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• UCLA

  Jon Olsen charmed as UCLA baseball’s third starter

  Jon Olsen’s path to nailing down UCLA’s Sunday starter role started on a cloudy day in Dodger Stadium. In 5 2/3 innings, he struck out nine USC batters. In the first five innings, he relinquished only one hit. Olsen arrived that day, UCLA head coach John Savage said. The sophomore from Damien High has continued to carve out a critical role for the Bruins. “We would not be close to where we are without him,” Savage said. Where the Bruins are is...

  Thuc Nhi Nguyen
  |3 weeks, 5 days ago

• UCLA

  UCLA softball team drops controversial WCWS opener

  The shrinking margin of error at the Women’s College World Series was quickly demonstrated to the UCLA softball team. The fifth-seeded Bruins dropped their opening game to No. 13 seed LSU on Thursday, 2-1, in a game that hinged on two close calls at the plate. UCLA pitcher Rachel Garcia was called out at home in the second inning despite appearing to beat the tag, but the more controversial call awarded LSU the winning run in the fifth inning when Bruins catcher Paige...

  Clay Fowler
  |3 weeks, 5 days ago

• UCLA

  Former UCLA stars McNown, Norton Jr. on College Football Hall of Fame ballot

  Former UCLA quarterback Cade McNown and linebacker Ken Norton Jr. landed on the ballot for the 2018 College Football Hall of Fame class on Thursday. McNown (1995-98) was a consensus All-American in 1998 after leading UCLA to a Rose Bowl berth while setting UCLA season records for passing yards (3,470), touchdown passes (25) and total offense (3,652). He led the Bruins to a school-record 20 consecutive wins during his junior and senior years before finishing third in the 1998 Heisman...

  Thuc Nhi Nguyen
  |3 weeks, 5 days ago

• UCLA

  UCLA softball confident, calm in return to WCWS

  In March, Kelly Inouye-Perez looked at her team after getting swept by Utah at home in the first series of Pac-12 play. The 11th-year head coach saw a talented team she still believed in. But she also saw one that lacked its own identity. That UCLA team’s character was still tethered to the 2016 squad that went to the Women’s College World Series, hoping to carry the momentum over. Only when the 2017 Bruins cut the cord could they fully flourish. Now as the...

  Thuc Nhi Nguyen
  |3 weeks, 6 days ago

• Lakers

  Lakers podcast: UCLA’s Bryce Alford, NBA experts assess Lonzo Ball’s fit

  Lakers beat writer Mark Medina dives into Lonzo Ball and his potential fit with the Lakers. He talks to a few NBA analysts including longtime NBA consultant Ryan Blake and Turner Sports NBA analyst Stu Jackson about Ball’s play, his potential fit with the Lakers and to what degree his father is or isn’t a concern. In addition you will also hear from Ball’s teammate at UCLA, Bryce Alford.

  By staff|4 weeks ago

• UCLA

  UCLA’s new Jackie Robinson scholarship to give UCLA athletes a leg up

  LOS ANGELES — Thanks to a series of donations and a university matching fund, UCLA announced today the creation of the Jackie R. Robinson Centennial Scholars Endowed Scholarships that will support students participating in the four sports Robinson played while attending the school. The $1 million scholarship fund will offer support scholarships to students involved in men’s baseball, track-and-field, football and basketball. The scholarship fund was created through...

  City News Service|4 weeks ago

• Lakers

  UCLA’s Bryce Alford considers attention on LaVar Ball ‘an unfair thing’ for Lonzo

  EL SEGUNDO >> The compliments rolled off of Bryce Alford’s tongue, as the UCLA guard reflected on playing with Lonzo Ball. Though Alford projected that Ball “will be just fine” should the Lakers draft him with their No. 2 pick, one question keeps following the Bruins’ former point guard. Will his outspoken father, LaVar Ball, put his son in a precarious position because of his outspoken nature? “It’s just an unfair thing for...

  Mark Medina
  |4 weeks, 1 day ago

• College baseball

  Cal State Fullerton, UCLA baseball in NCAA tournament as at-large teams

  Cal State Fullerton and UCLA found out they made the NCAA baseball tournament as at-large teams Monday morning, and Long Beach State learned which three teams it will host in the regional at Blair Field. The Titans (34-21) finished third in the Big West Conference behind the champion Dirtbags and second-place Cal Poly, which did not make the tournament because of its 28-28 record and low 107 RPI. CSF will play in the Stanford regional and open against BYU (37-19) at 1 p.m. Thursday.

  Robert Morales
  |4 weeks, 1 day ago

• College baseball

  Long Beach State to host regional; UCLA, CSF await pairings

  Baseball teams from Long Beach State, Cal State Fullerton and UCLA on Monday morning will collectively be glued to television sets to watch the NCAA playoff pairings show at 9 a.m. on ESPN2. The Big West Champion Dirtbags already know they will host one of the 16 four-team regionals as was announced Sunday night. But they won’t know anything else until Monday, and CSF and UCLA will have to wait until then to find out if they get at-large bids into the tournament. Long...

  Robert Morales
  |on 05/28/2017

• UCLA

  UCLA softball beats Mississippi, advances to WCWS

  LOS ANGELES >> After 11 innings, 232 pitches and an ice bath, Rachel Garcia woke up Friday morning feeling “better than ever.” The redshirt freshman looked like it against No. 12 Mississippi, as she pitched four hitless innings in relief of UCLA’s 1-0 win at Easton Stadium. The fifth-seeded Bruins clinched their Super Regional round and are heading to their third straight Women’s College World Series. Garcia struck out five and walked one while...

  Thuc Nhi Nguyen
  |on 05/26/2017