The Bruins enter 2021 with the most veteran team they have had in recent memory. But that hasn’t stopped the young guns from impressing the UCLA football coaching staff early in fall camp. Read more...
Photo: Sophomore wide receiver Matt Sykes is one of nine underclassmen wide receivers on the UCLA football roster entering the 2021 season. Sykes played in six games a year ago in his first season in Westwood. (Lillie Yazdi/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated Aug. 1 at 8:48 p.m. On March 12, 2020, the Bruins had an indoor team meeting. In the meeting, the program discussed the possibility of taking a short break from spring practice to help “flatten the curve” of COVID-19 cases. Read more...
Photo: UCLA football returned to fall camp over the weekend and will have 16 fall practices before it starts game preparation week for its 2021 season opener against Hawai’i on Aug. 28. (Esther Ma/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated Aug. 1 at 8:35 p.m. To expand or not to expand. That is the decision facing new Pac-12 commissioner George Kliavkoff just weeks into his tenure. Read more...
Photo: Less than a month into his tenure, Pac-12 commissioner George Kliavkoff already has seen multiple changes to the collegiate athletics landscape, including the potential realignment of multiple conferences, the new name, image and likeness legislation implemented and a possible change to the College Football Playoff. (Courtesy of John McGillen/Pac-12)
The Bruins are entering year four of the Chip Kelly era. And in his fourth year, the UCLA football coach will finally have one thing that eluded him in his first three: experience. Read more...
Photo: UCLA football coach Chip Kelly is entering his fourth year in Westwood after three straight losing seasons to start his tenure. Kelly’s team is picked to finish in fourth place in the Pac-12 South despite returning one of the most experienced teams in the country. (Courtesy of John McGillen/Pac-12)
This post was updated July 18 at 9:22 p.m. On July 1, new name, image and likeness legislation was introduced by the NCAA, meaning, for the first time ever, collegiate athletes are able to make money off their brands through endorsements. Read more...
Photo: UCLA gymnastics rising senior Margzetta Frazier has over 100,000 followers on Instagram and was among the first NCAA student-athletes to take advantage of the new name, image, and likeness legislation after inking a deal with The Player’s Trunk clothing company. (Daily Bruin file photo)
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Female Athlete of the Year: Rachel Garcia Coral Smith, Daily Bruin senior staff After her phenomenal 2019 season, one might have thought we had witnessed the greatest year of Rachel Garcia’s UCLA career. Read more...
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