Tanner Gore

May 29, 2013

Nexus Staff Writers Say Their Goodbyes

By Tanner Gore

So here it is; my final article for the Daily Nexus. I was pretty stumped on what to write about and how to write it. In the past when I didn’t know what to write on, I’d choose something that I am very passionate ab...

May 24, 2013

Water Polo Reloads With Six New Recruits

By Tanner Gore

The UC Santa Barbara men’s water polo team has six recruits lined up to bring some depth to a roster that rose to No. 2 in the national rankings during the 2012 season but finished 2-8 in their final 10 games. “When ...

May 17, 2013

Mariano Rivera Proving To Excel Despite Age

By Tanner Gore

When Yankees manager Joe Girardi is preparing for bed at the end of the night, he makes a phone call to one of his employees to prepare a fine bottle of wine. It is always the same bottle; it has one taste and only one t...

May 7, 2013

Youth Are Taking Over the MLB This Season

By Tanner Gore

Just about every Major League team hit the 30 game bench mark over the weekend, and while the MLB season is a marathon not a sprint, 30 games is an adequate sample size to reflect on what we have learned so far.   T...

April 30, 2013

Hits and Misses of the 2013 NFL Draft

By Tanner Gore

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 selected offensive ta...

April 26, 2013

Germany Taking Over Soccer

By Tanner Gore

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 lead of the series w...

April 16, 2013

History Made in the 2013 Masters Tournament

By Tanner Gore

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 this past Sunday. Wh...

April 9, 2013

The Top Performers After Week one of the MLB Season

By Tanner Gore

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, Reds, Rockies, Diamon...

April 2, 2013

The Daily Nexus 2013 Major League Baseball Predictions

By Tanner Gore

The 2013 Major League Baseball season is finally here, and expect this season to be one of the best in recent memory. Here are the predictions for the 2013 MLB season.   AL West: Angels, Rangers, A’s, Mariners, As...

March 6, 2013

Nexus Sports Examines Hottest Teams in the NHL

By Tanner Gore

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. The Blackhawks have ea...

February 26, 2013

World Baseball Classic: MLB’s Friend or Foe?

By Tanner Gore

Tired of watching meaningless spring training baseball games? Me too. Good thing the 2013 World Baseball Classic begins this weekend. The first WBC was held in 2006 and was played every three years until 2009, when it sw...

February 20, 2013

Lakers at a Crossroads Without Owner Jerry Buss

By Tanner Gore

The Los Angeles Lakers have lost a legend. Long-time majority owner and real estate magnate Dr. Jerry Buss has died at the age of 80. Buss bought the Lakers in 1979 and created a modern-day empire. His teams hung an NBA ...

February 13, 2013

Nexus Sports Examines MLB Offseason Moves

By Tanner Gore

With spring training beginning yesterday, it is time to start looking ahead to the 2013 Major League Baseball season. This offseason was filled with major free agent signings and blockbuster trades that will undoubtedly ...

February 5, 2013

Reviewing the Awards and Top Moments of the NFL Season

By Tanner Gore

The 2012-13 NFL season is in the books and the Baltimore Ravens have been crowned champions. All they had to do was endure the preseason injury to last year’s NFL Defensive Player of the Year Terrell Suggs, rally aroun...

January 30, 2013

49ers’ Defense Key in Super Bowl Victory

By Tanner Gore

There is no shortage of storylines for this year’s Super Bowl. John and Jim Harbaugh will become the first brothers to coach against each other in a championship game. The only time it has happened in any kind of game ...

January 23, 2013

Peyton Manning Wins Record Fifth MVP

By Tanner Gore

The 2012 NFL season not only brought the usual on-field excitement of breathtaking athleticism and bone-crunching hits, but it also gave football fans the enormous amount of controversy that we crave. We began the year w...