Columns/Features

A Wide Open Western Conference: Oklahoma City is Still the Team to Beat

Miami takes the East, Oklahoma City takes the West. That was the consensus from basketball fans going into the NBA playoffs. Not anymore. On April 24, during Game Two of the first-round series between...
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A Wide Open Western Conference: San Antonio is Healthy and Ready to Win

Entering the NBA postseason it was apparent the Miami Heat was once again the clear favorite to represent the Eastern Conference in the NBA Finals. The Western Conference is the exact opposite, howeve...
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Hits and Misses of the 2013 NFL Draft

After last year’s draft featured three or four franchise-changing quarterbacks, the top of the 2013 draft was quite the opposite. Instead of a selecting big time playmakers, the Chiefs and Jaguars s...
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Germany Taking Over Soccer

The semi-final round of the UEFA Champion’s League is underway, and the two German teams are attempting a coup d’état of the Spanish soccer dominance. On Tuesday, Bayern Munich took a commanding ...
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Solving the ‘Hack-a-Howard’ Dilemma

Earlier this season, on March 12 to be exact, Dwight Howard tied his own NBA record for most free throws shot in a game with 39 attempts against the Orlando Magic. In most cases, earning records is a ...
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2013 NFL Draft Full of Linemen

The NFL draft begins on Thursday and will conclude on Saturday in what will be a marathon of a three-day event where many teams will fill their biggest needs with promising young stars. Last season, f...
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A Bright Future for the WNBA

In its 17-year history, the WNBA has been the target of a lot scrutiny and criticism. That was not the case last Monday during the league’s draft, when the WNBA not only received positive media atte...
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History Made in the 2013 Masters Tournament

He can’t win the big one. He is good, but he will never win a major. He doesn’t have the clutch gene. These are only a few of the many criticisms that Adam Scott dismissed with his Master’s win ...
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The Clippers are the Team to Beat in LA

The Los Angeles Lakers have always dominated basketball in L.A., overshadowing the Clippers and stealing the attention. Not anymore. Fittingly, the Clippers defeated the Lakers last Sunday on national...
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The Top Performers After Week one of the MLB Season

The Major League baseball season is underway and the players are already treating fans with some unbelievable sights and stories. The Braves lead the charge with six wins and the Red Sox, Athletics, R...
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The NBA Playoff Picture

With the beginning of April comes an end to college basketball. March Madness will officially come to a close next Tuesday, but basketball fans should have no reason to worry. Why? Because just a litt...
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Nexus Sports Examines Hottest Teams in the NHL

The National Hockey League is back and the painfully long off-season lockout seems like ancient history. Although this season will only feature 48 games, it is proving to be worth the 119 day wait. Th...
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The Seventh Wonder of the World

As a freshman at UCSB, Barbara Nwaba didn’t know what the heptathlon was. Now, it may be the event that takes her to the Olympics. “I’ve always had big dreams and [the heptathlon] is what I thin...
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Freshmen Pair Makes Big Impact For UCSB

With one of the most heralded senior classes in the history of the UCSB men’s basketball team set to finish off its college career, two Gaucho freshmen have been making an unexpected and immediate i...
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Ex-Gaucho Excels At World Championships

Former UCSB sprinter and current Olympian bobsledder Nick Cunningham completed his participation in the World Championships this past weekend, driving his rookie team to finish ahead of a slew of expe...
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