Brotherhood.
It’s the word Colby Schnayer used to describe his relationship with the 42 other members of his team.
Schnayer is a senior prop for UCLA men’s rugby – a team that went 8-5-1 in the regular season last year and sent three of its players to the 2022 Major League Rugby Collegiate Draft, with one drafted 12th overall and the other two looking to sign somewhere in free agency.

Seven wins in 19 contests two years ago.
One point short of nationals in the 2021-2022 campaign.
Now, the Bruins are aspiring pioneers of hockey on the West Coast.

Gabe Galen thought his competitive climbing career was over.
As the then-18-year-old accomplished athlete met with doctors in early 2020 to discuss the intense pain he was experiencing in his arm, Galen was told he needed a bone marrow biopsy to rule out bone cancer.

The Swiss Alps. The French countryside. The streets of Austria.
Most people associate these European landscapes with images of peace and tranquility.
Cole Kessler, on the other hand, has a particular quote running through his mind when he sees them.

This post was updated Jan. 24 at 9:36 p.m.
Rachel Luba doesn’t take the mound every fifth night or step up to the plate with the game on the line.

Roundnet, a sport whose most popular brand is Spikeball, faces the challenge of expanding its relatively new college competition amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Originally invented in 1989 by toymaker Jeff Knurek, spikeball sat in limbo for nearly two decades before Chris Ruder, now the Spikeball Inc.

This post was updated March 5 at 4:48 p.m.
Ross Fulkerson said he knew he wanted to go to college and be a professional rock climber.