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In what has been a season of highs and lows for both teams, the UCLA Bruins will host their crosstown rival, the USC Trojans at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena this Saturday Night, November 23. The game will start at 7:30 pm and will be televised nationally on NBC. It is the 94th meeting between the two schools. USC leads the series 52-34-1, while UCLA has won two of the last three meetings between the two schools, both blowouts and both on USC's homefield, the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. The...
The resilient UCLA Bruins football team found their running game on last Friday Night at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, beating the Iowa Hawkeyes, 20-17. The victory was the third consecutive win for the Bruins, improving their record for the season to 4-5, while the loss dropped the Hawkeyes to 6-4 on the season. The Bruins had to overcome a rough start in the game, with four first quarter penalties and two turnovers that led to a 10-0 first quarter deficit. The offense exploded in the second quart...
The early season in college basketball is full of games that seem like nonconference mismatches on paper and the UCLA Bruins men's basketball schedule is no exception to this rule. Last Monday night at Pauley Pavilion on the UCLA campus, the Bruins easily defeated the Boston University Terriers, 71-40. The Bruins never trailed and were never seriously threatened in the game. The Bruins defense caused 28 turnovers and had 59 deflections in the victory. The deflection stat is one that UCLA head...
The 2024 season continues to be a struggle for the UCLA football team. The highly ranked Oregon Ducks football team came into the Rose Bowl on a mission, took a 25-point second quarter lead and never looked back as they easily defeated the Bruins, 34-13. The loss was the third consecutive for the Bruins, who have lost the last three games by a combined total score of 110-43. The latest loss drops the Bruins to 1-3 on the season and 0-2 in the Big Ten Conference, with a trip this Saturday,...
The word of the day at the Rose Bowl on Saturday Night was execution. Or the lack of it. The UCLA Bruins football team, playing in their first game as a member the Big Ten Conference, failed to execute on either side of the ball and got blown out on their home field by the Indiana Hoosiers, 42-13. The late, great USC and Tampa Bay Buccaneers football coach John McKay was once asked after a game, "What do you think of your team's execution, coach?" McKay replied, "I'm in favor of it." A funny...
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...
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...
The No. 6 UCLA Bruins softball team continued their winning ways when they beat Alabama 4-1 in the opening game of the double elimination College Softball National Championships in Oklahoma City on Thursday. Jordan Woolery broke a 1-1 tie with a three-run home run in the bottom of the sixth inning to give the Bruins the victory. It was their 14th victory in a row. Up next for the Bruins is No. 2 Oklahoma on Saturday at 12 p.m. on ABC. The 43-10 Bruins are red hot and appear to be on a mission...
Times and television details have been set for a pair of 2024 UCLA football games, it was announced Thursday by the Big Ten Conference in conjunction with CBS and NBC. The Bruins kick off their season on the road, visiting Hawai'i Aug. 31. CBS will provide coverage of the opener beginning at 4:30 p.m. PT. UCLA then heads home to face Indiana at Rose Bowl Stadium following a bye. The Sept. 14 contest, UCLA's first in Big Ten play, starts at 4:30 p.m. PT on NBC and Peacock. It was also announced...
The No. 6 UCLA softball team started the 2024 season with a record of 3-4 in their first seven games and one of those losses was 16-0 to Texas. Now the Lady Bruins are riding an eight-game winning streak and they have won 20 of their last 22 games going into this weekend's NCAA West Regionals starting Friday at UCLA's Easton Stadium. The 37-10 Bruins play Grand Canyon University on Friday at 5:30 p.m. According to their head coach Kelly Inouye-Perez the Bruins needed time to find their way...
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...
In a return to a UCLA Bruin football tradition, the Rose Bowl was the setting for the UCLA Bruins Football Spring Showcase on Saturday afternoon, April 27. A crowd of 11,703 fans enjoyed the opportunity to watch the Bruins play some spring football and bring back the tradition of the Bruin Walk, where the team walks through the tailgate party areas on the way to the stadium. It gives the Bruin players an opportunity to engage with fans and family before the game. It feels like the fun in Bruins...
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 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...
Former UCLA standout guard Jrue Holiday has been named to the 2024 USA Basketball Men's National Team, which will compete at the Olympic Games in Paris this summer, set for July 26-Aug. 11. Holiday helped the USA Basketball Men's National Team win the gold medal at the 2020 Olympics, which was played in the summer of 2021 (delayed by one year, due to the COVID-19 pandemic). A former standout at Campbell Hall School (Studio City, Calif.), Holiday averaged 8.5 points, 3.8 rebounds and 3.7 assists...
BOSTON – UCLA guard Sebastian Mack has been selected as one of 25 finalists for the 2023-24 Kyle Macy National Freshman of the Year Award, presented annually by CollegeInsider.com. Mack was honored as one of five players selected to the Pac-12 All-Freshman Team earlier this month, having averaged 12.1 points, 3.6 rebounds and 1.6 assists through all 33 games for UCLA in 2023-24. He scored at least 10 points in 19 of the Bruins' 33 games, totaling a career-high 27 points in a home contest a...
BOSTON – UCLA sophomore forward/center Adem Bona has been listed as one of 25 finalists for the Lefty Driesell Defensive Player of the Year Award, presented annually by CollegeInsider.com. Bona was honored as the Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year earlier this month, becoming the second UCLA player in as many seasons to secure the conference's annual defensive honor. Bona averaged 12.4 points, 5.9 rebounds and 1.8 blocks in all 33 games in 2023-24. A two-year force in the Bruins' frontcourt, Bo...
In a move that surprised many people in the NFL and College Football world, Eric Bienemy has agreed to become the new offensive coordinator and associate head coach of the UCLA Bruins. Bieniemy was the offensive coordinator for two Super Bowl Championship teams with the Kansas City Chiefs. "Having one of the most innovative offensive minds in football join our staff speaks volumes to the type of program we are building here at UCLA," said UCLA Football Head Coach DeShaun Foster." Bieniemy was...
As the rain cascaded down on Pauley Pavilion before tip-off last Thursday, it felt like more than just a weather pattern; it was as if the heavens were mirroring the state of the UCLA Bruins' basketball program. With four consecutive losses under their belts, the UCLA Bruins faced off against the No. 5 Arizona Wildcats, knowing it would be their final showdown in the Pac-12 against the Wildcats. But the outcome left fans and players feeling as gloomy as the stormy skies outside. The final...
In one of the all-time great seasons for a UCLA football player, defensive end Laiatu Latu became the first player in UCLA football history to win the Lombardi Award, an award that recognizes the top college football lineman in college football. Latu also won the Hendricks award, an award given annually to the top defensive end in college football. Latu is the first UCLA football player to win the Hendricks award. Latu was selected as a first team Associated Press (AP) All-American at defensive...
