Zoë Nightingale was a natural behind the net. Throughout her fledgling volleyball career, her coaches never thought twice of putting her at any other position other than middle blocker. “I was 6-foot-3 in eighth grade, so they put the tall girl in the middle, so I’ve never played any other position, except middle,” Nightingale said. […]
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Bo Knows: Despite Stanford loss, UCLA football shows signs of promising future
I had this whole column thought out a week ago. UCLA was going to beat Stanford, reach the Pac-12 title game and have a legitimate shot at reaching the College Football Playoff. Sure, UCLA would still have to get past Oregon, but given the way the Bruins had been playing in the past few weeks, […]
Brothers’ passion for freestyle football inspires, trascends norms
There’s white lab coats and long lab hours, then there’s freestyle football. Peter and Daniel Azzam are brothers pursuing their dreams in the medical field as fourth-year physical sciences and third-year neuroscience students, respectively. They are also professional freestyle football athletes. The brothers started Bruin Freestyle Soccer Academy at UCLA in fall 2013, a club […]
Bo Knows: UCLA has proven itself the better LA team over last three seasons
Isn’t it kind of weird it’s gotten to the point that it would be both a shock and a disappointment if UCLA lost to USC Saturday? It’s wild to think about how drastically each program has changed over the past three years. After UCLA’s 50-0 blowout loss to USC in 2011, it’s the Trojans who […]
Bo Knows: Despite Bruins’ miscues, this season is still salvageable
I had a bit of a weird feeling after the conclusion of UCLA’s 36-34 win over Cal Saturday, an uncertainty over how to feel about the game. I was left wondering if I should be impressed UCLA held on to win, despite its three costly turnovers, bailed out by a late interception by redshirt sophomore […]
Bo Knows: UCLA football gains new top rival in ASU
TEMPE, Ariz. — What is a rivalry anyhow? For UCLA, that word often conjures up images of red and yellow. The UCLA-USC rivalry is a big one, without a doubt. It’s perhaps the only rivalry in the nation featuring two nationally prominent programs from the same city. But those games have been relatively meaningless in […]
Bo Knows: Standards for football players on, off the field must match
By now you’ve seen it. Ray Rice’s left fist swinging at his fiancée. Her head hitting the railing. Rice dragging her unconscious body from the elevator. In the eyes of the NFL and commissioner Roger Goodell, that series of images was worthy of a two-game ban, upgraded to an indefinite suspension only after the video […]