109: Number of NCAA titles won by UCLA teams – the most in the nation. 7: Consecutive NCAA titles won by men’s basketball from 1967 to 1973 under coach John Wooden. Read more...
Sports
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July 22, 12:00 am
UCLA athletics program’s record numbers
Men's Basketball, Sports
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July 17, 11:40 am
Basketball freshman Wanaah Bail to miss four months
On Tuesday, UCLA Athletics announced that men's basketball freshman forward Wanaah Bail underwent left knee surgery on June 28 to repair torn cartilage. Bail is expected to miss four months while he rehabilitates the damaged cartilage, effective from the date of his surgery. Read more...
Football, Sports
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July 17, 11:04 am
UCLA football names six players to national award watch lists
This past spring, redshirt senior wide receiver Shaquelle Evans made it clear he was after a spot in UCLA football's history books as its single-season receiving yards record holder. Three months later, it appears his expectations are being taken seriously, as the Inglewood native was named to the 2013 preseason Biletnikoff Award watch list Tuesday along with 74 of college football's most highly touted wide receivers. Read more...
Photo: Rising redshirt senior wide receiver Shaquelle Evans will try to improve on his 877 receiving yards last year to win the Biletnikoff Award given to college football’s top receiver.
Gymnastics, Sports
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July 15, 1:06 am
Gymnast leads British team to sixth place at World University Games
After a year of competing in the United States, rising sophomore gymnast Danusia Francis represented her home country, the United Kingdom, last week at the 2013 World University Games in Kazan, Russia. Read more...
Photo: Rising sophomore Danusia Francis competed in the World University Games for Britain last week. Her execution score, which tied for first, helped the British national team finish sixth overall.
Softball, Sports
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July 15, 12:22 am
Softball sophomores earn silver with Team USA in international tournament
Rising sophomores Paige McDuffee and Mysha Sataraka of UCLA’s softball team thought their seasons had ended in a loss to the University of Alabama at Birmingham in the NCAA Regionals on May 19. Read more...
Photo: Rising sophomore pitcher Paige McDuffee was named to the USA Softball Junior Women’s Team, which earned silver after losing to Japan.
Baseball, Sports
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July 15, 12:20 am
Baseball players scatter across North America for summer leagues
After locking up the championship trophy in the UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame display case, the players on the UCLA baseball team weren't ready to lock their cleats in storage. Read more...
Photo: Rising sophomore pitcher James Kaprielian sees playing for the Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox during the summer as better use of his time than staying in Westwood to practice.
Sports, Track and Field
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July 15, 12:16 am
John Henry Johnson Jr. returns to alma mater as women’s track and field coach
As a senior in high school, Joanna Hayes turned down the chance to compete for USC's track and field team in favor of UCLA. The man who recruited her to join USC, John Henry Johnson Jr., was a UCLA alumnus himself. Read more...