Columns/Features

NBA Playoffs Are Upon Us

April 17, 2022 by

The newly made Play-In Tournament first occurred in the National Basketball Association (NBA) back when they had to implement a community bubble in Florida due to COVID-19 protocols. The NBA has since...
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FIFA World Cup Draw Held as USA Is Grouped With England and Iran

April 9, 2022 by

The favorite of Group B is the No. 5 team in the world, England, who have world-class players like forward Harry Kane and midfielders Phil Foden and Jack Grealish in attack. The United States, the No....
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Five Years Later, USA Women’s Soccer Wins Equal Pay

March 7, 2022 by

Yet, the U.S. women’s national team persisted, filing an appeal in 2021 that eventually found its way back to court. Despite years of denial, the U.S. Soccer Federation agreed last week to pay $24 m...
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The Sports World Rallies in Support of Ukraine

March 7, 2022 by

From the likes of the NBA teams condemning violence against Ukraine, such as the Sacramento Kings and Denver Nuggets uniting for a moment of solidarity before their game, to FC Barcelona and S.S.C. Na...
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UCSB’s Major League Baseball Legacies

February 17, 2022 by

While putting in solid years for the Gauchos, Johnson was drafted in the 27th round of the 1986 MLB June Amateur Draft by the New York Yankees. However, Johnson stayed in college for another year to i...
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UCSB’s Black Alumni Are Thriving in the NBA

February 17, 2022 by

Coming into UCSB out of Stockton, California, Vincent was stellar as a freshman, winning the 2015 Big West Freshman of the Year while averaging 10 points per game and shooting 42% from the field. The ...
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National Football League and NCAA Quarter Recap

October 8, 2021 by and

This week’s college football slate was, on paper, supposed to involve instant classics and somewhat tightly contested games. That proved not to be the case as the higher-ranked teams dominated the l...
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2021 MLB Award Predictions

October 4, 2021 by

As the Major League Baseball (MLB) regular season is coming to an end, there are many candidates to take home the best awards the MLB has to offer. Some awards are more certain than others, but with a...
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Powerhouses Collide This Weekend, Alabama and Georgia Remain Unscaved

September 23, 2021 by and

Year in year out there are powerhouse college football teams expected to be in the Top 25 college football rankings. The first that comes to mind is the dominant University of Alabama Sooners, coached...
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Week 2 NFL Recap

September 23, 2021 by

At the end of the first week of this young NFL season, half of the teams in the league were tied for first place, as they were undefeated at 1-0. However, after Week 2, only seven undefeated teams rem...
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Messi and PSG’s Staggering Summer Transfers

August 30, 2021 by

With the dust settling from Lionel Messi’s historic transfer from his boyhood club, Barcelona, to nine-time French champions Paris Saint-Germain, it is likely that many are starting to come to terms...
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2021 National Football League Preview

August 30, 2021 by

With many teams looking competitive to start the year, this NFL season looks to be an entertaining one.
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United States Major Sports Took Major Victories at the Olympics

August 22, 2021 by and

Every four years the Olympics give some of the United States’ best athletes a chance to compete for medals, some of the U.S. major sports are still being represented in the Olympics, like soccer, ba...
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Blazing the Path for More United States Podiums

August 5, 2021 by

The United States has had major success in track and field. In recent years, however, the newspapers and headlines have turned their heads towards one of the greatest athletes of all time, Usain Bolt....
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The United States’ Path To Repeat With the Most Summer Olympic Gold Medals

July 25, 2021 by

The United States has been dominating at the Summer Olympics for years on end. This year looks to be the same case, as numerous U.S. athletes are heavy favorites for gold medals in Tokyo. 
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