UCLA baseball’s incoming recruiting class had four players whom coach John Savage called high-profile. “We were hoping to hold on to two of them,” Savage said. Read more...
Photo: Coach John Savage will have to make it through next season without Jeremiah Estrada, who opted to sign with the Cubs instead of honoring his commitment to UCLA baseball. (Kathy Chen/Daily Bruin)
The last time Jonah Bolden played college basketball, he had one of the worst seasons statswise among the 2017 NBA Draft class. Bolden, the Bruins’ former guard/forward, averaged just 2.4 more points and 2.5 more rebounds per game in his collegiate career than LaVar Ball, who’s widely mocked in the basketball community for his uninspiring one-year tenure at Washington State. Read more...
Photo: Jonah Bolden’s career at UCLA was nothing special, but the 6-foot-10 guard/forward has been impressive in his time in the NBA Summer League thanks to experience that he picked up playing overseas after he left Westwood. (Daily Bruin file photo)
UCLA lost one of its most influential and successful coaches last week. Jim Bush was UCLA’s head track and field coach for nearly two decades, from 1965 to 1984. Read more...
Photo: UCLA coaching legend Jim Bush passed away at the age of 90 on Monday. Bush coached more than two dozen Olympians and led the Bruins to victory over USC more than ten times in his career. (Creative commons photo by Trackinfo via Wikimedia Commons)
FootballMelissa Zhang, assistant Sports editor Several individuals on the UCLA football team were recently named to different award watch lists for their efforts on the field. Read more...
Photo: Early signs point to Lonzo Ball being able to carry his success at UCLA into the NBA. The point guard has been playing very well at the NBA Summer League following his freshman year as a Bruin. (Jintak Han/Daily Bruin senior staff)
The 12th installment of the World Cup of Softball just wrapped up and the No. 2-ranked United States took three Bruins to Oklahoma City. 2015 alumnus Ally Carda, rising junior Paige Halstead and 2017 alumnus Delaney Spaulding represented both UCLA and their country against the likes of No. Read more...
Photo: 2017 baseball alumnus Delaney Spaulding helped Team USA in a big way in five days of play during the World Cup of Softball. Her .474 batting average and eight RBIs in seven games helped lift the United States over nearly all of its opponents. (Axel Lopez/Daily Bruin)
UCLA hasn’t been back to Omaha, Nebraska, since the Bruins went all the way in 2013. Many of the players that helped UCLA secure a College World Series victory four years ago are playing in professional baseball now. Read more...
Photo: Pat Valaika is the only member of the 2013 National Championship-winning UCLA baseball team who is currently on a big-league roster. The infielder plays for the Colorado Rockies, who are contending for a wild-card spot. (Daily Bruin file photo)
UCLA men’s basketball will open its 2017-2018 conference schedule with a lot less stress than it did last season. In 2016, the Bruins began conference play in Oregon, where they dropped their first game of the season following a 3-pointer at the buzzer by Ducks forward Dillon Brooks. Read more...
Photo: Junior guard Aaron Holiday is one of just five upperclassmen remaining from last year’s men’s basketball team, which lost to Oregon in the Pac-12 opener. This season, the Bruins will open conference play with a pair of home games.(Jintak Han/Daily Bruin senior staff)
