Friday, July 31

UCLA football players join #WeWantToPlay movement in support of starting season

This post was updated Aug. 10 at 4:27 p.m. With the college football season on the brink of cancellation, student-athletes are making a last-ditch effort to save it. Read more...

Photo: Rising redshirt sophomore defensive back Elisha Guidry was UCLA’s lone co-author on the Pac-12 players’ #WeAreUnited letter published Aug. 2. Guidry has since joined forces with the #WeWantToPlay movement of student-athletes from each of the Power Five conferences. (Tanmay Shankar/Daily Bruin senior staff)


Women’s soccer coaches, former players show support for new LA-based NWSL team

UCLA women’s soccer has long been an advocate for social justice – from players kneeling for the national anthem in 2017 to leading the Women’s March Los Angeles in 2019. Read more...

Photo: UCLA women’s soccer coach Amanda Cromwell became a part-owner of Angel City FC to help further her support of women’s sports in Los Angeles. (Photo by Axel Lopez/Daily Bruin senior staff, photo illustration by Emily Dembinski/Illustrations director)


Christon Chronicles-Off the Waldman: UCLA must prioritize education, protect student-athletes by canceling fall sports

No. 1. That number is plastered on signs all along Bruin Walk, with UCLA claiming itself as “the No. 1 public university in the U.S.” It is also where the state of California finds itself on the list of total COVID-19 cases, in the middle of a pandemic killing a reported roughly 1,000 Americans daily. Read more...

Photo: With the number of coronavirus cases in the area growing, UCLA athletes are still on campus, while other students have been encouraged to stay home. (Daily Bruin file photo)


Football coach Chip Kelly reportedly tested positive for coronavirus in March

UCLA football coach Chip Kelly tested positive for coronavirus in March, according to the Los Angeles Times.  No official sources could be cited as Kelly’s health records are private, but the report says that multiple people close to the team, who remained anonymous, confirmed the story.  UCLA has chosen not to disclose cases except for UCLA’s official COVID-19 tracker. Read more...

Photo: In the midst of a hectic offseason, Los Angeles Times reported Thursday that UCLA football coach Chip Kelly tested positive for coronavirus earlier in the pandemic.(Amy Dixon/Daily Bruin senior staff)


At least 8 UCLA football players reported to test positive for coronavirus

This post was updated Aug. 5 at 4:14 p.m. to include information from UCLA Athletics’ statement. At least eight UCLA football players have tested positive for COVID-19, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health director told reporters Wednesday. Read more...

Photo: In a coronavirus briefing Wednesday, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health director announced that at least eight UCLA football players had tested positive for COVID-19. The team had recently begun its second phase of training as it approached a Sept. 26 season-opener. (Ashley Kenney/Assistant Photo editor)


Un-Connon Opinions: Schools must not return to in-person classes to protect fall student-athletes

College football is happening. Well, at least for now. When the Pac-12 announced its full football schedule Friday, the conference grounded a fall season in reality after months of bad news and speculation. Read more...

Photo: UCLA football is currently scheduled to return to play Sept. 26 against USC at the Rose Bowl. Rising junior Dorian Thompson-Robinson (red) is the team’s incumbent starting quarterback. (Andy Bao/Daily Bruin)


NCAA releases requirements for fall sports to play in upcoming season

Fall sports have been given a road map to a return. The NCAA Board of Governors released Wednesday a list of requirements for schools and conferences to conduct fall sports, as well as implemented an Aug. Read more...

Photo: UCLA men’s soccer rising junior goalkeeper Justin Garces (left), UCLA football rising junior quarterback Dorian Thompson-Robinson (center) and UCLA women’s volleyball rising senior outside/opposite hitter Mac May (right) might still be able to take the field this fall after new NCAA guidelines were announced Wednesday. (Left to right: Liz Ketcham/Daily Bruin senior staff, Tanmay Shankar/Daily Bruin senior staff, Daanish Bhatti/Assistant Photo editor)