In honor of award season in Los Angeles, the Bruin Sports editors are handing out honors of their own to various components of the UCLA men’s basketball program. Who won big and who got snubbed? Tweet your nominations to @DBSports. Best team performance The Kentucky upset – a time when things looked far brighter for […]
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UCLA Kendo Club’s tournament encourages growth, spirit of community
Vicki Lau fiercely struck her opponent with her shinai, a bamboo sword, and let out a strong yell. The shinpan, or referees, raised their red flags, awarding Lau a point. A section of the crowd erupts. It’s over. The final match in a long day at the Ninth Annual Yuhihai Intercollegiate Kendo Tournament. She has […]
Softball launches season with near-perfect weekend at Aggie Classic
Entering the season with high expectations and a No. 7 national ranking, the UCLA softball team got coach Kelly Inouye-Perez’s 10th year off to a milestone start. Inouye-Perez surpassed the 400-win mark in her career as the Bruins won four of their five games at the Aggie Classic in College Station, Texas. With a pair […]
Women’s water polo emerges from Triton Invitational with loss to USC
This past weekend, the Bruins traveled to La Jolla for what would be the toughest test of the season thus far. After dominant victories in the first three rounds of the Triton Invitational, No. 1 UCLA (7-1) fell 8-6 to No. 2 USC (6-0) in the championship game Sunday. The Bruins opened the weekend with […]
DeJesus’ dance, dab draws spotlight on UCLA gymnastics
Seventeen million views and counting. Saturday against Utah, senior Sophina DeJesus wove high-level tumbling with iconic hip-hop moves to vault UCLA into the lead and narrowly beat its conference rivals by .025. She also captured the attention of thousands of fans and made headlines on numerous news outlets including BuzzFeed, Elle, New York Daily News, […]
Matter of Fact: NFL commercial talks baby-making, but skips the concussion discussion
Sure, I was born almost exactly nine months after Super Bowl XXX – which, of all the Super Bowls, clearly has the best initials for baby-making – but my dad hates the Cowboys, who won that game 27-17 over the Steelers. So I’m not a Super Bowl baby, but that didn’t stop me from thinking […]
UCLA student initiative Rockin’ Autism combines sport with therapy
Head tilted back, arms crossed, gazing up at the wall, Justin Saco encouraged Marco Zepeda, 13, to keep climbing. Nervous of the height and unsure of what to do next, Marco asked to come down, but Saco wasn’t ready to let him give up. “Remember to breathe, just relax,” said Saco, prodding Marco to try […]