Saturday, June 28

Former partner countersues Ball family for fraud, exposes $80K sale of UCLA jerseys

The Ball family’s feuds have come back to Westwood. Former UCLA men’s basketball player Lonzo Ball allegedly sold his game-worn Sweet 16  jerseys and shoes for $80,000, according to court documents obtained by The Blast on Thursday. Read more...

Photo: New Orleans Pelicans point guard Lonzo Ball allegedly sold his game-worn UCLA men’s basketball jerseys and shoes for $80,000. The accusation came in the form of a countersuit by his former manager and co-founder of Big Baller Brand, Alan Foster. (Michael Zshornack/Daily Bruin senior staff)



No. 1 point guard in class of 2020 Daishen Nix verbally commits to UCLA

Mick Cronin has reeled in his first blue chip. Five-star guard Daishen Nix verbally committed to UCLA men’s basketball Tuesday morning, ESPN’s Jeff Borzello reported. Nix was rated as the nation’s No. Read more...

Photo: Daishen Nix, a five-star recruit who has been rated as the No. 1 point guard in the country, became UCLA men’s basketball’s first verbal commit under coach Mick Cronin, according to ESPN’s Jeff Borzello. (Courtesy of Bart Young/USA Basketball)


Bruins contribute to USA’s gold medal count at Pan American Games

Eight current and 10 former UCLA athletes represented teams from the United States, Canada, Mexico and Jamaica at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru, from July 26 to Sunday. Read more...

Photo: Rising junior forward Michaela Onyenwere led Team USA to the women’s basketball final of the Pan American Games. Team USA won the silver medal, one of the overall 293 medals Team USA won in Lima. (Alice Naland/Daily Bruin)


UCLA players eliminated from Drew League in weekend playoffs

The last players representing UCLA at the Drew League have been eliminated. Rising redshirt freshman forward Shareef O’Neal and rising sophomore forward Kenneth Nwuba, both playing for the Tuff Crowd, lost to Public Enemy by score of 93-76 in the first round of the Drew League playoffs Saturday. Read more...

Photo: Rising redshirt freshman forward Shareef O’Neal played for Tuff Crowd, a team of O’Neal’s family and friends. O’Neal’s Tuff Crowd lost to Public Enemy by 17 points after losing by only five points two weeks prior. (Tanmay Shankar/Assistant Photo editor)


Meet Your Maikis: Potential transfers aren’t getting any help from NCAA’s confusing new guidelines

NCAA transfer rules don’t work, and the NCAA has yet to properly fix them. The NCAA has worked to significantly alter the transfer system to give student-athletes more autonomy by introducing the transfer portal in 2018. Read more...

Photo: UCLA football coach Chip Kelly came out in support of the NCAA’s transfer portal at Pac-12 Football Media Day. Other Pac-12 coaches argue it may hurt transfers’ chances of playing.(MacKenzie Coffman/Daily Bruin senior staff)


UCLA basketball players hone skills in competitive Drew League matchups

There was star power and exciting finishes everywhere at the Drew League on Sunday. UCLA men’s basketball rising redshirt freshman forward Shareef O’Neal, rising sophomore forward Kenneth Nwuba and incoming freshman guard Jake Kyman all played in week nine of the 10-week Drew League regular season. Read more...

Photo: Rising redshirt freshman Shareef O’Neal led his Tuff Crowd team against division-leading Public Enemy on Sunday at the Drew League. O’Neal recorded 13 points, while teammate and Toronto Raptors forward Stanley Johnson chipped in 21 points and five rebounds in the losing effort. (Tanmay Shankar/Assistant Photo editor)



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