Ending Moments of Manning’s Reign and Beginnings of Newton’s Peak Coincide in Super Bowl 50

Super Bowl 50 presents a Quarterback battle between future Hall of Famer Peyton Manning and probable 2015 NFL MVP Cam Newton as the Carolina Panthers and Denver Broncos will face each other next Sunda...
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Brady-Manning: The Final Chapter

Sunday’s AFC Championship game will be the 17th matchup between Manning & Brady; is the Manning era truly over?
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2015-16 Big West Women’s Basketball Conference Preview

Big West basketball season is in full swing. Check out the Nexus' previews of each women's team in the conference and where they currently stand after one weekend of conference play.
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Chiefs Headed for Underdog Cinderella Run?

The Kansas City have not won a playoff game in 22 seasons. Could this be the year?
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2015-16 Big West Men’s Basketball Conference Preview

  Full of resolutions and new beginnings, the New Year can be considered a reset button for many. However, in the world of college basketball, the New Year signals the beginning of conference pla...
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Nexus Top 10: Best Teams of the Super Bowl Era

The merger agreement between the NFL and AFL in 1966 prompted the nationally coveted game we all know as the Super Bowl. While this Top 10 list doesn't just include Super Bowl teams, staff writer Jorg...
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The Wild, Wild NFC East

Staff writer Jorge Mercado predicts how the NFC East will end the 2015 season, ranking each team within the division and claiming who he thinks will end the year atop the standings for the NFC East cr...
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Osweiler to the Rescue in Denver?

As heartbreaking it has been to watch the regression of Peyton Manning this season, the emergence of fourth-year quarterback Brock Osweiler in place of Manning's absence due to injury has many wonderi...
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Maturity Leading to CAM-V-P Calibur Season

An 11-0 start has Carolina Panthers' starting quarterback Cam Newton as one of the league's top MVP candidates in 2015.
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UCSB Avoids Sweep in MPSF Tournament, Captures Seventh-Place with Win over LBSU

Despite back-to-back losses to No.2 Cal and No. 7 UCI to start the MPSF Tournament, a narrow 7-6 victory over Long Beach State helped the No. 6 UCSB men's water polo team finish in seventh-place at th...
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Greg Hardy: Innocent Until Proven Guilty?

Staff writer Jorge Mercado discusses one of the more controversial players in the NFL.
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No. 6 UCSB Opens MPSF Championship Run at No. 2 Cal

The Gauchos have never won an MPSF Championship, but they begin their potential run for their first ever this Friday.
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NFL 2015: The Year of Injuries

Players have been going out left and right since the first whistles of this season, destroying both NFL teams and fantasy teams around the country.
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Scoring Spree in Season Finale Helps Gauchos Clinch No. 6 Seed in MPSF Tournament

For the first time since 2013, the No. 6 UCSB men's water polo team finished with a winning overall record at 15-9 after Its 17-8 rout of Pepperdine on Sunday. With the victory, the Gauchos captured t...
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From Sacrifice to Paradise

Mitchell Hamilton was a key water polo player at the school of his dreams through his first two years of college, but had to make the move to UCSB to continue playing the game he loves.
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