College athletes have long been considered amateurs due to the lack of pay provided for their work. Since January, this standing has been cast into doubt as an antitrust lawsuit against the NCAA made major developments in the lives of student athletes, allowing them to receive larger stipends toward living costs. Read more...
Photo: Senior Caleb Benenoch criticized the NCAA last month for not providing athletes with enough money to pay rent. (Owen Emerson/Daily Bruin senior staff)
It’s the middle of week one for most of the UCLA campus, but for fall sports teams it’s currently the middle of the fall season. To get caught up on everything you’ve missed since August, here are my midseason fall sports power rankings. Read more...
Earlier this week, ESPN writers Mark Schlabach and Brett McMurphy made their post-Week 4 bowl projections. Both of them predicted UCLA to make an appearance in the second-annual College Football Playoff National Championship. Read more...
Photo: (Owen Emerson/Daily Bruin senior staff)
I was done with my story, but I had so many questions. As the stunned home crowd sat in silence, the Drake Stadium scoreboard was painfully clear: UC Irvine 3, UCLA 0. Read more...
Photo: Freshman midfielder Jose Hernandez led UCLA to a dramatic finish Sunday night against UC Irvine. The Bruins won in overtime after coming back from a 3-0 deficit. (Hannah Ye/Daily Bruin senior staff)
I waited 10 months to make my triumphant return to the Rose Bowl and on Saturday I waited two more hours. They were two very miserable hours. Read more...
Photo: The Rooter Bus line before Saturday’s football game against Brigham Young University stretched all the way from the De Neve Crosswalk to the John Wooden statue in front of Pauley Pavilion. (Tanner Walters/Daily Bruin senior staff)
The headline was unfortunately commonplace, alerting the public to yet another unnecessarily violent arrest involving an unsuspecting black man. As the country had its attention turned to New York’s Arthur Ashe Stadium for the U.S. Read more...
Photo: Retired top-10 tennis player James Blake was arrested Wednesday in New York after he was mistaken for a suspect in a fraudulent credit card scheme. (Creative Commons photo by James Marvin Phelps via Flikr)
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Football season arrived in Pasadena Saturday afternoon as I sat on a couch 2,500 miles away, fumbling with a lagging Chromecast, sporting a bright blue UCLA T-shirt and surrounded by Virginia fans. Read more...
Photo: Daily Bruin Sports Assistant Editor Tanner Walters watched UCLA’s season opener against Virginia under the shadow of Scott Stadium in Charlottesville, Va. (Tanner Walters/Daily Bruin senior staff)
