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Sports
Sports, Women's Basketball
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January 19, 10:49 am
After 1st loss of the season, UCLA women’s basketball faces road to redemption
It’s been more than 70 days since the Bruins opened their regular season. This week, the team experienced its first practices following a loss. No. 5 UCLA women’s basketball (14-1, 3-1 Pac-12) will have its first opportunity to bounce back from defeat when it travels to face No. Read more...
Photo: Graduate student guard Charisma Osborne dribbles against a defender. Osborne scored a season-high 25 points against the Trojans. (Jeremy Chen/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Sports, Track and Field
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January 18, 4:31 pm
UCLA track and field gears up for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Invitational
Preparations are underway as a new season approaches the horizon. UCLA track and field is gearing up for its first indoor track meet of the season. Read more...
Photo: Senior pole vaulter Katerina Adamiec cleared 13 feet 1.5 inches in the 2023 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Invitational. (Anya Yakimenko/Daily Bruin staff)
Men's Volleyball, Sports
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January 18, 3:43 pm
UCLA men’s volleyball focuses on roster depth ahead of Ohio State, Penn State
Depth and uncertainty can be considered two sides of the same coin. The line between them? That’s what John Speraw likes to toe early in the season. Read more...
Photo: UCLA men’s volleyball coach John Speraw prepares a play during a match. The Bruin head honcho has produced four NCAA titles and is in search of retaining last year’s national championship status. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Sports, Women's Tennis
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January 18, 3:12 pm
UCLA women’s tennis gears up for Friday season opener against Texas
Ahead is a challenge not seen in over two decades. The stoicism of coach Stella Sampras Webster on the matter, though, might suggest it’s no more than another day at the office. Read more...
Photo: Redshirt senior Sasha Vagramov readies to hit the ball. (Julia Zhou/Assistant Photo editor)
Features, Softball, Sports
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January 18, 12:59 am
Softball’s history in the Olympics and its legacy in inspiring others
Softball’s introduction into the 1996 Olympic Games proved to be a massive moment for the sport. “We had reached that pinnacle of athletics, and that’s being an Olympic sport, and getting onto the mainstream where we’re in the talks with soccer and women’s basketball,” said UCLA associate head coach Lisa Fernandez. Read more...
Photo: UCLA softball’s Lisa Fernandez, now an associate head softball coach (left) and previously a utility from 1990-1993 (right), stands in the stadium in her two roles. (From left to right: Myka Fromm/Assistant Photo editor and Courtesy from UCLA Athletics)
Features, Sports
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January 18, 12:49 am
The athletic trainers behind the success of UCLA sports teams
The number 121 echoes with significance in Westwood. It’s tied to the tireless work of Bruin players and coaches alike. But on the periphery of the spotlight lies a dimmer constituent, the ones anchoring UCLA’s winning engine – athletic trainers. Read more...
Photo: Members of the UCLA baseball program are pictured in the dugout watching the game. Included in the staff are students in the Sports Medicine Internship Program, who are on hand to help treat athletes. (Joseph Jimenez/Photo editor)