This post was updated Aug. 10 at 4:27 p.m. With the college football season on the brink of cancellation, student-athletes are making a last-ditch effort to save it. Read more...
Photo: Rising redshirt sophomore defensive back Elisha Guidry was UCLA’s lone co-author on the Pac-12 players’ #WeAreUnited letter published Aug. 2. Guidry has since joined forces with the #WeWantToPlay movement of student-athletes from each of the Power Five conferences. (Tanmay Shankar/Daily Bruin senior staff)
UCLA football coach Chip Kelly tested positive for coronavirus in March, according to the Los Angeles Times. No official sources could be cited as Kelly’s health records are private, but the report says that multiple people close to the team, who remained anonymous, confirmed the story. UCLA has chosen not to disclose cases except for UCLA’s official COVID-19 tracker. Read more...
Photo: In the midst of a hectic offseason, Los Angeles Times reported Thursday that UCLA football coach Chip Kelly tested positive for coronavirus earlier in the pandemic.(Amy Dixon/Daily Bruin senior staff)
This post was updated Aug. 5 at 4:14 p.m. to include information from UCLA Athletics’ statement. At least eight UCLA football players have tested positive for COVID-19, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health director told reporters Wednesday. Read more...
Photo: In a coronavirus briefing Wednesday, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health director announced that at least eight UCLA football players had tested positive for COVID-19. The team had recently begun its second phase of training as it approached a Sept. 26 season-opener. (Ashley Kenney/Assistant Photo editor)
College football is happening. Well, at least for now. When the Pac-12 announced its full football schedule Friday, the conference grounded a fall season in reality after months of bad news and speculation. Read more...
Photo: UCLA football is currently scheduled to return to play Sept. 26 against USC at the Rose Bowl. Rising junior Dorian Thompson-Robinson (red) is the team’s incumbent starting quarterback. (Andy Bao/Daily Bruin)
Fall sports have been given a road map to a return. The NCAA Board of Governors released Wednesday a list of requirements for schools and conferences to conduct fall sports, as well as implemented an Aug. Read more...
Photo: UCLA men’s soccer rising junior goalkeeper Justin Garces (left), UCLA football rising junior quarterback Dorian Thompson-Robinson (center) and UCLA women’s volleyball rising senior outside/opposite hitter Mac May (right) might still be able to take the field this fall after new NCAA guidelines were announced Wednesday. (Left to right: Liz Ketcham/Daily Bruin senior staff, Tanmay Shankar/Daily Bruin senior staff, Daanish Bhatti/Assistant Photo editor)
This post was updated Aug. 2 at 8:21 a.m. The newly announced football season may already be in jeopardy. In a report published Saturday by ESPN, football players from various Pac-12 schools are threatening a boycott of preseason practices and, if necessary, regular-season games, should the conference leaders not agree to a list of demands. Read more...
Photo: Coach Chip Kelly may be without some of his players for the resumption of the 2020 season due to a push from Pac-12 players seeking to address issues with the restart of the year.(Andy Bao/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated July 31 at 3:05 p.m. The speculation is over, and the Pac-12 has a plan for 2020 fall sports. The conference announced a tentative schedule for the upcoming athletics season Friday afternoon on a media teleconference, should play resume amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Read more...
Photo: UCLA football and the rest of the Pac-12 revealed the conference-only schedule for the 10-game football season. Other fall sports are projected to begin practicing on Aug. 15, while some are still waiting for the official word. (Liz Ketcham/Daily Bruin senior staff)
