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UCLA handles Cal, but QB Nico Iamaleava deals with leg issue
Wayne Knight rushed for three touchdowns in his UCLA debut, but the Bruins got a scare when quarterback Nico Iamaleava suffered a right leg issue late in the 45-24 win over host California on Saturday in Berkeley, Calif.,Iamaleava scrambled with 5:04 left in the fourth quarter and gained 10 yards be...

UCLA handles Cal, but QB Nico Iamaleava suffers apparent injury
Wayne Knight rushed for three touchdowns in his UCLA debut, but the Bruins' 45-24 win over host California on Saturday in Berkeley, Calif., came at a cost with quarterback Nico Iamaleava sustaining an apparent right leg injury. ,In the teams' season opener, UCLA separated from its former longtime Pa...

Cal, UCLA set to renew acquaintances in season opener
New head coaches debut on Saturday when former Pac-12 Conference counterparts UCLA and host California meet in Berkeley, Calif.,Saturday's contest is the first time the programs have faced off since 2023, when Cal breezed to a 33-7 rout to close each university's tenure in the Pac-12. The Golden Bea...

Jordan Chiles to resume competing, eyes 2028 Olympics
Jordan Chiles is returning for a run at her third Olympics, announcing Wednesday she intends to compete in the 2028 Games in Los Angeles.,Chiles shared her decision in a video narrated by basketball legend Michael Jordan.,"Why continue? Because there's still more to give," Jordan says in part. "Why ...

UCLA fires athletic director Martin Jarmond amid financial strain
UCLA fired athletic director Martin Jarmond on Monday as the university looks to overhaul the athletics department's business model amid mounting financial pressure.,Chancellor Julio Frenk announced Jarmond's departure in a letter to the UCLA community and named longtime Los Angeles Lakers executive...

Former NFL QB Derek Carr joins UCLA staff as adviser
UCLA has added former NFL quarterback Derek Carr to its coaching staff as a special adviser to head coach Bob Chesney.,The four-time Pro Bowl selection will assist the Bruins' offensive staff with game-planning strategy and work with the quarterbacks, the school announced Monday.,"We are excited to ...

Former NFL QB Derek Carr joins UCLA coaching staff
UCLA has added former NFL quarterback Derek Carr to its coaching staff as a special adviser to head coach Bob Chesney.,The four-time Pro Bowl selection will assist the Bruins' offensive staff with game-planning strategy and work with the quarterbacks, the school announced Monday.,"We are excited to ...

Report: No. 1 pick Roch Cholowsky signing record bonus with White Sox
Shortstop Roch Cholowsky, the No.1 overall pick in last weekend's MLB Draft, has agreed to a record $10.35 million signing bonus with the Chicago White Sox, MLB.com reported on Monday.,While that bonus is below the $11.35 million slot value for that pick, it's also comfortably the largest signing bo...

UCLA lands potential top draft pick, Serbian star Nikola Kusturica
Serbian star Nikola Kusturica is headed to UCLA after a heated recruitment battle for the versatile forward projected to be among the top picks in the 2028 NBA Draft. ,Kusturica, who is 17, scored 37 points against the United States in the FIBA U17 World Cup championship game on Sunday. ,Michigan, K...

Kaitlyn Terry lifts Texas Tech past UCLA into WCWS semifinals
Kaitlyn Terry delivered an RBI double in the ninth and allowed just two runs in five innings over three stints in the circle to lift Texas Tech to an 8-7, extra-inning win over UCLA on Sunday in a Women's College World Series elimination game Sunday in Oklahoma City.,Terry, who spent the previous tw...

No. 1 UCLA falls to Saint Mary's again, out of tourney in shocker
The No. 1 overall seed UCLA baseball team was stunningly eliminated from its home Los Angeles Regional with a 6-5 10-inning loss to Saint Mary's on Sunday.,It was the second loss to the Gaels (36-26) in three days for the Bruins (52-8), a wire-to-wire top-ranked team this season, who lost six games ...

UCLA belts 4 homers to rout Arkansas in WCWS
UCLA blasted four home runs en route to an 11-0, five-inning run rule victory over Arkansas in an elimination game in the Women's College World Series on Friday in Oklahoma City.,The Bruins blasted the game open with a nine-run second to quickly move into position for the run rule.,Three of their ho...
