[ad_1] For a moment, it were as if nothing had changed. UCLA athletic director Martin Jarmond walked onto the practice field Tuesday morning and found his new football coach in a familiar spot. “He caught me over there by the running backs,” DeShaun Foster said with a smile after the Bruins’ second spring practice and … Read more
[ad_1] ALBANY, N.Y. — Whenever she wants to pass on a workout, give in to the urge to linger on the couch instead of going to the gym to take more shots, Gabriela Jaquez will revisit the way she felt amid the hush of UCLA’s locker room inside MVP Arena. The pain. The disappointment. The anguish … Read more
[ad_1] UCLA linebacker Joquarri Price, right, tackles Washington’s Giles Jackson during a game in October 2021. (Steph Chambers / Getty Images) UCLA’s defense could be living on the edge without Laiatu Latu and twins Grayson and Gabriel Murphy. Those three edge rushers combined for 26 sacks last season while making things considerably easier for every … Read more
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[ad_1] ALBANY, N.Y. — The stage was set for UCLA’s big March breakthrough. There was a late lead against the defending national champions. Shots were finally falling for the Bruins. Then came a familiar feeling this time of year — crushing disappointment. In their latest setback at this stage of the NCAA women’s basketball tournament, the … Read more
[ad_1] ALBANY, N.Y. — This isn’t just a basketball game, it’s a reckoning. Picking sides goes well beyond school allegiance. Do you prefer America’s sweethearts or its dirty debutantes? Milk and cookies or Louisiana hot sauce? The team that wants to grow women’s basketball or the one seemingly hellbent on dividing it? The coach who embraces … Read more
[ad_1] If things start to go sideways against Louisiana State and flamboyant star Angel Reese, UCLA can always go back to the mantra that has carried it through difficult moments. They don’t have a Jonny. They don’t have an O2. We’ve got this. Jonny is Jonny Garnett, a 6-foot-4 super freak of an athlete who … Read more
[ad_1] Kiki Rice held the ball in the final moments before joining her teammates in a joyous mob just inside the three-point line, everyone hopping in celebration. Cori Close walked around the Pauley Pavilion court and pointed toward the crowd with both fingers, repeatedly saying, “Thank you!” For UCLA, this was especially sweet. Once trailing … Read more
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[ad_1] The wait could be over. If Lauren Betts is able to return from the unspecified injury that sidelined her for UCLA’s opening-round victory in the NCAA women’s basketball tournament, it would make a formidable team more powerful, a juggernaut possibly unstoppable. The wait could drag on. If Betts is sidelined for a second consecutive … Read more