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LOS ANGELES – Jerry Neuheisel was promoted by UCLA head football coach DeShaun Foster Wednesday, adding the title of assistant head coach to his role as tight ends coach. Neuheisel, a former quarterback for the Bruins, has coached seven years at his alma mater and eight overall. He completed his first season as tight ends coach in 2024. Neuheisel was UCLA's wide receivers coach across the three prior campaigns. "Jerry has earned this opportunity," said Foster. "His love for UCLA runs deep, b...
LOS ANGELES -- Demetrice Martin has been hired as pass game coordinator and secondary coach for the UCLA football team, head coach DeShaun Foster announced Monday. The hiring represents a return to Westwood for Martin, a Pasadena, Calif. native who previously served on the Bruins' staff from 2012-2017. Martin has amassed 26 years of coaching experience, including 18 on the FBS level, in defensive backfields. He spent the 2024 season as cornerbacks coach at Michigan State, where he guided a unit...
The UCLA Bruins Men's Basketball team, with a roster full of transfers, opened up the 2024-2025 season with a rousing 85-50 victory over the Rider University Broncs at Pauley Pavillion on the UCLA campus last Monday night. The Bruins started four transfers and had two transfers come off the bench in the game. A total of 11 players saw action. Former Oregon State forward Tyler Bilodeau started at center and led the Bruins in scoring with 18 points in 22 minutes. Oklahoma State transfer Eric...
Beach volleyball and Hollywood... what could be better to close out the summer of '24 following the Paris Games? Los Angeles will roll-out the red carpet for the AVP League's debut this Saturday, September 14-15, a 2-day event on sand at the UCLA Tennis Center. The Inaugural will feature Olympians Kelly Cheng, Sara Hughes, Chase Budinger and Miles Evans and stars such as Julia Scoles playing for the home team LA Launch. "We can't wait to... show fans just how exciting this new concept in beach...
The UCLA Bruins football team will be back in action this weekend when they welcome the Indiana University Hoosiers in their first Big Ten conference ever. The Bruins recently moved from the Pac-12 conference to the Big Ten conference, a move that will be very lucrative for the UCLA athletic department but will also involve a great deal of travel. The game against Indiana will be played Saturday, September 14, at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena. It will begin at 4:30 p.m. and will be televised...
USC Heisman Trophy winner Reggie Bush will be inducted into the Rose Bowl Hall of Fame, the Tournament of Roses announced Wednesday, Sept. 4. He is the 28th Trojan player, coach or administrator selected to the Rose Bowl Hall of Fame. Bush will be honored in the 136th Rose Parade presented by Honda and on the field during the College Football Playoff Quarterfinal at the Rose Bowl Game presented by Prudential on January 1, 2025. The inductees will also be recognized in a private ceremony held by...
The Los Angeles Chargers, fresh off a preseason 26-19 win over the Dallas Cowboys on last Saturday afternoon, announced last Tuesday their initial 53-man roster for the 2024 NFL regular season. New head coach Jim Harbaugh and new General Manager Joe Hortiz have made some significant changes from the 2023 Chargers roster under the previous leadership. Quarterback (2): Justin Herbert, Easton Stick The Chargers are keeping the same two quarterbacks on their roster to start the season as they did...
The UCLA men's basketball team will face Gonzaga in a multi-year series over the 2024-25 and 2025-26 seasons at neutral-site venues in Los Angeles and Seattle. The Bruins will take on Gonzaga at Intuit Dome in Los Angeles on Saturday, Dec. 28, 2024. Intuit Dome will serve as the Los Angeles Clippers' new home venue this fall and is located approximately 14 miles south of UCLA's campus. UCLA will travel north to face Gonzaga at Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle the following season, on Saturday,...
The UCLA men's basketball team will face Gonzaga in a multi-year series over the 2024-25 and 2025-26 seasons at neutral-site venues in Los Angeles and Seattle. The Bruins will take on Gonzaga at Intuit Dome in Los Angeles on Saturday, Dec. 28, 2024. Intuit Dome will serve as the Los Angeles Clippers' new home venue this fall and is located approximately 14 miles south of UCLA's campus. UCLA will travel north to face Gonzaga at Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle the following season, on Saturday,...
Minnesota Vikings rookie cornerback Khyree Jackson, the 108th overall pick in this year's NFL draft, died in a three-car accident that also killed two of his high school teammates in Upper Marlboro, Md., early Saturday morning. He was 24. The three-car crash was caused by a suspected drunk driver, according to the authorities in Maryland. Jackson, the former Oregon Ducks cornerback who once quit football to work at a grocery store, was selected in the fourth round by the Vikings. Jackson played...
Despite a disappointing season from the 2023-2024 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team, the Bruins were able to send one of their players to the NBA. Center Adem Bona was selected with the 41st overall pick in the second round by the Philadelphia 76ers. The two-round draft was held at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, with the first round held on Wednesday Night and the second round held on Thursday afternoon. Bona played his high school basketball at Prolific Prep High School in Napa,...
LOS ANGELES - UCLA Athletic Hall of Fame member and Olympic gold medalist Joanna Hayes returns to UCLA as the new The Sherie L. and Donald G. Morrison UCLA Director of Track & Field/Cross Country. Hayes previously served as an assistant coach for the Bruins from 2014-16 and for USC from 2017-24. "I am honored to return to UCLA as the Director of Track & Field and Cross Country. This opportunity represents a full circle moment for me, and I am grateful to Martin Jarmond for trusting me to lead...
UCLS Athletics Department Contributed to this story. Former UCLA guard Jrue Holiday helped lead the Boston Celtics to the 2024 NBA Championship on Monday night, as the Celtics won the title in five games in a best-of-seven game series against the Dallas Mavericks at TD Garden in Boston. Holiday scored 15 points and grabbed 11 rebounds in the 106-88 win over the Mavericks in that final game. The championship was the 18th in Boston Celtics history, giving them an 18-17 edge over the Los Angeles...
With the departure of UCLA, USC, and eight other schools, the Pac-12 Conference is down to just two teams, but they still have a pulse after the two remaining teams agreed to a TV contract with the CW Network and FOX for the 2024 football season. The Oregon State Beavers and the Washington State Cougars will play a combined 13 home games in 2024, with 11 games televised on the CW Network, an OTA Network available in 100% of homes, and the other two games on FOX. The CW Network is available local...
With the departure of UCLA, USC, and eight other schools, the Pac-12 Conference is down to just two teams, but they still have a pulse after the two remaining teams agreed to a TV contract with the CW Network and FOX for the 2024 football season. The Oregon State Beavers and the Washington State Cougars will play a combined 13 home games in 2024, with 11 games televised on the CW Network, an OTA Network available in 100% of homes, and the other two games on FOX. The CW Network is available local...
The UCLA track & field and cross country program will be under new leadership in 2024-25, as Director of Track & Field and Cross Country Avery Anderson has announced that he is retiring from coaching. I’d like to thank Dan Guerrero for providing me with the opportunity to return to my alma mater, and to Martin Jarmond for his support over these past four years,” Anderson said. “I love this university, and I’ve been honored to lead these talented young men and women here in Westwood. I have been...
The UCLA Bruins men's basketball team continued it's transformation from a very young and inexperienced team to a roster full of experienced starters with the addition of two more transfers. The Bruins added forward Tyler Bilodeau, a 6-foot-9 forward from Oregon State and followed that up with the addition of 6-foot-9 center William Kyle III, who played last season at South Dakota State. Bilodeau started all 32 games last season for Oregon State, averaging 14.3 points per game and 5.7 rebounds...
The Los Angeles Chargers have completed the 2024 NFL Draft, their first under the new leadership of head coach Jim Harbaugh and general manager Joe Hortiz. The Chargers had nine draft picks from Round One through Round Seven in the three-day draft held in Detroit, Michigan last week. The Chargers accomplished their goals in this draft. The team wanted to improve the offensive line, and they drafted the top ranked offensive lineman in this draft, Joe Alt of Notre Dame. They needed to add wide...
LOS ANGELES – The UCLA men’s basketball Big Ten Conference schedule for the 2024-25 season will include 20 league games, with the Bruins playing 14 opponents once and facing three opponents for two games, as announced by the Big Ten office on Wednesday. UCLA will take on crosstown rival USC, as well as Oregon and Washington, for two games each (referred to as two-plays). Those matchup pairs will include one road game and one home game. The Bruins will face the league’s other 14 teams for one game – seven of those at home, and seven contests on...
The UCLA Bruins and the USC Trojans kick off a busy weekend of local college sports when the UCLA softball team takes on Arizona on Friday, Saturday and Sunday and on Sunday USC will host the annual dual track and field meet against UCLA. The Bruins softball team is 28-9 overall and 12-3 in the Pac-12 league. Their league record is good enough for first place ahead of 13-5 Stanford. UCLA will host Arizona on Friday night at 7 p.m., Saturday at 5 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. The Bruins are led by...
LOS ANGELES-The Heisman Trophy Trust has reinstated the 2005 Heisman Memorial Trophy to former Trojan Reggie Bush, today (April 24), to mark a historic day for college football. "We are thrilled to welcome Reggie Bush back to the Heisman family in recognition of his collegiate accomplishments," said Michael Comerford, President of The Heisman Trophy Trust. "We considered the enormous changes in college athletics over the last several years in deciding that now is the right time to reinstate the...
The 2024 NFL draft will begin in one week on April 25, and for the Los Angeles Chargers and their roster construction, it will be a key draft for new head coach Jim Harbaugh that will help to determine the success of the 2024 regular season. All drafted players are given four-year contracts to begin their careers and the rookie contracts help with the salary cap. It would not be surprising to see the Chargers trade down multiple times to pick up more draft picks. The Chargers were limited in...
The UCLA men's basketball team officially announced the addition of three players to the 2024-2025 roster through the transfer portal and the UCLA head coach Mick Cronin officially announced the addition of combo guard Skyy Clark, power forward Eric Dailey Jr., and wing player Kobe Johnson. "We are excited to be adding Skyy, Eric and Kobe to our program," Cronin said. "We are familiar with all three of these young men, and they are going to be important players for our team. Our staff had...
NEW YORK – Charisma Osborne is headed to the desert! With the first pick in the third round of the 2024 WNBA Draft presented by State Farm, the Phoenix Mercury selected UCLA legend Charisma Osborne to join the team ahead of the 2024 WNBA season. An undisputed all-time great for UCLA, Osborne finishes her decorated collegiate career as the second Pac-12 guard in Conference history with 2,000+ points, 800+ rebounds (joining Sabrina Ionescu from the University of Oregon). The Moreno Valley n...
The 2024 NFL draft will begin in about three weeks on April 25, and for the Los Angeles Chargers and their roster construction, it will be a key draft for new head coach Jim Harbaugh that will help to determine the success of the 2024 regular season. All drafted players are given four-year contracts to begin their careers and the rookie contracts help with the salary cap. It would not be surprising to see the Chargers trade down multiple times to pick up more draft picks. The Chargers were...
