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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,...
The Los Angeles Lakers needed outside shooting and new head coach JJ Redick, a former sharpshooter himself, can recognize a good shooter when he sees one. With the 17th overall pick in the first round, the Lakers selected Dalton Knecht of the Tennessee Volunteers. Knecht was selected as the Southeastern Conference (SEC) Player of the Year in the 2023-2024 season. Knecht averaged 21.7 points per game in 36 games in leading the Volunteers to the Elite 8 of the men's NCAA Basketball Tournament,...
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 Los Angeles Chargers have signed former Ohio State sprinter Praise Olatoke from the NFL's International Pathway Program (IPP). The IPP Class of 2024 consists of 16 of the top international athletes from around the world. Olatoke was born in Nigeria and raised in Scotland. He was a sprinter at Ohio State, with a best of 10.27 in the 100 meters. As part of the IPP, Olatoke will not count on the 90-man training camp roster, so he will in effect be a 91st member of the Chargers squad in...
The Los Angeles Chargers reached agreement on a four-year contract with rookie offensive tackle Joe Alt, the fifth overall pick in the first round. The contract is a four-year deal for $33.1 million dollars, with a signing bonus of $20.9 million. Alt played three seasons at Notre Dame, where he started at left tackle. He will be moving to right tackle with the Chargers. Head coach Jim Harbaugh has indicated at this point that the starting offensive line will consist of Alt at right tackle, Trey...
With the departure of UCLA, USC, and eight other schools, the Pac-12 Conference is down to just two teams, but they still have a pulse after the two remaining teams agreed to a TV contract with the CW Network and FOX for the 2024 football season. The Oregon State Beavers and the Washington State Cougars will play a combined 13 home games in 2024, with 11 games televised on the CW Network, an OTA Network available in 100% of homes, and the other two games on FOX. The CW Network is available local...
With the departure of UCLA, USC, and eight other schools, the Pac-12 Conference is down to just two teams, but they still have a pulse after the two remaining teams agreed to a TV contract with the CW Network and FOX for the 2024 football season. The Oregon State Beavers and the Washington State Cougars will play a combined 13 home games in 2024, with 11 games televised on the CW Network, an OTA Network available in 100% of homes, and the other two games on FOX. The CW Network is available local...
The National Football League announced their full 2024 schedule on Wednesday evening and the schedule would seem to be very favorable to the Los Angeles Chargers. The Chargers open with their rival, the Las Vegas Raiders at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood in Week 1. The Raiders are coming off an 8-9 season in 2023 and have not determined who their starting quarterback will be for next season. The Chargers follow-up in Week 2 with a road game at Charlotte against the Carolina Panthers. The Panthers are...
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...
The Los Angeles Chargers entered the 2024 NFL draft with just four wide receivers on the roster, after trading star wide receiver Keenan Allen to the Chicago Bears for a fourth-round draft pick and cutting one of their top wide receivers, Mike Williams, both moves were made to get under the salary cap. During the three-day NFL draft last week, the Chargers drafted three wide receivers and after the draft they added three undrafted free agent receivers to the roster, giving them a total of ten wi...
The Los Angeles Chargers have completed the 2024 NFL Draft, their first under the new leadership of head coach Jim Harbaugh and general manager Joe Hortiz. The Chargers had nine draft picks from Round One through Round Seven in the three-day draft held in Detroit, Michigan last week. The Chargers accomplished their goals in this draft. The team wanted to improve the offensive line, and they drafted the top ranked offensive lineman in this draft, Joe Alt of Notre Dame. They needed to add wide...
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...
The Los Angeles Chargers selected Notre Dame offensive tackle Joe Alt with the fifth overall pick of the first round of the three-day 2024 NFL Draft on Thursday Night, April 25th. The draft is being held in Detroit, Michigan. Alt was rated the top offensive tackle in the draft and the Chargers obviously felt that they needed to solidify the offensive line at right tackle and add depth to the line. Alt has only played left tackle in college. Ourlads Scouting Services described Alt as a player wit...
After losing starting wide receivers Keenan Allen and Mike Williams to salary cap issues before the 2024 NFL Draft, the Los Angeles Chargers entered Day 2 of the three-day NFL draft needing a wide receiver. They used Day 1 of the draft to add Notre Dame offensive tackle Joe Alt. General Manager Joe Hortiz and head coach Jim Harbaugh, both experiencing their first Charger draft in their new jobs, got their guys with the two Day 2 picks. The Chargers started the evening with the 37th pick in the...
The stars were out at the 64th annual Mt. Sac Track & Field Relays this past weekend, beginning Wednesday April 17 and ending Saturday, April 20th. The events were held at Hilmer Lodge Stadium on the campus of Mt. Sac College in Walnut. The high school girls were the highlight of the meet, with some of the best female athletes in the nation competing head-to-head to run personal best times and set meet and national records. Sadie Englehardt of Ventura set the national high school federation...
The 2024 NFL draft will begin in one week on April 25, and for the Los Angeles Chargers and their roster construction, it will be a key draft for new head coach Jim Harbaugh that will help to determine the success of the 2024 regular season. All drafted players are given four-year contracts to begin their careers and the rookie contracts help with the salary cap. It would not be surprising to see the Chargers trade down multiple times to pick up more draft picks. The Chargers were limited in...
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...
The 2024 NFL draft will begin in about three weeks on April 25, and for the Los Angeles Chargers and their roster construction, it will be a key draft for new head coach Jim Harbaugh that will help to determine the success of the 2024 regular season. All drafted players are given four-year contracts to begin their careers and the rookie contracts help with the salary cap. It would not be surprising to see the Chargers trade down multiple times to pick up more draft picks. The Chargers were...
The great UCLA center Kareem Abdul-Jabbar once said, "You won't win until you learn how to lose. I don't like to do it, to lose, but I can stand it. Along with everything else, you have to acquire the ability to accept defeat. No one makes it without stumbling." Abdul-Jabbar won three national championships at UCLA and six NBA Championships. A lesson the UCLA Bruins women's basketball team will need to learn. The LSU Tigers defeated the UCLA Bruins in a Sweet Sixteen matchup, 78-69, ending the B...
The great UCLA center Kareem Abdul-Jabbar once said, "You won't win until you learn how to lose. I don't like to do it, to lose, but I can stand it. Along with everything else, you have to acquire the ability to accept defeat. No one makes it without stumbling." Abdul-Jabbar won three national championships at UCLA and six NBA Championships. A lesson the UCLA Bruins women's basketball team will need to learn. The LSU Tigers defeated the UCLA Bruins in a Sweet Sixteen matchup, 78-69, ending the B...
General manager Joe Hortiz of the Los Angeles Chargers has had a very busy first week of the 2024 league season that started on March 13th. Hortiz cut one starting wide receiver, traded another starting wide receiver, restructured the contracts of two defensive stars, cut a one-time Pro Bowl starting linebacker and replaced him with another one-time Pro Bowl starting linebacker. In the process, he put the Chargers in a better place for free agency. All the moves were done to get the Chargers...
In a surprising move, the Los Angeles Chargers traded star wide receiver Keenan Allen to the Chicago Bears for a 2024 fourth round draft pick (110th overall). Allen holds franchise records in receptions (904) and receiving yards (10,530) and is a six-time Pro Bowl selection, including the 2023 season. Allen was selected in the third round of the 2013 NFL draft by the Chargers. He played his college ball in Berkeley for the Cal Bears, where he was a first-team All-Pac-12 selection. He quickly...
In a move that was expected, the Los Angeles Chargers released star wide receiver Mike Williams, a move that saved the team $20 million against the salary cap and helped the team get under the mandatory NFL teams salary cap number of $255.4 million dollars for each team for the 2024 season. Williams caught 309 passes for 4,806 yards and 31 touchdowns in seven seasons with the Chargers. He was a deep threat despite not having great speed. In 2019, Williams caught 49 passes for 1,001 yards and a...
The UCLA Bruins men's basketball team rallied to defeat the Arizona State University Sun Devils on Saturday Night, 59-47, in a critical victory heading into the men's Pac-12 basketball tournament in Las Vegas. The game was played at Pauley Pavilion on the UCLA campus in the final regular season game in the Pac-12 for both the Bruins and the Sun Devils. The Bruins are headed to the Big Ten conference next season and the Sun Devils will be a member of the Big 12 conference next season. ASU ended t...
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...
