Friday, August 21

In the news:

Freshman forward Gyorgy Goloman makes smooth transition from Hungary to UCLA

The town of Körmend, Hungary is about 145 miles away from Budapest, the nation’s capital. It’s about 5,235 miles away from Weston, Fla. And, as far as Gyorgy Goloman was concerned, it was about a world away from UCLA. Read more...

Photo: Coming from the town of Körmend, Hungary, freshman forward Gyorgy Goloman had to make the decision between playing professional basketball in Europe or going to the United States for college. After months of deliberation, Goloman decided to go to school in the United States, so he made the trip alone to Florida to join the private prep Sagemont School. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)


UCLA baseball enters season ranked No. 9 in the nation, first in Pac-12

The Pac-12 baseball coaches picked UCLA as the top team in the conference in a preseason poll released Monday. The Bruins edged the second-place Oregon Ducks by 12 points in the poll. Read more...

Photo: Senior closer David Berg returns to UCLA for his senior season this year. Berg is one of 19 players on the team in 2015 who was also part of UCLA’s 2013 national championship team. (Daily Bruin file photo)


Diving deepens sibling bond

Friends, teammates, competitors, sisters. UCLA swim and dive team members Montana and Ciara Monahan are all of those things to each other. They’ve never known life to be any other way. Read more...

Photo: Junior diver Montana Monahan (left) and freshman diver Ciara Monahan (right) are sisters on the UCLA dive team. The Monahan sisters picked up the sport of diving together after moving from the East Coast to home in Burbank that came with a swimming pool and a diving board. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)


UCLA baseball enters season ranked No. 9 in the nation, first in Pac-12

The Pac-12 baseball coaches picked UCLA as the top team in the conference in a preseason poll released Monday. The Bruins edged the second-place Oregon Ducks by 12 points in the poll. Read more...

Photo: Senior closer David Berg returns to UCLA for his senior season this year. Berg is one of 19 players on the team in 2015 who was also part of UCLA’s 2013 national championship team. (Daily Bruin file photo)