This post was updated Feb. 20 at 12:06 a.m. Mika Webster-Longin walked into coach Lisa Terry’s club gym in 2020 afraid to hang onto the uneven bars. Read more...
Photo: (Helen Sanders/Daily Bruin)
Sports
Sports, Swim & Dive
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February 19, 3:58 pm
UCLA swim and dive travels to Ohio for its first Big Ten championships
This post was updated Feb. 20 at 12:32 a.m. A moment the Bruins have waited for more than two years has arrived. Years removed from the university’s decision to depart the Pac-12, No. Read more...
Photo: UCLA swim and dive chants after competing against USC. (Karla Cardenas-Felipe/Daily Bruin staff)
Gymnastics, Sports
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February 19, 3:54 pm
Big Ten’s only gymnastics national champions meet Sunday as UCLA faces Michigan
This post was updated Feb. 20 at 12:13 a.m. Championship pedigree ran deep in the Bruins’ 2024 league – otherwise known as the “Conference of Champions.” And though the Big Ten is without its own prestigious moniker, the Bruins’ new conference opponents have enough of their own silverware. Read more...
Photo: Junior Jordan Chiles transitions from the low to high bar in Pauley Pavilion. (Brianna Carlson/Daily Bruin staff)
Men's Basketball, Sports
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February 18, 11:15 pm
Despite 17-point lead, UCLA men’s basketball’s lackluster play lends Minnesota win
This post was updated Feb. 20 at 12:05 a.m. Mick Cronin will have to wait for another night. With the Bruins leading Tuesday’s affair by 17 points, the coach needed them to hold on for just 25 more minutes before he could enter the 500-win club. They couldn’t. “We didn’t play well,” Cronin said. Read more...
Photo: UCLA men’s basketball coach Mick Cronin directs his players on the sideline at Pauley Pavilion. In what could’ve been the coach’s 500th career win, his team surrendered a 17-point lead and fell 64-61 to Minnesota. (Darlene Sanzon/Assistant Photo editor)
Men's Volleyball, Sports
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February 18, 11:11 pm
UCLA men’s volleyball to play UC Irvine following first losing streak in 4 years
The country’s top team handed the Bruins their first losing streak in four years Wednesday. But coach John Hawks’ team will get a chance at redemption against the next-best opponent. Read more...
Photo: Redshirt junior outside hitter Cooper Robinson lowers to dig the ball at Pauley Pavilion. (Leydi Cris Cobo Cordon/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Baseball, Sports
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February 18, 11:46 am
Following Opening Weekend sweep, UCLA baseball readies for BYU matchup
Justin Lee put the finishing touch on the Bruins’ third consecutive Opening Weekend sweep when the sophomore right-hander struck out his final hitter on a low breaking ball Sunday at Jackie Robinson Stadium. Read more...
Photo: Wylan Moss tosses a four-seam fastball. The freshman right-hander will make his first collegiate start Tuesday against BYU. (Nicolas Greamo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Features, Men's Basketball, Sports
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February 18, 11:34 am
On the brink of 500-win milestone, Mick Cronin reflects on coaching career
Mick Cronin thought Tuesday’s showdown was just going to be business as usual. Then his dad called. His 83-year-old father let Cronin know he’d be trekking across the country for Tuesday night’s game against Minnesota. Read more...
Photo: UCLA men’s basketball coach Mick Cronin smiles on the sidelines of Pauley Pavilion after his team steamrolled past then-No. 16 Oregon by a score of 78-52. If the team wins Tuesday night, Cronin will reach his 500th career victory as head coach. (Aidan Sun/Assistant Photo editor)