Ryan Porush

May 30, 2012

Nexus Sports Editors Say Their Goodbyes

By Ryan Porush

Confession: I almost went to UC Davis. Waiting until the very last possible day, I decided to attend UCSB somewhat unenthusiastically. My reasoning was that Santa Barbara, about an hour away from my hometown, was too clo...

May 24, 2012

Love Without Handle Bars: An Interview with Nexus’s Renaissance Man, Brent Pella

By Ryan Porush, Jacqueline Vietor

Daily Nexus co-sports editor Ryan Porush and managing editor Jacqueline Vietor sat down with Brent Pella, co-sports editor and the genius behind the recent UCSB YouTube music video sensation “Bike Path Love.” Pella d...

May 17, 2012

Rebuild and Reload

By Ryan Porush

After losing five seniors — including three starters — to graduation this season, the UCSB men’s basketball team is best described by two words: young and inexperienced. This year’s crop of five recruits, followi...

April 26, 2012

Battle LA: The Lakeshow

By Ryan Porush

Make no mistake about it: the Los Angeles Lakers still own LA. Lob City is cute and all, but come playoff time, the Clipshow won’t cut it. For the first time in five years, the Lakers will enter the playoffs with expec...

April 25, 2012

Can LeBron Handle the Heat in the Playoffs?

By Ryan Porush

LeBron James is in his ninth NBA season. He has zero championship rings. It would be ignorant to say that James is not the most talented — if not the overall best — player in the league. And yes, he took the easy way...

April 24, 2012

Can Anyone Stop a Seemingly Inevitable Heat- Bulls Eastern Conference Finals Matchup?

By Ryan Porush

We have been heading toward this all season. A rematch of last season’s Eastern Conference Finals, in which Miami won in five games, seems to be preordained. Now that we are approaching the start of the NBA playoffs th...

April 23, 2012

No Sparks of Lightning This Year for OKC

By Ryan Porush

There is a recent commercial featuring Kevin Durant promoting the NBA on ESPN Playoffs. In the 30-second clip, Durant sits among the rafters in his home Chesapeake Energy Arena, contemplating raising a banner in that ver...

April 20, 2012

The Best Stoner Athletes of Our Time

By Ryan Porush

Here it is, ladies and gents. The time to freshen the water in those bongs, heat up those vapes and spark up those joints and blunts. Yup, it’s 4/20, and that means one thing: weed. Marijuana permeates our everyday liv...

March 8, 2012

UCSB Begins Defense of of Big West Tournament Title

By Ryan Porush

The UCSB men’s basketball team will begin its defense as the two-time defending Big West Tournament Champions today when the team faces Pacific in the first round of the conference tournament at the Honda Center in Ana...

March 7, 2012

One on One With James Nunnally

By Ryan Porush

After another stellar season from guard James Nunnally, the UCSB men’s basketball team enters the Big West Tournament this Thursday as the No. 3 overall seed. Daily Nexus Sports Editor Ryan Porush sat down with Nunnall...

March 5, 2012

Gauchos Send Off Seniors in Style

By Ryan Porush

On Senior Night in the Thunderdome, the UCSB men’s basketball team marched out its five seniors at the opening tip as the heralded class led the Gauchos to a decisive 90-43 victory over UC Davis. “That was probably t...

March 2, 2012

Freshmen Pair Makes Big Impact For UCSB

By Ryan Porush

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 impact on this vetera...

February 27, 2012

Santa Barbara Tops Rival Cal Poly 68-60

By Ryan Porush

Senior guard Orlando Johnson scored 16 points for the Gauchos to break UCSB’s all-time scoring record Saturday night as the UCSB men’s basketball team defeated visiting Cal Poly 68-60. “It shows all the hard work I...

February 24, 2012

UCSB, Cal Poly Clash Saturday on ESPNU

By Ryan Porush

Senior guard Orlando Johnson needs just three points to become UCSB’s all-time leading scorer as the third-place men’s basketball team is set to host Cal Poly in a nationally-televised Saturday night matchup. UCSB (1...

February 23, 2012

Gauchos Fall to Long Beach State 70-58

By Ryan Porush

Long Beach State continued its dominance of the Big West conference Saturday night, as the 49ers (20-7 overall, 13-0 Big West) beat visiting UCSB 70-58. In front of a sold out crowd in The Pyramid, Long Beach improved to...

February 22, 2012

Gauchos Head to Long Beach State

By Ryan Porush

In a nationally televised matchup costarring the top two teams in the Big West conference, the UCSB men’s basketball team will travel to face undefeated Long Beach State tonight. The game, televised on ESPN2, features ...