The Bruins’ schedule just received a major shake-up. UCLA football will reportedly face two California rivals to open the 2020 season. Coach Chip Kelly’s squad will travel to Berkeley to face California on Sept. Read more...
Photo: UCLA football will begin its season with matchups against California and USC in a new conference-only schedule, according to a report. (Tanmay Shankar/Daily Bruin senior staff)
With professional leagues beginning again in the wake of COVID-19 postponements, the Daily Bruin Sports editors decided to take a look at current Bruins who resemble some of the top pros in their respective sports. Read more...
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Dorian Thompson-Robinson is officially in the running for college football’s most outstanding player award, should there be a season in 2020. The rising junior UCLA football quarterback was named to the Maxwell Award preseason watch list Friday morning. Read more...
Photo: Rising junior quarterback Dorian Thompson-Robinson landed a spot on the Maxwell Award preseason watch list Friday. He would be the first Bruin to win the award since quarterback Gary Beban in 1967. (Liz Ketcham/Daily Bruin senior staff)
People have gone to great lengths to replicate sports during COVID-19. Marble races have taken the world by storm, re-airings of classic games have populated sports networks and several documentary films and series have attempted to reel in desperate audiences. Read more...
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This post was updated June 28 at 2:00 p.m. In the middle of a pandemic, with protests against racial injustice sparking up around the country, all Dorian Thompson-Robinson could do was tweet. Read more...
Photo: Rising junior quarterback Dorian Thompson-Robinson will be fundraising starting Wednesday by selling hoodies. He said all proceeds will go to the Los Angeles and Las Vegas chapters of 100 Black Men of America. (Axel Lopez/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Chip Kelly’s tenure as a Bruin has been spotty to say the least. Going 7-17 through two seasons, sparking a transfer exodus and drawing criticism from alumni for a seemingly weak stance on racial injustice isn’t the strongest resume. Read more...
Photo: UCLA football coach Chip Kelly has had his share of troubles in his two years in Westwood, but his handling of players’ concerns amid training during the COVID-19 pandemic is not one of them. (MacKenzie Coffman/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Members of the UCLA football program demanded better protection for student-athletes when they return to campus for mandatory workouts during the COVID-19 pandemic in a letter to the program Friday. Read more...
Photo: Incoming junior quarterback Dorian Thompson-Robinson and 29 of his teammates published a letter in hopes of ensuring health and safety protections from COVID-19 when voluntary workouts begin for UCLA football June 22. (Axel Lopez/Daily Bruin senior staff)
