Eliav Appelbaum

November 21, 2002

Gauchos Need to Grow Up in a Hurry

By Eliav Appelbaum

The Big Dance was a nice joyride, but now that everyone's caught their breath, the contenders in the Big West - and that includes everyone - will find out that they must live and die by the maxim that bigger is better.

November 7, 2002

Skultety Tears ACL

By Eliav Appelbaum

Taking off is usually prettier than landing, the UCSB men's basketball team would contend. Especially when the crash landing sidelines the top interior presence for the season.

October 24, 2002

ILL the THRILL Spittin’ Game: Smith Lacks Sweetness and Panache of NFL’s Top Runner

By Eliav Appelbaum

If I see one more Visa or 1-800-COLLECT commercial with Emmitt Smith smugly warming the camera, I think I'll puke. Too bad I have a craving with my Sweet tooth.

October 16, 2002

A-Train Sidetracks to Save a Life

By Eliav Appelbaum

Chicago Bears second-year running back Anthony Thomas pulled a drunk and bewildered Mark A. Moore out of his burning 1990 Oldsmobile Royale on Route 60 in Vernon Hills, Illinois.

October 3, 2002

Christensen Enjoys Solid Rookie Year

By Eliav Appelbaum

Although the former UCSB women's basketball star and 2001-02 Big West Player of the Year will never don the blue and gold of the Gauchos again, Christensen displayed her unique tenacity and competitiveness to the WNBA's ...

May 24, 2002

Legendary Mascot Recalls Jolly Giant Days

By Eliav Appelbaum

Moose dons a Stone Cold Steve Austin tee that has a glowing skull blowing blue steam out of its ears and mouth. A Denver Broncos cap tilts comfortably over his saddle brown-black hair.

May 23, 2002

Men’s Lacrosse: Gaucho Foes Wail to Blues in Nationals

By Eliav Appelbaum

The UCSB men's lacrosse club team enjoyed a run to the Final Four at the US Lacrosse Intercollegiate Associates National Championships at St. Louis before that catapulted the squad to third nationally.

May 21, 2002

Appelbaum on Sports: Nexus Mocks NBA Draft

By Eliav Appelbaum

The Rockets snookered the Golden State Warriors and Chicago Bulls and now have the best chance to salivate at another imposing center.

May 13, 2002

Track and Field: Gauchos Tune Up for Big West Championships

By Eliav Appelbaum

The UCSB men's and women's track and field teams tuned up before the Big West Championship this upcoming week, and apparently the sprinters can't wait to get started.

May 7, 2002

Appelbaum on Sports: Outside Drama More Gripping Than Playoffs

By Eliav Appelbaum

After decades of toil, the NBA finally reached the second round last weekend. No, it only seems like it took the Spurs ten years of servitude to fitfully put the Supersonics to rest.

May 1, 2002

Appelbaum on Sports: NBA Playoffs: Another Ride to the Edge of Ineptitude

By Eliav Appelbaum

I'm through laying all my cards on teams that don't perform. The Cubs haven't won anything since Rickey Henderson lost his first tooth. And the Cubbies aren't going to win anything in my lifetime.

April 26, 2002

Appelbaum on Sports: Put a Cork In It, Joey: Vizquel Rings His Belle

By Eliav Appelbaum

I don't think Albert Belle will be attending any social functions with Omar Vizquel any time soon. No baby showers for little Joey to tear into one of his patented temper tantrums.

April 24, 2002

Muggy Music City Triathlon: UCSB Captures 8th

By Eliav Appelbaum

The UCSB Triathlon club team competed in the National Triathlon Championship last weekend at Memphis, Tennessee, and turned a hop, skip and a jump into an eighth place finish at the prestigious event.

April 24, 2002

Christensen Embarks Today for WNBA Player Orientation in Chicago

By Eliav Appelbaum

All great stories must eventually end, but for Kayte Christensen, another chapter in her book is about to be written.

April 18, 2002

UCSB to Chicago to WNBA?

By Eliav Appelbaum

For Kayte Christensen, the goal of reaching the peak will no longer be a fantasy. The former UCSB women's basketball forward and 88 other college seniors from around the country participated in the WNBA pre-draft camp in...

April 12, 2002

Sports Column: Timberwolves Will Doom Lakerdom

By Eliav Appelbaum

This year's playoffs will be the like taking a deep breath inside a new car - it smells fresh, but inhale too often in and you'll have a bigger headache than a delusional Dodger fan.