I had this whole column thought out a week ago. UCLA was going to beat Stanford, reach the Pac-12 title game and have a legitimate shot at reaching the College Football Playoff. Read more...
Photo: After finishing 9-3 yet again, UCLA has not found the improvements on the field as it wants. However, the program as a whole has progressed, evidenced by the national hype the team received in the preseason and leading up to the last game against Stanford. (Austin Yu/Daily Bruin senior staff)
There’s white lab coats and long lab hours, then there’s freestyle football. Peter and Daniel Azzam are brothers pursuing their dreams in the medical field as fourth-year physical sciences and third-year neuroscience students, respectively. Read more...
Photo: Brothers Peter (right) and Daniel (left) Azzam both stopped playing soccer in high school to pursue the relatively unknown sport of freestyle football. They brought the sport to UCLA, starting the Bruin Freestyle Soccer Academy in the fall of 2013, hoping to expand their community. (Austin Yu/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Isn’t it kind of weird it’s gotten to the point that it would be both a shock and a disappointment if UCLA lost to USC Saturday? Read more...
Photo: UCLA and USC have a storied rivalry, but the Bruins have rarely been the team projected to win the seasonal matchup. The Trojans handed the Bruins a 50-0 defeat just three years ago in 2011, but ever since UCLA has been the dominant of the two and is favorited to win on Saturday.(Daily Bruin file photo)
I had a bit of a weird feeling after the conclusion of UCLA’s 36-34 win over Cal Saturday, an uncertainty over how to feel about the game. Read more...
Photo: Although UCLA has had several nail-biting finishes in its five wins this season, a lot of why the scoreline was so close was because of mistakes the Bruins made rather than their opponents’ doing. (Austin Yu/Daily Bruin senior staff)
TEMPE, Ariz. — What is a rivalry anyhow? For UCLA, that word often conjures up images of red and yellow. The UCLA-USC rivalry is a big one, without a doubt. Read more...
Photo: Daily Bruin Sports columnist Kevin Bowman argues that in recent years, the UCLA-ASU rivalry has taken over as the main football rivalry, given crosstown-rival USC’s recent slump in form. (Jose Ubeda/Daily Bruin staff)
By now you’ve seen it. Ray Rice’s left fist swinging at his fiancée. Her head hitting the railing. Rice dragging her unconscious body from the elevator. Read more...
The honeymoon phase is over for Steve Alford. The ceremony is complete, the guests of honor have left. Now it’s time to see who UCLA men’s basketball is truly married to for the next six seasons. Read more...
Photo: Coach Steve Alford cut down the nets after UCLA’s Pac-12 tournament title, but how much of that championship was his doing? (Brandon Choe/Daily Bruin senior staff)
