Monday, July 27

UCLA wide receivers bring various strengths to offense

Trailing by nine against Washington and mired in a five-game losing streak, the UCLA football team's season was in doubt after starting quarterback Kevin Prince left the game with a concussion. With close to 11 minutes remaining in the third quarter, backup Kevin Craft grossly overthrew then-senior Terrence Austin, who was wide open in the middle of the field. Read more...

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Josh Smith, a redshirt junior transfer from Colorado, returns a kickoff for a touchdown in the fall scrimmage Aug. 21.


Flowing Against Gravity

When you think of a job, jumping off the 30-foot ledge behind Ackerman Union and doing a front-flip tuck 'n' roll probably aren't the first things to come to mind. Read more...

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Mohammad Shaibi, 25, prefers parkour to other unconventional sports because “it literally makes you free.” Shaibi and the rest of Parkour Los Angeles took over UCLA’s campus on Saturday as a part of the Massive West Coast Jam event.


Key player hurt in scrimmage

Another week of fall practice down, another key player lost to injury for the UCLA football team. Kai Maiava, a redshirt junior who was slated to start at center for the Bruins, fractured his left ankle on the third play of the team's annual fall scrimmage at Drake Stadium on Saturday. Read more...

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Junior wide receiver Nelson Rosario (83) avoids redshirt sophomore linebacker Patrick Larimore in Saturday’s fall scrimmage. Rosario had 80 yards receiving.


Forward scores 4 goals in opener

Evidently, it didn't take Sydney Leroux too long to round into season form. In the 21st minute of the UCLA women's soccer team's season opener against Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, the junior forward netted the first of her four goals on Sunday, spearheading the Bruins' 7-0 win over the Mustangs at the North Athletic Field. Despite a blistering summer that revolved around her involvement with the Under-20 U.S. Read more...

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Junior forward Syndney Leroux scored four goals in UCLA’s season opener.



Men’s water polo begins preparing for season opener against Concordia

Adam Wright had a simple message for the UCLA men's water polo team as it arrived on campus Thursday: Don't listen to outside opinions. Wright, starting his second year as coach of the program, was back on the pool deck Friday at Sunset Canyon Recreation Center for the team's first official practice of the season. Read more...

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Coach Adam Wright and the men’s water polo team started practice Friday and began preparations for the season opener Sept. 11 at home against Concordia.


Mad for Madrid

Fresh off the excitement and craze of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, the popularity of soccer in Southern California was still flying high on Saturday. Read more...

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Fans crowd around the barricades as Ezequiel Garay, left, and Fernando Gago exit the North Athletic Field on July 30. The Spanish club practiced at UCLA for nine days during its tour of the U.S. Players and coaches were carted between the field and the Student Activities Center by security during their stay.