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"We say things like: pressure is a privilege. That means people are expecting great things from us. And that can only be a positive for us." (Kelly Inouye-Perez, UCLA Softball Head Coach. February 2021) Some things are special. The defending National Champion UCLA softball team has successfully opened the 2021 season with five consecutive victories. After last season's remarkable 25-1 start was abruptly cancelled due to COVID, the Bruins have resumed defending their 2019 title with a...
The Michael Price Family UCLA Women's Head Basketball Coach Cori Close has been named to the late season watch list for the Werner Ladder Naismith Women's Coach of the Year award, the Atlanta Tipoff Club announced Tuesday. Close was one of 15 head coaches to be named a top-15 finalist for women's coach of the year recognition. She joined Arizona's Adia Barnes and Stanford's Tara VanDerveer among the Pac-12's honorees, as the Pac-12 tied for the most coaches on the list with the Big Ten and SEC. Close has led the Bruins to a 12-3 overall record...
Atlanta, Ga. – Sophomore guard Charisma Osborne and senior forward Michaela Onyenwere have been named to the Jersey Mike's Naismith Trophy midseason list, the Atlanta Tipoff Club announced Tuesday. The pair make up two of the 30 candidates for Women's Player of the Year. The original preseason watch list for the Jersey Mike's Naismith Trophy named 50 players, of which Onyenwere was included. Osborne was not named to the preseason watch list, but has since played her way into running for the n...
The USC men's basketball team moved into the top 25 nationally rankings at No. 20 after they beat UCLA 66-48 last Saturday. Although the Bruins were missing some key players the Trojans look like the better team even if the Bruins had all of their players. The main reason, Ethan Anderson. If Anderson can continue to play like he did against UCLA, the Trojans will be hard to beat in Pac-12 play. "This was a very big night for me just because I haven't seen my shots fall the way I wanted them...
In a move that many people felt was long overdue, the Pac-12 Conference announced on January 20th that they had decided to part ways with Commissioner Larry Scott. On the same day that a new U.S. President was being inaugurated, the Pac-12 decided that it also needed new leadership. They will officially part ways on June 30th, 2021. The search for a new commissioner is already underway. Scott's tenure began on July 1, 2009, so he will have lasted exactly 12 years in his current position. Scott...
There is nothing like rivalries in college sports. UCLA against USC and Ohio State versus Michigan are two of the most famous rivalries in college. In professional sports you can mention the Lakers and the Celtics, Dodgers and Giants but if those teams are not winning the intensity of the rivalry drops down a notch. When UCLA and USC lock horns it's always special regardless of the team's records. On Saturday, the Bruins and Trojans men's basketball teams will battle on USC's home court at 7...
Charisma Osborne has earned Pac-12 Player of the Week honors, the Conference office announced Monday. It's the second-career weekly honor for Osborne and the 65th all-time for UCLA Women's Basketball. Osborne put up 24 points in UCLA's victory over then-No. 5 Stanford on Friday, Jan. 22. Her free throws late in the fourth quarter proved to be the game-winning points in the contest, as she broke the 66-66 deadlock with 1:23 to play. The sophomore knocked down three three-pointers en route to her...
LOS ANGELES – UCLA's home games against Oregon have been postponed, as the Oregon men's basketball program has paused team-related activities because of COVID-19 protocols. The Bruins' games against Oregon on Thursday, Jan. 28, and Monday, Feb. 1, will be postponed. Rescheduled dates for those contests will be announced when they are finalized with the Pac-12 Conference. UCLA will face Oregon State on Saturday, Jan. 30, as scheduled. The game against the Beavers is set to begin at 4 p.m. (PT) i...
The Pac-12 announced its 2020 Women’s Volleyball Preseason All-Conference team and coaches poll on Wednesday, Jan. 20. In a poll of the league’s 12 head coaches, USC senior outside hitter Brooke Botkin (Houston, Texas) and junior setter Raquel Lázaro (Málaga, Spain) were each named to the preseason all-conference team and the Trojans as a team were picked to finish fifth in the final standings under first-year head coach Brad Keller. For the first time in the program’s Pac-12 history, Utah was voted as the preseason favorite for the upcomin...
The season is still early but if the early returns are factual the UCLA men's basketball team, USC men's basketball team and the UCLA women's basketball team are moving in the right direction. Throw in the Los Angeles Lakers and the Los Angeles Clippers and the local basketball landscape in Los Angeles looks very impressive during this pandemic season. Despite the challenges presented by the virus these teams have been successful so far this season. The Lakers have the best record in the NBA at...
USC junior offensive lineman Alijah Vera-Tucker has been named the offensive winner of the 2020 Morris Trophy, presented annually to the Pac-12's outstanding offensive and defensive linemen by the Washington Athletic Club. The Morris Trophy winners are selected by their peers. Pac-12 defensive players vote for the offensive winner and offensive players choose the defensive winner. Vera-Tucker is USC's first Morris Trophy winner since offensive tackle Matt Kalil in 2011. He is USC's 17th overall...
Natalie Chou has earned Pac-12 Player of the Week honors, the Conference office announced Monday. It's the first-career weekly honor for Chou and the 64th all-time for UCLA Women's Basketball. UCLA has now earned back-to-back Player of the Week accolades, as senior Michaela Onyenwere secured the award last week (Jan. 4) after scoring a career-high 33 points in the Bruins' win over then-No. 8 Oregon in Eugene. Sophomore guard Charisma Osborne won the first Pac-12 Player of the Week award of the...
The Pac-12 conference is back. Five-star defensive end Korey Foreman has decided to take his talents to USC and become a Trojan. Foreman, the top ranked player in the nation according to the 247sports.com football recruiting rankings, played his high school football at Centennial High School in Corona. The 6-foot-4, 265-pound prospect will enroll in the fall at USC. The signing of Foreman and the addition of Ceyair Wright of Loyola, the top ranked cornerback in the state of California, has...
Michaela Onyenwere has earned Pac-12 Player of the Week honors, the Conference office announced Monday. It's the third-career weekly honor for Onyenwere and the 63rd all-time for UCLA Women's Basketball. Onyenwere becomes the second Bruin to earn Pac-12 weekly honors this season, as sophomore guard Charisma Osborne won the first Player of the Week honor of the 2020-21 season on Nov. 30. The Bruins are now the only team in the Conference with multiple weekly honorees this season. Onyenwere...
By Bill Seals The Pac-12 conference is back. Five-star defensive end Korey Foreman has decided to take his talents to USC and become a Trojan. Foreman, the top ranked player in the nation according to the 247sports.com football recruiting rankings, played his high school football at Centennial High School in Corona. The 6-foot-4, 265-pound prospect will enroll in the fall at USC. The signing of Foreman and the addition of Ceyair Wright of Loyola, the top ranked cornerback in the state of...
USC junior safety Talanoa Hufanga was named to the 2020 All-American first team by The Athletic, AP, Sporting News, ESPN.com, USA Today and by CBSSports.com. He becomes USC's 169th All-American first teamer. Earlier this week, he was named the Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year and to the All-Pac-12 first team. Hufanga led USC in tackles (62), interceptions (4) and forced fumbles (2) in 2020 and had 3 sacks. He ranks third nationally in interceptions (0.7), 16th in forced fumbles (0.3) and...
So close, yet so far away. The UCLA Bruins football team is clearly improving, and they are competitive with every team in the Pac-12. But they still have areas of improvement needed, and they need to eliminate the mistakes that inevitably have cost them in games this season. The final game against the Stanford Cardinal was no exception, with Stanford coming from behind to defeat the Bruins on double overtime, 48-47, at the Rose Bowl last Saturday Night. The loss dripped the Bruins to 3-4 for th...
Hall of Fame football coach Vince Lombardi once said, "It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get up." That would be the storyline of the USC Trojan football team in 2020. Besides their battles with the Covid-19 epidemic, which cost the Trojans one regular season game, they have been knocked down several times this season on the field. But they keep getting up. For the third time in their five-game regular season, the USC Trojans found a way to win a football game with less...
Hall of Fame baseball pitcher Nolan Ryan played his high school baseball at Alvin High School in Alvin, Texas. He is the most famous athlete from Alvin High School, but he is no longer alone. On Sunday against the Los Angeles Chargers, Gunner Olszewski, a graduate of Alvin High School and a member of the New England Patriots, had a performance to remember. Olszewski, in his second season with the Patriots, returned three punts for 145 yards, including a 70-yard punt return for a touchdown, and...
The show must go on. There will be no fans at the Rose Bowl because of the coronavirus when UCLA will host USC in their annual football but the excitement that surrounds the game will evident. The Trojans are 4-0 and the Bruins are 3-2. If the Trojans win, they will be champions of the Pac-12 South Division which means they will play the winner of the North for the overall conference championship. If UCLA wins it will give UCLA head coach Chip Kelly his first winning season in three years at UCL...
This year Culver City is blessed to have at least seven Centaurs, who have been offered Division 1 scholarships. This is most likely the reason why the Centaurs are ranked 24th in the State and 16th in Southern California. The seniors in this group are 6'3" 200 wide receiver/defensive back Makai Cope, who is one of the most heavily recruited players in Culver City history with 17 offers. Emari Pait, safety/wide receiver, 6'2"205 with eight offers and who recently agreed to sign with Fresno...
It has taken UCLA head football coach Chip Kelly a while, but in his third season he finally looks like he may have an explosive offensive unit. A least on the ground. On Saturday night at the Rose Bowl, the UCLA Bruins ran all over the Arizona Wildcats in a convincing 27-10 victory. The Bruins rushed for 281 yards on the ground, the third straight game they have gone over 200 yards rushing. The Bruins have had an inconsistent running attack in the first two seasons under Kelly. At times, the...
Michaela Onyenwere has been named to the Top 30 watch list for the John R. Wooden Award Presented by Wendy's, the award announced Tuesday. The honor is presented annually to the most outstanding player in college basketball. The full list was revealed on the 9:00 a.m. PT hour of SportsCenter on ESPN. The award is named for John Wooden, legendary UCLA men's basketball coach. Coach Wooden led the Bruin program from 1948-75 and won a record 10 national championships at the helm. Onyenwere entered the 2020-21 season coming off a junior campaign...
1.Pittsburgh Steelers (8-0): The Steelers escaped with a victory over hapless Dallas Cowboys, but as Mike Tomlin said after the game, "We can't keep having this conversation every week because one of these weeks we'll be doing it with an 'L." Next: -7.5 at Dallas Cowboys – Sun, Nov. 15 – O/U: 47.5 (ATS: 6-2 – O/U: 4-3-1) 2. Kansas City Chiefs (8-1): The Chiefs head into their bye week with a victory and a much-needed rest after a 33-31 victory over the Panthers. They will have an extra week...
The UCLA men's basketball program has been ranked No. 22 in the Associated Press (AP) preseason poll, as released by the AP on Monday. The Bruins, who went 19-12 last season with a 12-6 record in the Pac-12, are one of three Pac-12 programs ranked in the preseason top-25 poll. UCLA, at No. 22, is joined by No. 18 Arizona State and No. 20 Oregon. The preseason poll's top five teams are (1) Gonzaga, (2) Baylor, (3) Villanova, (4) Virginia and (5) Iowa. The complete preseason top-25 poll is...
