This post was updated Aug. 8 at 8:17 p.m. On Jan. 7, 2017, Kyla Ross and Madison Kocian made history. Making their Bruin debuts, the former Team USA standouts became the first Olympic gold medalists to ever compete in NCAA gymnastics. Read more...
Photo: UCLA gymnastics has more Instagram followers than any other sport on campus and is the second-most-followed women’s sports team in the country behind the U.S. Soccer Women’s National Team. (Elise Tsai/Daily Bruin staff)
This post was updated Aug. 8 at 8:14 p.m. For the second straight day, Dorian Thompson-Robinson was listed as unavailable. The senior starting quarterback for UCLA football was not seen at practice Tuesday and was later confirmed by UCLA Athletics to be unavailable. Read more...
Photo: Senior defensive lineman Otito Ogbonnia was part of a UCLA football defense that ranked No. 100 in rushing yards allowed per game with 199.4. In seven contests in 2020, Ogbonnia and the defense ranked No. 30 in the same category. (David Rimer/Assistant Photo editor)
The Bruins enter 2021 with the most veteran team they have had in recent memory. But that hasn’t stopped the young guns from impressing the UCLA football coaching staff early in fall camp. Read more...
Photo: Sophomore wide receiver Matt Sykes is one of nine underclassmen wide receivers on the UCLA football roster entering the 2021 season. Sykes played in six games a year ago in his first season in Westwood. (Lillie Yazdi/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated Aug. 1 at 8:28 p.m. James Kaprielian had done the unprecedented. After already having secured a national championship and All-Pac-12 honors in his collegiate career, a Friday night at Jackie Robinson Stadium in May 2015 set the former Bruin apart. Read more...
Photo: Former UCLA baseball right-hander James Kaprielian logged nine innings of no-hit ball in 2015 to help the Bruins to their first no-hitter in program history, and is now a starter for the Oakland Athletics. (Left to right: Daily Bruin file photo, Courtesy of Oakland Athletics)
This post was updated Aug. 1 at 8:48 p.m. On March 12, 2020, the Bruins had an indoor team meeting. In the meeting, the program discussed the possibility of taking a short break from spring practice to help “flatten the curve” of COVID-19 cases. Read more...
Photo: UCLA football returned to fall camp over the weekend and will have 16 fall practices before it starts game preparation week for its 2021 season opener against Hawai’i on Aug. 28. (Esther Ma/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated Aug. 1 at 8:43 p.m. Chris Smith is trading out the blue and gold for the blue and red. The former UCLA men’s basketball guard signed a two-way deal with the Detroit Pistons as an undrafted free agent following the NBA Draft on Thursday night, per ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Read more...
Photo: UCLA men’s basketball guard Chris Smith signed a two-way contract with the Detroit Pistons on Thursday night. Smith played in 105 games with the Bruins and won the Pac-12’s Most Improved Player award in 2020. (Andy Bao/Daily Bruin staff)
This post was updated Aug. 1 at 8:35 p.m. To expand or not to expand. That is the decision facing new Pac-12 commissioner George Kliavkoff just weeks into his tenure. Read more...
Photo: Less than a month into his tenure, Pac-12 commissioner George Kliavkoff already has seen multiple changes to the collegiate athletics landscape, including the potential realignment of multiple conferences, the new name, image and likeness legislation implemented and a possible change to the College Football Playoff. (Courtesy of John McGillen/Pac-12)
