NORMAN, Okla.— The offense is getting there. After a dismal showing against Cincinnati, UCLA’s offense ran more speed option and read option plays in true freshman quarterback Dorian Thompson-Robinson’s first career start. But the Bruins’ offensive line was unable to offer any semblance of protection for the fledgling signal caller, as No. 6 Oklahoma procured […]
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UCLA football opens Chip Kelly era with 26-17 home loss to Cincinnati
This post was updated Sept. 1 at 9:07 p.m. With Chip Kelly behind the wheel, UCLA football was expected to speed through the ranks of college football. One game against a mid-major program pumped the brakes on that plan. Behind their potential offensive backfield of the future, the Bruins (0-1) were unable to sustain any […]
Alumna moves to Spain to find balance between teaching and dance
Hayley Thompson’s first dance performance was in her elementary school multipurpose room. Nearly 14 years later, she choreographed routines for high school students in the same studio. The alumna said dance is the one constant in her life – from ridiculous performances on tiny stages to becoming the executive director of UCLA’s ICARUS Contemporary Dance […]
Bruin baseball players at bat in premier summer league on Cape Cod
There was UCLA, Purdue, Florida State, Pittsburgh, Houston and Yale apparel scattered throughout the loud, dimly lit Mexican restaurant. Nearly 30 college baseball players – along with an entire coaching staff, training staff and front office – were all crammed into the front room of El Mariachi, a popular restaurant in downtown Wareham, Massachusetts. This […]
Student tattoo artist finds connection and expression in ink
Loved ones and high school teachers told Leslie Young that pursuing art was unrealistic and financially straining. Nearly 100 tattoo clients later, Young has made her passion for the permanent art into a lucrative career. A rising fourth-year financial actuarial mathematics student, Young repeatedly pierces her clients’ skin with minuscule needles to produce smooth, simplistic […]
Chip Kelly unworried amid questions over UCLA’s next starting quarterback
The Bruins opened fall practice this past weekend and Chip Kelly is already being bombarded with questions about who his starting quarterback will be. It is safe to say, however, that he does not know who it will be, either. “There was nothing really solidified in the spring, so it’s wide open right now,” the […]
UCLA alumni team The Sons of Westwood knocked out of The Basketball Tournament
The Sons of Westwood watched as their $2 million dream went out the window Saturday afternoon in Atlanta at The Basketball Tournament. After reaching the Super 16 with a pair of victories in regional play, the No. 4 seed Sons of Westwood were tasked with the challenge of taking on No. 1 seed Team Challenge […]