The Bruins are coming home with a season-high 19-game winning streak. No. 1 UCLA softball (35-1, 9-0 Pac-12) will take its home field this weekend in a series against Oregon (16-19, 1-8). Despite the high expectations put on the team by its ranking, senior utility Zoe Shaw said the team hasn’t been focusing on what others […]
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New men’s basketball coach ready to take dream job with Bruins
Mick Cronin would lay in his bed at night, 2,000 miles away from Westwood, watching the Bruins. He never thought he would have the chance to lead UCLA men’s basketball from the sidelines, but he wondered what he would do if he ever got the job. “You’re saying to yourself, ‘What if I ever got […]
Baseball’s strong at-bats drive in 6th-straight midweek win over UC Irvine
The Bruins remain perfect in midweek games. No. 1 UCLA baseball (24-6, 9-3 Pac-12) defeated No. 18 UC Irvine (21-6, 5-1 Big West) 9-3 at Jackie Robinson Stadium to increase its Tuesday winning streak to six. This marks the first time since 2015 that the Bruins have gone this deep into the season without a […]
Un-Connon Opinions: Pac-12 mayhem demonstrates larger institutional incompetence
It’s been said time and time again, but I think that’s for a good reason – it’s true. The Pac-12 is a mess. And “mess” is a bit of an understatement. There are plenty of more accurate, vulgar descriptions of the situation all over social media. This has almost nothing to do with the Pac-12 […]
Baseball overcomes Stanford with two double-digit scores after initial loss
The Bruins solidified their spot atop the national rankings in this weekend’s Showdown Out West. No. 1 UCLA baseball (23-6, 9-3 Pac-12) dropped the first game of the series to No. 2 Stanford (20-5, 7-2) 3-2 Friday night, but won 11-5 and 10-7 on Saturday and Sunday, respectively, to clinch the series in Stanford, California. […]
Gymnastics springs into NCAA championships behind 3 perfect 10s from Kyla Ross
Kyla Ross is the first person in the history of NCAA gymnastics to complete two gym slams in one season. The junior finished her second one with perfect scores on three different events at the NCAA regionals. No. 2 UCLA gymnastics (9-1) finished first in the NCAA regional final in Ann Arbor, Michigan, to earn […]
Running back duo hopes to fill big shoes as they progress from bench
Thunder and lightning. Cars and traffic. Peanut butter and jelly. Many everyday objects come in pairs, intended or unintended. In a sense, so do people – like Martell Irby and Kazmeir Allen. The rising sophomore running backs joined UCLA in August and both had cameo appearances in the Bruins’ backfield. But neither claimed the true […]