UCSB Looks for First Win in Home Opener

As one of the youngest teams in the nation, it is expected that the UCSB men’s basketball team will take time to regain its spot atop the Big West conference. After starting the season with two loss...
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Really NFL, Why Are There Still Ties?

As the last few seconds of the Rams-49ers game ticked off the clock, I was thinking the same thing every other person in America was: This blows. Sunday’s matchup resulted in the NFL’s first tie g...
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Gauchos Go Ballin’ in the Bayou

After three of the most successful years in program history, the UCSB men’s basketball team is ready to embark on a new season and new era tonight when they travel to take on LSU. The youthful Gauch...
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Rookie Running Backs Making Noise in Pass-Oriented NFL

Entering the NFL season, all the focus was on the five rookie quarterbacks that were set to begin the season as starters. However, with half of the season concluded, an equally compelling storyline of...
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Gauchos Dominate at Home in Exhibition Game

UCSB kicked off the 2012-2013 men’s basketball season with a 74-50 victory in an exhibition game over La Verne College Thursday night at the Thunderdome. With a rotation still undetermined for an in...
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Matt Ryan Ready to Bring Falcons Back to Relevance

The Atlanta Falcons are the only remaining undefeated team in the NFL entering week nine, thanks in large part to an explosive offense powered by quarterback Matt Ryan. With two All-Pro caliber receiv...
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The Young and the Restless

After three years of the best core of basketball players the university has ever seen, the UCSB men’s basketball team will try to reload as they start the 2012-13 season. With Orlando Johnson, James...
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Adrian Peterson is Ready to Reclaim the NFL

A number of teams surprise every season as the NFL has the best parity and playoff turnover rate of any American professional sports league. One of the most surprising teams of this season is the Minn...
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Aaron Rodgers Showed on Sunday Why He Is the NFL’s Best

Aaron Rodgers is back. Picked in the top three of virtually all fantasy drafts, Rodgers underperformed for the first three weeks of the season, and after two good weeks of play, Mr. Discount Double Ch...
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Powered by Starting Five, Lakers the Team to Beat

While the Miami Heat may be the defending NBA champion, most of the media attention at the start of this year’s NBA preseason is focused on the Los Angeles Lakers. In what has been prematurely deeme...
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Andrew Luck: The Next Quarterback Star

While most fantasy quarterbacks underperformed on Sunday, a few standouts came through for their owners, teams and fans. Most specifically, Andrew Luck put forth a signature performance as the Indiana...
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BMX Flatland Pro Rider Terry Adams, Red Bull Visit UCSB

If you were walking around campus on Friday afternoon, you might have seen a man performing bicycle tricks unparalleled by nearly anyone in the world. That man was Terry Adams, a flatland BMX rider, w...
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Peyton Manning Leads a Quarterback Resurgence

The NFL is becoming a passing league, and anyone who says otherwise did not watch a number of quarterbacks produce both career and NFL record-breaking numbers. This year’s fantasy drafts were unlike...
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Nexus Sports Editors’ Welcome Letters

Welcome back for another year at UCSB, and for new Gauchos, prepare for some of the most fun and exciting years of your lives. My name is Paul-Michael Ochoa (my friends call me P MO), and I am one of ...
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Gauchos Add Depth With Four Recruits

After only one senior graduated from a team that finished tied for 10th in the MPSF, the UCSB men’s volleyball team brings in four standout recruits in hopes of getting back to postseason play. One ...
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