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Features, Men's Basketball, Sports

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February 25, 2:33 am

Junior center Tony Parker sparks team dynamic with sense of humor

Tony Parker is the king of the press conference. After recent success at the free throw line, Parker, a 53.5 percent free throw shooter, likened himself to a hybrid mutation of NBA sharpshooting guards Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson, and added LeBron James to the mix as well for good measure. Read more...

Photo: Junior forward/center Tony Parker is coming into his own this season after struggling to adjust during his freshman and sophomore seasons. After winning the Georgia State championship all four years of high school, dealing with adversity in college is a new experience for Parker. (Erin Ng/Daily Bruin senior staff)

Features, Gymnastics

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February 19, 1:18 am

LaNiesha-Jopré Irvin balanced acting, gymnastics before UCLA

Freshman LaNiesha-Jopré Irvin twisted through the air and finished her vault routine with a solid landing, instilling a balance she has been working on all her life. Read more...

Photo: Prior to making the decision to compete for UCLA gymnastics, freshman LaNiesha-Jopré Irvin handled the balancing act of competing in gymnastics meets and pursuing an acting career. Although Irvin has taken a hiatus from the latter while she’s at UCLA, she said she is certain to resume a career as an actress once she graduates. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)

Features, Men's Tennis, Sports

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February 12, 12:52 am

Manager Raymond Ajoc strings men’s tennis team together

For six years, Raymond Ajoc lived about 100 steps away from a tennis court. But, for the six years before high school, he had never used it. Read more...

Photo: Fourth-year biology student Raymond Ajoc was able to find a way to pay for his tuition at UCLA after landing a spot as a manager for the men’s tennis team and subsequently earning an athletic scholarship. Ajoc is one of the most reliable racket stringers on the team, able to complete the racket stringing process in about 12 minutes. (Owen Emerson/Daily Bruin)

Features, Men's Volleyball, Sports

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February 12, 12:49 am

New Kids on the Block: Jake Arnitz remains tenacious despite status as top recruit

The box score from any recent UCLA men’s volleyball game tells the same story: freshman Jake Arnitz has made an instant impact for the Bruins. The outside hitter already averages more than three kills per set – the most on the team – and has earned himself a recurring role in coach John Speraw’s starting lineup. Read more...

Photo: Freshman outside hitter Jake Arnitz averages more than three kills per set – the highest on the UCLA men’s volleyball team. (Heidy Cadena/Daily Bruin)

Features, Men's Tennis, Sports

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February 11, 3:14 am

Sophomore Joseph Di Guilio overcomes adversity, finds solace in tennis

Practice was winding down. The UCLA men’s tennis team was finishing stretching and packing up. Players were talking about where they were going to eat, while others were talking about what midterms they had to study for that week. Read more...

Photo: For Joseph Di Giulio, the tennis courts are where the sophomore finds solace, a place where he escapes from problems small and large. (Jose Ubeda/Daily Bruin staff)

Features, Men's Basketball, Sports

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February 11, 3:04 am

Cameroonian sensation circumnavigates globe in basketball conquest

Alfred Aboya had never seen snow. Clad in flip-flops and shorts, the 18-year-old unfolded his 6-foot-8 frame from the confines of the minivan that transported his life to the grounds of the Tilton School in New Hampshire, landing him on a prep school campus covered in a white blanket of winter weather. Read more...

Photo: Alfred Aboya played four seasons for UCLA, a pit stop in a journey that took him from his native Cameroon to prep school on the East Coast, college in Westwood and a professional career overseas. (Daily Bruin file photo)

Features, Sports, Women's Basketball

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February 11, 12:54 am

Women’s basketball’s Cori Close carries forward Coach Wooden’s legacy at UCLA

Twenty-one years ago, in the spring of 1994, coach Cori Close, then the restricted-earnings coach for the UCLA women’s basketball team, was not prepared. She was dressed in sweats one Tuesday evening when Steve Lavin, her counterpart on the men’s basketball team, told her that she was coming with him to coach John Wooden’s apartment – he said she didn’t have a choice. Read more...

Photo: UCLA women’s basketball coach Cori Close first met John Wooden while working as a restricted-earnings coach for the Bruins. As she moved forward to be assistant coach for UCSB and finally head coach for UCLA, her relationship with Wooden influenced her approach to her job. (Erin Ng/Daily Bruin senior staff)


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