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UCLA center Kai Maiava out for season

By Chris Foster

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UCLA center Kai Maiava suffered a broken left ankle on the third play of the Bruins’ scrimmage Saturday night and will be lost for the season.

Maiava, a junior, will have to have surgery on the ankle, possibly to have a screw placed on the bone to help it heal. He started all 12 regular-season games last season.

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Senior Ryan Taylor will move from guard to center, leaving a hole at left guard that will have to be filled.

--Chris Foster

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Chris Foster

Chris Foster is a former sports writer for the Los Angeles Times who covered UCLA football and basketball, USC basketball, the Kings and the Ducks. He grew up in San Clemente, arriving long before Richard Nixon came to town. As a teen, he surfed, played football and basketball, and fell in love with sports journalism. Foster died Dec. 13, 2023.

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