As college sports continue to be pushed back because of the COVID-19 pandemic, professional leagues have restarted. Each Monday, Daily Bruin Sports will highlight a few standout alumni performances from the past week in ongoing leagues as we await the return of university athletics. Read more...
Photo: Former UCLA quarterback Josh Rosen was cut and signed for his third team as he highlights this week’s rundown. (Daily Bruin file photo)
This post was updated Aug. 25 at 1:18 p.m. The first Bruin to jump ship is also one of its most experienced starters. Rising redshirt senior offensive lineman Jake Burton has entered the transfer portal, Yahoo Sports’ Pete Thamel reported Tuesday morning. Read more...
Photo: UCLA football rising redshirt senior offensive lineman Jake Burton (left) entered the NCAA transfer portal. He started every game for the Bruins at right tackle last season and started 11 games in 2018. (Daily Bruin file photo)
The NCAA announced Friday that another year of athletic eligibility will be given to fall sport student-athletes. After the cancellation of the Pac-12 and Big Ten fall sports seasons earlier this month, the Division 1 Board of Directors implemented a blanket COVID-19 waiver, which not only gave fall athletes another year of eligibility but protected all players from losing scholarships should they opt out of the season. Read more...
Photo: UCLA football rising redshirt senior running back Demetric Felton is one of the fall sport student-athletes who will be granted an extra year of athletic eligibility. (Axel Lopez/Daily Bruin senior staff)
The novel coronavirus has taken quite the financial toll on collegiate athletics. UCLA hasn’t necessarily been hit harder than its competition, but it wasn’t in the best spot to begin with either. Read more...
Photo: UCLA football saw games with San Diego State, Hawai’i and New Mexico State canceled following the Pac-12 decision to first switch to a conference-only schedule and then postpone the fall season entirely. (Kanishka Mehra/Photo editor)
This post was updated Aug. 18 at 5:16 p.m. to reflect a new illustration for the Swim & Dive team. With the Pac-12’s recent cancellation of all athletic competitions for the rest of the 2020 calendar year, many UCLA sports will be waiting longer than usual to start their seasons. Read more...
Photo: (Emily Dembinski/Illustrations director)
No Bruins will take the field for the remainder of 2020, and two of the most powerful figures in UCLA Athletics said they still don’t have all the answers. Read more...
Photo: Coach Chip Kelly, along with new Athletics Director Martin Jarmond, participated in a Zoom press conference Tuesday, just hours after learning his team would not be competing in the fall. (Tanmay Shankar/Daily Bruin senior staff)
All fall Pac-12 sports have been postponed for the rest of the calendar year because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the conference announced Tuesday. “The health, safety and well-being of our student-athletes and all those connected to Pac-12 sports has been our number one priority since the start of this current crisis,” said Pac-12 Commissioner Larry Scott. “Our student-athletes, fans, staff and all those who love college sports would like to have seen the season played this calendar year as originally planned, and we know how disappointing this is.” In the official announcement, the conference also released the medical recommendations that went into its decision. Read more...
Photo: Every Pac-12 fall sport season – including the third year for UCLA football junior quarterback Dorian Thompson-Robinson – has been postponed. The conference announced Tuesday that the conditions made playing unsafe for the time being. (Daily Bruin file photo)
