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Kai Dizon | Senior staff

Dizon is Sports senior staff and a Photo contributor. He was previously a 2024-2025 assistant Sports editor on the baseball, men's tennis, women's tennis and women's volleyball beats and a reporter on the baseball and men's water polo beats. He is also a third-year ecology, behavior and evolution student from Chicago.

Baseball

March 18, 2026 1:32 p.m.

Bruin baseball holds on, wins against the Waves 5-4 at Jackie Robinson Stadium

The song played in ballparks across the country may be failing to capture a key part of baseball.
“Take Me Out to the Ballgame” ends with, “For it’s one, two, three strikes you’re out, / At the old ballgame.”
But batters typically get more than a single plate appearance.

By Kai Dizon

Men's Basketball

March 16, 2026 11:56 p.m.

UCLA men’s basketball March Madness predictions 2026

March is here. Start the Dancing.
No. 7 seed UCLA men’s basketball (23-11, 13-7 Big Ten) will face No. 10 seed UCF (21-11, 9-9 Big 12) in the Round of 64 on Friday night at the Xfinity Mobile Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

By Connor Dullinger, Kai Dizon, Grant Walters, Sabrina Messiha, and Badri Viswanathan

Sports

March 16, 2026 11:53 p.m.

UCLA women’s basketball March Madness predictions 2026

UCLA women’s basketball (31-1, 18-0 Big Ten) returns for its second consecutive NCAA Tournament as a No. 1 seed Saturday when it plays No. 16 seed Cal Baptist at Pauley Pavilion.

By Sabrina Messiha, Sinclair Richman, Kai Dizon, and Noah Massey

Baseball

March 16, 2026 8:39 p.m.

UCLA baseball claims 3-game sweep over Michigan, Stump finally finds his footing

Landon Stump’s job was in jeopardy before Sunday.
Coach John Savage said on Feb. 22 that he needed better Sunday starts and that a change in the rotation was on the table after the junior right-hander failed to get through the third inning.

By Kai Dizon

Men's Basketball

March 12, 2026 12:14 p.m.

UCLA men’s basketball Big Ten tournament predictions

March is here. But before any team goes dancing, it must face familiar foes. No. 6 seed UCLA men’s basketball (21-10, 13-7 Big Ten) will begin its Big Ten tournament slate with a third-round matchup against No.

By Connor Dullinger, Grant Walters, Kai Dizon, and Aidan Sun

Men's Basketball

March 11, 2026 11:35 p.m.

Dizon’s Disposition: Mick Cronin is famous for his tantrums. Are they actually helping?

Are you sure we’re going the right way?
Haven’t we seen that tree before?
I told you we should have brought the map!
Perhaps the biggest mistake you can make after getting lost is refusing to admit it.

By Kai Dizon

Baseball

March 11, 2026 8:46 p.m.

No. 1 UCLA baseball defeats UC Irvine in 7 innings with 11-1 run-rule victory

This post was updated March 11 at 11:22 p.m.
Baseball games are typically nine innings long.
But Tuesday’s boxscore will tell you the Bruins and Anteaters only played seven.

By Kai Dizon

Sports

March 6, 2026 9:40 a.m.

UCLA women’s basketball Big Ten tournament predictions

After concluding its regular season with an 73-50 win over crosstown rival USC on Sunday, No. 2 UCLA women’s basketball (28-1, 18-0) heads to Indianapolis, Indiana for its second-ever Big Ten tournament as the reigning champions.

By Willa Campion, Sabrina Messiha, Sinclair Richman, Noah Massey, and Kai Dizon

Baseball

March 4, 2026 4:27 p.m.

Bruin baseball recovers from slow start, topples Titans in tense 10-inning matchup

Goose eggs lined the Bruins’ side of the scoreboard heading into the seventh inning Tuesday.
UCLA had sent 25 batters to the plate through six frames, and none had recorded a hit.