Columns/Features

April 26, 2011

Hoop Dreams: Hollinger’s PER Far From a ‘Total Stat’

By Ravi Bhatia

John Hollinger’s Player Efficiency Rating pissed me off more when it was used to prove LeBron was better than Kobe a few years back.

April 26, 2011

The 18th Weekly Photo of the Week: “To the Land of Golden Bears”

By Sports Editor

Lindsay Gottlieb, head coach of the women’s basketball team this season, announced Monday that she was leaving the program to coach at UC Berkeley. In three seasons at the helm of the Gauchos, Gottlieb led the team to ...

April 25, 2011

UEFA Champions League Breakdown

By Kirk Reed

FC Schalke 04 will host Manchester United this afternoon before FC Barcelona and Real Madrid CF face off in the semifinal round of the UEFA Champions League Tournament.

April 20, 2011

Green Advice for Green People: Don’t Overlook Your League’s Overlooked Talent

By Joshua Greenberg

Most fantasy owners don’t trust rookies and other smaller names to be consistent. They are reluctant to use players who have not established themselves as household names, which can be a big mistake. Here, five players...

April 20, 2011

’Chos to Kick Off Series v. 49ers

By Paul-Michael Ochoa

Hoping to maintain the momentum from Tuesday night’s 15-inning victory over Pepperdine, UCSB will host Big West foe Long Beach State in a three-game series starting today. Long Beach currently stands at 18-16 (5-4 Big ...

April 19, 2011

Speace’s Pieces: Why Do We Play? To Win the Games

By Julia Speace

The NBA playoffs come down to two things: wins and losses. When we criticize, analyze and scrutinize every single move of each team, coach and individual player, it is all for naught. The level and style of play is not i...

April 19, 2011

The 17th Weekly Photo of the Week: Time to Dance

By Sports Editor

The Gaucho women’s club lacrosse team earned an at-large bid to the WCLA National Championship Tournament in Scottsdale, Arizona. On Wednesday, May 4, the team will face off against No. 10 University of Texas as a No. ...

April 18, 2011

Hoop Dreams: The Motherlist of All NBA Lists

By Ravi Bhatia

I just want to confirm a few things in the NBA that nobody can agree on. This is meant to be the be-all end-all of NBA basketball lists, as the league stands in 2011. Any opinions that sway from the following are wrong. ...

April 13, 2011

Surfers Leave the Ocean, Charge Upstream in Indo

By Elliott Rosenfeld

  I have constantly complained to my peers and family that my life is plagued with indecision — I can’t make up my goddamn mind about anything. One of the biggest downsides to that has been my inability to choos...

April 12, 2011

Green Advice for Green People: Not All Underperforming Sluggers Should Be Treated Equally

By Joshua Greenberg

One of the most precarious situations for fantasy owners is when he or she has to deal with that player (or players) that they drafted to be the star on their team but started off the season in a funk. But how do you kno...

April 11, 2011

Speace of Mind: Golf Needs Tiger…for Better or for Worse

By Julia Speace

Hearty congratulations to the new owner of the illustrious Green Jacket, but I can’t help but wonder, “What if?”

April 6, 2011

Green Advice: It Must Be Baseball Season

By Joshua Greenberg

Hello again my loyal readers. I know there are those of you out there who think I’m an idiot, were glad to see me go and are probably reading this wondering what I could possibly have to write about now that there’s ...

March 29, 2011

Nuglets of Wisdom: Summer Heat Cools Waves

By Elliott Rosenfeld

At some dreadful point this quarter the waves will start to trickle to a gradual calm until we’ve reached the summer lull, when swells large enough to generate decent surf are a rarity.

March 2, 2011

How to Train Your Sports Editor: The Long and Winding Road

By Sports Editor

With most classes, the end of the quarter means that it’s time to do a memory wipe of everything you’ve learned in the last 10 weeks. But as I’ve said all quarter long, ESS classes are not like most. I not only lea...

March 1, 2011

The 15th Weekly Photo of the Week

By Sports Editor

James Nunnally is a dynamic, exciting player to watch. When he gets a chance to let loose, he gives it everything he’s got. It’s like watching a locomotive tear free from the train or a bull getting let out of the ca...

February 24, 2011

The 12th Weekly Quote of the Week

By Sports Editor

Senior infielder Beck Wheeler, on preparations the men’s baseball team took before traveling north to play in the 20 degree temperatures of Washington State