Micah Ma’a sprinted past the antenna to the other side of the court to chase down a ball shanked by senior opposite Christian Hessenauer and fell just short, giving USC the point it needed to win the match. The high-energy outburst from the junior setter on the game’s final point was one of the only […]
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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 […]
New coaching staff helping to rebuild UCLA’s track and field program
I take it back. Last summer, UCLA track and field said goodbye to yet another superstar athlete – this time to rival USC. Hurdler Rai Benjamin was one of the most talented sprinters to have set foot on UCLA’s campus in a long time. He missed first place in the men’s 400-meter hurdle final by […]
Angus’ Beef: UCLA has one shot to remain superior over Stanford in men’s basketball
Stanford is better than UCLA at a lot of things. The Cardinal have long been ranked above the Bruins academically, but at least UCLA could claim athletic superiority – until December. With a women’s soccer NCAA national championship Dec. 3, Stanford took over the title of the school with the most team NCAA championships, but […]
Wang’s Word: Unfounded rumors that teammates dislike Josh Rosen should not affect draft
Josh Rosen is finally gone. The nation’s top-ranked pro-style high school quarterback in 2015 via 247Sports endured a tumultuous three-year tenure as a Bruin. But despite playing under a different offensive coordinator each season and learning a new playbook every offseason, Rosen cemented his place in the top-three of nearly every UCLA passing record in […]
Nick’s Notes: UCLA men’s soccer finishes season with unimpressive record
UCLA men’s soccer finished 2016 with the fewest wins it had had in eight years. This year, eight years ballooned to 48. The Bruins escaped the 2017 season with seven wins. The last time that happened was in 1959 – likely because UCLA only played a total of eight games that year and went 7-0-1. […]
Matter of Fact: USC defeat necessary to ensure successful season, fan support for Mora
The battle of the banners. The banner bowl. The sky-valry match. It’s possible nothing could get the angriest, most vocal Bruin fans – the ones who paid thousands of dollars to fly messages of “NO MORA” over the Rose Bowl before Saturday’s game – on board with keeping coach Jim Mora around. Good vibes starting […]