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Russell Westbrook and the Houston Rockets practiced at UCLA on Thursday, the college Westbrook played at. The UCLA basketball practice facility is called “Russell Westbrook Court.” The Rockets superstar says he’s “blessed and thankful’” to have the UCLA practice facility named after him. “It’s always a surreal feeling for me because of where I came […]

The UCLA Bruins continue their pursuit of 2020 4-star prospect Mark Williams, as head coach Mick Cronin and the staff met with the talented player on Sunday night, according to Jake Weingarten of Stockrisers. The 7-0 center, who attends IMG Academy in Florida, is set to make his college decision on Friday. Williams cut his […]

The UCLA Bruins are entering a new era ahead of the 2019-20 college basketball season. Prince Ali, a talented senior guard, wants to help get it off to a good start. While shouldering far too much blame for last year’s woes, Ali discussed his place as the Mick Cronin era begins. “Last year didn’t really […]

John Wooden. Echoes stirring. Bill Walton yelling about whoever is the coach when it turns sour. The UCLA Bruins are a blue-blood program in history, but this university only needs a rubber duck without holes in it to get clean in the college basketball tub known as life. Hello there, man without holes Mick Cronin! […]

Jalen Green, a five-star prospect out of the 2020 college basketball recruiting class, is getting heavy late interest from the UCLA Bruins. Mick Cronin is attempting to get the youngster to come to campus for an official visit despite Green’s current scheduled visits having been wrapped up after a visit with the Memphis Tigers. This […]

UCLA basketball coach Mick Cronin joined us back in August on the Marching to Madness podcast to discuss expectations for his first season with the Bruins. Some of the topics Cronin discussed included: What Cronin and his staff are focusing on during their first offseason in Los Angeles Building a defensive mindset into the program […]

The​ University of Kentucky has reportedly offered​ head coach John​ Calipari what amounts to a lifetime​ contract, according to Seth Davis of The Athletic. UCLA, who is looking for a new head coach, reportedly offered Calipari a huge contract. Kentucky gave UCLA permission to speak with Calipari, who has been with UK since 2009: The​ University […]

Former NBA point guard and ex-Phoenix Suns head coach Earl Watson reportedly interviewed for the UCLA Bruins’ head coaching position, according to Jordan Schultz of ESPN. Watson played his college basketball at UCLA. Source: Former #UCLA star, 13-year NBA PG and NBA head coach Earl Watson interviewed for the Bruins’ HC position with the UCLA […]

Luke Walton is heavily believed to be in murky waters following the regular season, likely to be axed out as head coach of the Los Angeles Lakers once the 2018-19 campaign comes to a close. According to Ric Bucher of Bleacher Report, Walton could go from one Los Angeles hotbed to another in UCLA, with […]

The UCLA Bruins recently fired head coach Steve Alford and have started to look elsewhere for his replacement. There have been plenty of rumors about who might get the job, including former Chicago Bulls and Iowa State head coach Fred Hoiberg. Oklahoma City Thunder head coach Billy Donovan was asked about his interest in the position on […]

According to Tania Ganguli of the Los Angeles Times, Lonzo Ball of the Los Angeles Lakers is endorsing former Phoenix Suns head coach Earl Watson for the UCLA job. Ball told Ganguli: “I’d like to see Earl Watson get the job.” Watson was fired by the Suns just three games into the 2017-18 season. Ball told […]

UCLA fired Steve Alford as head coach of the Bruins’ basketball team on Monday, and the school will be enlisting Golden State Warriors president Bob Myers to help find a new coach, according to the school’s press release. Myers played four years for the UCLA basketball team back in the ’90s and was a member […]

The son of NBA champion and legend Shaquille O’Neal, Shareef O’Neal, underwent heart surgery on Thursday morning to correct a heart irregularity. O’Neal, fresh out of surgery, has nothing but a positive attitude: https://twitter.com/SSJreef/status/1073425651426779136 It was reported in early September that the UCLA Bruins freshman would have to miss out on the entire 2018-19 after team doctors “found […]

According to a report from the Associated Press, former New York Knicks All-Star Willie Naulls passed away on Thanksgiving due to complications from Churg-Strauss syndrome, which is a rare condition that can restrict blood flow to vital organs. He was 84 years of age. Though he was born in Dallas, Texas, Naulls spent the majority […]

UCLA star Shareef O’Neal –son of Los Angeles Lakers legend Shaquille O’Neal — will reportedly miss this season due to a heart complication that requires surgery. According to a report from TMZ, the UCLA medical staff found the medical issue during a routine check-up. And while he may be out of commission for a while, […]

There’s no better time to reconnect with former teammates and buddies than during the summer. Indiana Pacers point guard Darren Collison and Oklahoma City Thunder star Russell Westbrook have been spending time together this offseason. Teammates during their playing days in UCLA, the former Bruins backcourt duo are playing some intense pickup games as seen […]

Shareef O’Neal, son of Hall of Fame center Shaquille O’Neal, will attend UCLA and play basketball this fall, according to The Associated Press. The youngster will begin summer school this month. The 6-foot-10, 220-pound power forward played the last two seasons of his high school career at Crossroads School for Arts & Sciences in Santa […]

When the full list of participants was released for the NBA draft there was one popular name that was noticeably missing, LiAngelo Ball. The younger brother of Los Angeles Lakers guard Lonzo Ball, not many were expecting him to get the invite, but he is still in this years NFL draft. According to Lonzo Wire’s Josh […]

In 1995, Ed O’Bannon was on top of the world. He led UCLA to a championship while playing alongside fellow stars Toby Bailey, Tyus Edney, George Zidek, Cameron Dollar, and of course, his brother Charles. O’Bannon seemed destined for a long career in the NBA after making a name for himself as a Bruin. Unfortunately, much […]

UCLA was at the center of the biggest NCAA scandal this offseason following the arrests of three of their players for shoplifting. Needless to say, the tumultuous series of events that ensued accumulated to the point where even the President of the United States had to get involved. As a result, all three players had […]

Why Lithuania makes sense for LaVar Ball and his youngest boys Did you really expect LaVar Ball and his kids to continue their commitments to UCLA? Last week, it broke that LiAngelo and LaMelo Ball would forgo UCLA to sign with their older brother’s agent. The family of Lakers guard Lonzo Ball doubled down by […]

More doubt has been casted over whether or not President Donald Trump had anything to do with helping three UCLA players avoid jail after getting caught shoplifting in China. LiAngelo Ball recently appeared on a radio show for an interview along with his father, LaVar, and spoke about various topics. One host asked LiAngelo if […]

Lonzo Ball has spoken out on in support his brother LiAngelo. During pregame availability in advance of Thursday’s game between the Los Angeles Lakers and Philadelphia 76ers, Lonzo said he and the rest of the family discussed the UCLA situation, and thought it was the right move for LiAngelo to leave, per Tania Ganguli of […]

LiAngelo Ball, younger brother of Los Angeles Lakers rookie Lonzo Ball, explained alongside his father the reason he chose to leave UCLA after being pulled out from the school his father LaVar Ball swore by. The middle son of the Ball family explained how his arrest came about during his trip to China “We all […]

It’s no longer shocking to hear famous sports dad LaVar Ball manufacture wild and absurd comments, but anytime he does, it still makes the news. For his latest act, Ball decided to pull his middle son, LiAngelo Ball, from UCLA, which suspended LiAngelo and two other Bruins indefinitely for their role in a controversial shoplifting […]

LaVar Ball might think he’s got his son’s best interest at heart, after pulling his middle son LiAngelo out of one of the best basketball programs in the country in UCLA, but his delusion might just cost his kid an education, a year of college ball and most importantly — a future. The obnoxious cartoon […]

LaVar Ball’s sense of overconfidence has now bled from his disparate claims about the coaching of his son Lonzo Ball with the Los Angeles Lakers back into the college ranks. Now, Ball is assuring he can prepare his middle son, LiAngelo Ball, better than UCLA can after pulling him from the school earlier today. “I’m […]

It goes without saying that LaVar Ball is no stranger to making headlines, especially during his recent spat with President Trump regarding LiAngelo Ball’s arrest for shoplifting in China. Amidst all the fallout that caused a social media frenzy, UCLA had announced the suspensions of Ball and the other teammates involved. As a result, the […]

LiAngelo Ball and his two UCLA teammates weren’t in danger of going to jail after shoplifting in China, as most seemed to believe. While the freshmen did commit an act of theft and were interrogated by local police, ESPN’s Arash Markazi made sure to emphasize the teenagers were never arrested in the first place, as […]

The Lonzo Ball hype just keeps raising the bar of NBA buzz. Now, even the president has a part to play in the frenzied media attention drawn to this rising NBA player. LaVar Ball, the prominent and proud father of three up-and-coming basketball players, recently went on a global stage as he was invited to […]

The trio of UCLA basketball players; Jalen Hill, Cody Riley, and LiAngelo Ball (brother of Los Angeles Lakers rookie Lonzo Ball) returned to the United States on Tuesday after being held in custody in China for shoplifting charges, dating back to last week. Though it didn’t take long for President Donald Trump to request a […]

President Donald Trump may be many things to a lot of people, but in this one case, he definitely deserves some credit for a win — at least for the UCLA Bruins and the Ball family. LiAngelo Ball, Cody Riley, and Jalen Hill were taken into custody and detained during UCLA’s visit to China due […]

LiAngelo Ball and his two UCLA freshman teammates suspected of shoplifting are getting left behind in China. With their game against Georgia Tech done, the rest of the team will now be heading back to Los Angeles to prepare for their next game while Ball, Cody Riley, and Jalen Hill will remain in Hangzhou, possibly […]

NBA Hall-of-Famer Bill Walton is no stranger to speaking his mind in colorful ways, even while doing his day job of being a college basketball broadcaster for ESPN. Walton was on hand to call the UCLA-Georgia Tech game in China, which obviously had a huge elephant in the room surrounding it after the actions of […]

LiAngelo Ball, brother of Los Angeles Lakers rookie guard Lonzo Ball, was arrested in China along with two other UCLA freshmen — Cody Riley and Jalen Hill, according to ESPN’s Jeff Goodman. The Bruins are scheduled to play Georgia Tech on Friday as part of a Pac-12 preseason event, scheduled to air on ESPN. The […]

The UCLA Bruins will not, apparently, be hurt by any of the FBI’s probing of college basketball. While that is not yet shocking, since the Bruins weren’t named in the FBI’s reports (or even hinted at), it still has to feel good to be a UCLA fan and see good recruits commit to the program. […]

We all know that LaVar Ball wasn’t a great basketball player back in his days despite all the claims he could beat Michael Jordan in a game of one-on-one, but the same can’t be said for his sons. That is why it’s not a stretch to assume that LaVar has received many illegal offers from […]

Despite still having two years left before he goes to college, many are already looking forward to seeing LaMelo Ball in the NCAA. He has verbally committed to UCLA, and will follow his older brother’s footsteps, which could set his future up in the NBA. However, there have been some issues regarding his eligibility, stemming […]

While many athletes have been part of pick-up runs during this offseason, Russell Westbrook has kept himself in MVP shape as well, doing some running of his own at UCLA, where he played a couple of seasons of college ball before declaring for the NBA. A fairly overlooked prospect coming into college, Westbrook raise eyebrows […]