This year, at the 2016 Summer Olympics, 36 past, current and future UCLA athletes will compete in Rio de Janeiro. Each day, the Daily Bruin will wrap up the different events with Bruin highlights, key performances and upcoming events. Women’s Basketball Canada vs. USA Canada hung tough with Team USA for the first 15 minutes […]
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Rio recap: Aug. 10
This year, at the 2016 Summer Olympics, 36 past, current and future UCLA athletes will compete in Rio de Janeiro. Each day, the Daily Bruin will wrap up the different events with Bruin highlights, key performances and upcoming events. Men’s Water Polo USA vs. France Team USA switched up its starting seven in its […]
Rio recap: Aug. 8
This year, at the 2016 Summer Olympics, 36 past, current and future UCLA athletes will compete in Rio de Janeiro. Each day, the Daily Bruin will wrap up the different events with Bruin highlights, key performances and upcoming events. Women’s basketball Canada vs. Serbia After steamrolling China in their opening match, the Canadians fought back […]
Women’s basketball alumna Nirra Fields named to Canadian Olympic team
Nirra Fields is headed to the Olympics. The UCLA alumna, one of five first-time Olympians on the roster, was named to the Canadian women’s basketball team Friday morning. This will be her third stint with the senior national team, having played on it in the 2015 Pan American Games and the 2015 FIBA Americas Championship. In […]
UCLA Honda Cup winners inspire future generations of women athletes
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 […]
The Rundown: June 13
Check out a breakdown of the UCLA sports stories you might have missed this week. USA Softball teams loaded with Bruins UCLA softball capped off its season in the Women’s College World Series, but many current and former players will compete with USA Softball this summer. Recent graduates Mysha Sataraka and Allexis Bennett will play […]
UCLA alumna inducted into Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame
Former UCLA basketball and volleyball standout Natalie Williams was inducted into the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame Saturday. The 6-foot-2 dual-sport athlete initially earned a scholarship to play basketball for the Bruins but decided to walk on to the women’s volleyball team as a freshman where she finished her career as a four-time All-American. In […]