UCLA opens spring football with all 17 transfers in place
In case you hadn’t heard, DeShaun Foster is excited.The UCLA football coach’s favorite catchphrase also applied to his players Tuesday morning — so much so…
UCLA parts with offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy
Eric Bieniemy received a hero’s welcome upon his arrival in March, co-workers lining the hallway inside UCLA’s practice facility to serenade him with applause.The new…
UCLA and DeShaun Foster endure a rough early signing day
As DeShaun Foster spoke with reporters about his first recruiting class, the UCLA coach’s efforts to restock his roster were becoming more complicated.Quarterback Madden Iamaleava…
UCLA vies to fend off Ohio State, keep recruiting class intact
Kuron Jabari Jr. was the original believer.Back in early March, before DeShaun Foster had concocted his first spring practice plan or devised a tentative depth…
Who will be UCLA’s starting quarterback in 2025? Five questions facing the Bruins
Once UCLA lost to USC, erasing the possibility of a winning season and a bowl game, the most important date on the Bruins’ calendar shifted…
UCLA vs. Fresno State: Five things to watch in the season finale
Kelly Skipper coached DeShaun Foster at UCLA. Jim Skipper coached Foster with the Carolina Panthers. Tim Skipper would like to teach Foster a thing or…
UCLA coach DeShaun Foster says staffer apologized for penalty
After further review, DeShaun Foster has reversed his stance on one central figure in the halftime brouhaha during the crosstown rivalry game.The UCLA coach acknowledged…
DeShaun Foster says UCLA was unfairly penalized in loss to USC
Two days after tensions flared going into halftime of the crosstown rivalry game, DeShaun Foster remained salty about UCLA being the only team punished. Three…
Snubbed by USC, UCLA coach DeShaun Foster is driven to win rivalry
There was something driving him besides the need to see if he could get out of bed.DeShaun Foster had spent the previous afternoon at UCLA…
Mateen Bhaghani kicking his way into UCLA’s football record book
DeShaun Foster acknowledged that both of the game balls he’s been given this season to commemorate coaching firsts could have gone to someone equally worthy.His…
UCLA football: Five things to watch against Rutgers
They played “The Sopranos” theme song at UCLA practice this week, a nod to the Bruins’ first game in New Jersey in the school’s 105…
Eric Bieniemy blames himself for UCLA’s rocky start
The expletives and biting one-liners that Eric Bieniemy unleashes on a football field never cut as deep as the internal dialogue.If anyone is to blame…
DeShaun Foster wants UCLA to use Indiana loss as motivation vs. LSU
Embrace the hurt. Sit with the discomfort. Marinate in the misery.That was the essence of UCLA coach DeShaun Foster’s message to his team after the…
UCLA vs. Indiana: Five things to watch in Bruins’ Big Ten debut
Hawaii’s Pofele Ashlock hurdles UCLA’s Carson Schwesinger during the second half of the Bruins’ win at the Clarence T.C. Ching Athletics Complex on Aug. 31…
UCLA avoids disaster, edging Hawaii in DeShaun Foster’s debut
HONOLULU — DeShaun Foster has long contended that nothing said about him or his team mattered once it played ball.UCLA’s new coach is too inexperienced? Play…
Five takeaways from UCLA football training camp workouts
DeShaun Foster just gave away part of his first game plan.Contrary to many of his counterparts who take their teams to Honolulu, UCLA’s new football…
DeShaun Foster pokes fun at himself as UCLA opens preseason camp
The rookie coach who fumbled his first Big Ten speaking gig devised a novel way to poke fun at himself.DeShaun Foster stepped in front of…
DeShaun Foster is breaking off a big recruiting run at UCLA
For years, Chip Kelly’s assistant coaches sounded a we’ll-get-back-to-you refrain with high school recruits as part of an agonizing, slow-speed pursuit. The staff’s reluctance to…
UCLA’s ‘Friday Night Lights’ showcases a vision of competitive fun
For a few hours, UCLA football was once again a player in a sports landscape that had practically abandoned it. Fans jammed one side of…
Five takeaways from the midpoint of UCLA spring football practice
He roams the practice field he once ruled, accommodating a malleable cast of characters. UCLA’s football-launching machine is on the fritz? DeShaun Foster flips balls…