Columns/Features
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 e...
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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 ev...
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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 ...
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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 wa...
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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 a...
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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 leagu...
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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 Gauch...
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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 incr...
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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 ...
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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 f...
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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 nigh...
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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, ...
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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...
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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 a...
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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 lear...
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Chronically single
“Casual” by Chappell Roan
“Atmosphere” by FISHER
The entire shared playlist with their ex
“Je te laisserai des mots” by Patrick Watson
“If Only” by The Marías
Their ex’s old voice memos
White noise
“ceilings” by Lizzy McAlpine
“Marvins Room” by Drake
“KLOusFRENS” by Bad Bunny
“Somebody Else” by The 1975
