basketball manager’s inspirational spirit alive
Brett Tashman was irate and frustrated. Not because of the constant whirring machinery, the IV drips scattered around his room or the rounds of chemotherapy he had endured for his soft tissue cancer over the last two years.
Current and incoming Bruins earn national player of the year awards
Six national player of the year awards belong to the Bruins. Three incoming freshmen and three current athletes secured player of the year honors in basketball, softball, soccer, tennis, water polo and golf. Lonzo Ball, men’s basketball Heralded five-star men’s basketball recruit Lonzo Ball ran away with multiple national awards. Ball won the Naismith, MaxPreps, […]
Five Bruins selected to 2016 Olympic roster for US women’s water polo
Five UCLA water polo players and one coach punched their tickets to the 2016 Olympic Games, USA Water Polo announced Thursday morning. Redshirt junior Rachel Fattal will play alongside alums KK Clark, Sami Hill and Courtney Mathewson in Rio de Janeiro. The top-ranked recruit in the nation, incoming freshman Maddie Musselman, and former player and coach […]