Adem Bona scored a career-high 18 points, Jaime Jaquez Jr. added another 17, and the No. 11 UCLA men’s basketball team defeated Washington 74-49 on Sunday night. It was the Bruins’ 10th straight victory to close out their Pacific Northwest road trip.
It was a lofty standard, and seemed unreasonable after the 4-8 record USC endured in 2021. But it turned out to be closer to reality than anyone outside Heritage Hall expected, with USC coming one win away from securing a place in the College Football Playoff.
Coach Kyle Whittingham has “grown up in the shadow of the Rose Bowl” and understands what the significance of a win on the big stage will do to help cement Utah’s status as a legitimate contender going forward in college football.
The Trojans, winners of seven in a row behind high-scoring Boogie Ellis, look to stay unbeaten in the Pac-12 in a Sunday matinee against the host Cougars
Despite being ranked as high as No. 9, finishing with a 9-4 record and playing in its first bowl game under Chip Kelly, UCLA will regret missed chances
The Beef Bowl is older than all but the Rose, Orange, Sugar, Sun, Cotton, Gator and Citrus bowls. It is billed by organizers as college football’s most enduring pre-bowl game tradition.
An arbitrator reduced Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer’s suspension from 324 games to 194 on Thursday, reinstating him while affirming Bauer violated Major League Baseball’s Joint Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault and Child Abuse Policy.