Remember the famous old line from ABC’s “Wide World of Sports”?
“The thrill of victory, and the agony of defeat.”
Add to that the delight of performance.
FromJordan Chiles’ gymnastic dynamismtobasketball starsthat can dance as well as hoop, UCLA athletes are making sports fun again.
These are women who command their fields, leave politics on the sidelines, and delight us with their love of craft and performance chops.
For fans, this combination is magic.
This week, to cap off a 28-1 regular season, threeUCLA basketball starscaused a sensation by busting moves with the Bruin dance team at halftime of the men’s basketball game against Nebraska.
When Charlisse Leger-Walker, Lauren Betts and Gabriela Jaquez showed off choreography they’d learned in just a day, it was spunky and spirited and sheer, simple fun.
Meanwhile, UCLA’s star-studded gymnastics squad, among the best in the nation, have gone 9-0 this season, led by Olympians and rising stars.
The team is best known for the viral perfect-10 floor routines of Jordan Chiles, who has banished the boring tumbling run in favor of choreography exuding fun, ingenuity, and undiluted passion.
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