Columns/Features

September 26, 2013

Sports Editors’ Welcome: Paul-Michael Ochoa

By Paul-Michael Ochoa

Sports Editor Paul-Michael Ochoa shares what he loves most about UCSB (including our institutionalized hatred of Cal Poly).

September 26, 2013

Sports Editors’ Welcome: Kristen Henneman

By Kristen Henneman

Sports Editor Kristen Henneman's contagious enthusiasm and love for UCSB sports just might make you forget she's not a Laker fan.

August 27, 2013

Recapping the NBA Offseason’s Biggest Storylines

By Michael Jorgenson

Every year, between the NBA finals in June and the beginning of the preseason in October, basketball fans are forced to suffer. SportsCenter essentially becomes an endless feed of Baseball Tonight episodes, and the dai...

August 27, 2013

A-Rod’s Suspension Changes the Way MLB Looks at Cheaters

By Mark Salay

The suspension we all knew was coming and have waited for was finally handed down by Major League Baseball, and with that also comes one of the most historic falls of a professional athlete we’ve ever seen before. Alex...

May 31, 2013

Kobe Bryant: Down But Not Out

By Michael Jorgenson

  For the past 17 years, the world’s best basketball players have asked the same question. How do you stop Kobe Bryant? Through countless games, fadeaways, dunks, spin moves, bumps and bruises and defenders beat o...

May 29, 2013

Nexus Staff Writers Say Their Goodbyes

By Caleb Shoffner

Well folks, I am here to say farewell. It has been four years here and I’ve been working at the Daily Nexus for the last two, and I am really glad I got to work here. I have decided that the best way to say “bye” i...

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

The Top Five Reasons to Watch the WNBA This Season

By Kristen Henneman

The WNBA turns 17 today with the tip-off to a new season. As a young league, and with many critical of the women’s game, the WNBA has had to prove itself time and time again. Nevertheless, the league has seen great imp...

May 23, 2013

UCSB To Begin Loco Rewards Program

By Kristen Henneman, Paul-Michael Ochoa

Walking into Harder Stadium for the first men’s soccer game of the year in 2010, 15,896 fans packed the stadium and created a lasting first impression of UCSB athletics for any newly initiated Gauchos. UCSB upset No. 1...

May 20, 2013

Here We Buy, Here We Stay

By Kristen Henneman

I have to say, I thought they were gone. When the deal from hedge fund manager Chris Hansen and Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer arose in January to move the Sacramento Kings to Seattle, it seemed too incredible a deal for th...

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 17, 2013

LeBron James Deserved A Unanimous MVP

By Kristen Henneman

For those of you that follow NBA basketball, it was absolutely no surprise that LeBron James of the Miami Heat won the prestigious MVP award. In doing so, he joins elite company. He becomes just the fifth player to win a...

May 14, 2013

UCSB Student-Athletes Honored at Golden Eagle Ceremony

By Kristen Henneman

Most colleges say they take pride in their student athletes and their success, not only in their sport but in the classroom as well. At UCSB, we don’t just talk the talk, we walk the walk. Last night at the Bacara Reso...

May 10, 2013

Rose Smart For Sitting Amid Playoffs

By Mark Salay

Having LeBron James on your team doesn’t guarantee you an automatic victory, as evidenced by the Chicago Bulls stealing game one of the Eastern Conference semifinals from the Miami Heat. Similarly, having Derrick Rose ...

May 10, 2013

Man U Must Move on Without Sir Alex Ferguson

By Austin Richardson

The moment Manchester United fans have been dreading for years is finally upon us. Yes, the most legendary manager in English football, Sir Alex Ferguson, is stepping down after this season, signaling the end of one of t...

May 8, 2013

The Young Warriors Versus the Veteran Spurs: Stephan Curry Takes Golden State to Victory

By Kristen Henneman

  The NBA playoffs are really about one thing: who is playing the best basketball right now.The Golden State Warriors are that hot team. In the first round, Golden State upset third-seed Denver as the sixth seed to ...