When commentators discuss the “heart” of a player, they aren’t usually talking about the athlete’s literal, beating organ – at least not until recently. There is a newfound focus on athletes’ actual hearts with sports’ starting back up as the COVID-19 pandemic continues. Read more...
Photo: (Nghi Nguyen/Daily Bruin)
Voting matters. UCLA Athletics pushed this sentiment within the department for the past three months and will continue to spread it up until, and through, Election Day. Read more...
Photo: Started in June, the Voting Matters Initiative aims to increase and improve voter registration, education and turnout among UCLA student-athletes. (Daanish Bhatti/Assistant Photo editor)
Black UCLA student-athletes now have a group to call their own. The founding of the UCLA Black Student-Athlete Alliance was announced Aug. 25 on the BSAA’s Instagram account amid ongoing protests against police brutality toward Black Americans. Read more...
Roundnet, a sport whose most popular brand is Spikeball, faces the challenge of expanding its relatively new college competition amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Originally invented in 1989 by toymaker Jeff Knurek, spikeball sat in limbo for nearly two decades before Chris Ruder, now the Spikeball Inc. Read more...
Photo: Spikeball Inc. is the No. 1 roundnet equipment producer in the world, but it also runs the largest tournament organization in hopes of one day turning roundnet into a premier sport. (Ellie Tsai/Daily Bruin)
Student-athletes, undergraduates and alumni have come together to create a mutual aid fund to help those in the UCLA community affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. When starting the online spring quarter, global health professor Maryam Farzanegan asked her new students how the COVID-19 pandemic had affected their lives. Read more...
Photo: Former UCLA women’s soccer forward Chloe Castaneda is a member of 1 Student at a Time, a student-led mutual aid fund to help UCLA students affected financially by the COVID-19 pandemic. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Coming off its worst conference record in program history and the delaying of the 2020 season because of the coronavirus, the Bruins are making changes to improve the squad amid unprecedented times. Read more...
Photo: Former UCLA men’s soccer midfielder Benny Feilhaber (left) and former goalkeeper Juan Cervantes (right) join coach Ryan Jorden’s staff along with 11 new recruits. (Daily Bruin file photos)
With the future of UCLA athletics shrouded in uncertainty in the midst of COVID-19 postponements, the Daily Bruin Sports editors decided to take a look at which Bruin teams will benefit most from a hiatus, extra eligibility or a conference-only schedule in their respective sports. Read more...
Photo: AS UCLA Athletics awaits confirmation to resume competition, UCLA football, with rising junior quarterback Dorian Thompson-Robinson, is one of the teams that will benefit from a long break. (Liz Ketcham/Daily Bruin senior staff)
