Sports

January 30, 2013

Key Matchups and Advantages

By Caleb Shoffner

Kaepernick/Gore vs. Ravens’ Linebackers Caleb Shoffner The two leading men in this year’s Super Bowl will have many chances to go head to head. Young star Colin Kaepernick and seasoned veteran Ray Lewis will most cer...

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 30, 2013

Ravens Can’t Slow Down Kaepernick

By Paul-Michael Ochoa

Super Bowl XLVII is this upcoming Sunday and the media coverage is already in a frenzy. The same story lines of the Harbaugh brothers, Ray Lewis and Colin Kaepernick are sure to grow old by Sunday. However, what won’t ...

January 29, 2013

Gauchos Prep for Princeton After Skid

By Mark Salay

After losing two games in its first road trip of the season, the No. 10 UCSB men’s volleyball team will now get ready for a four-game homestand starting with Princeton University tonight at Rob Gym. With a season-high ...

January 29, 2013

LeBron Is Great, but Is He One of the All-Time Best?

By Kristen Henneman

Nearly two weeks ago, LeBron James became the youngest player in NBA history to reach the 20,000-point mark. Going into the game, he was 18 points shy of the plateau, but a 25-point performance handed the reigning MVP th...

January 28, 2013

Nesbit’s Heroics Lift Gauchos in Hawaii

By Kristen Henneman

The last time the UCSB women’s basketball team played Hawaii was in 1997 and it wasn’t a close game as the Gauchos lost 91-66. However, Saturday night in the Rainbow Wahine’s first matchup against Santa Barbara sin...

January 28, 2013

UCSB Wins Five of Seven at Winter Invite

By Roy Kim

After sweeping its first round of competition Friday and winning its first four games of the UCSB Winter Invite, the No. 15 UC Santa Barbara women’s water polo team closed this weekend with a 5-2 record at Campus Pool....

January 28, 2013

UCSB Falls in Televised Game to Hawaii

By Paul-Michael Ochoa

Injuries have begun to take their toll on the UCSB men’s basketball team as the Gauchos dropped their second consecutive game in a 78-73 loss to Hawaii Saturday at the Thunderdome. Without its star player in sophomore ...

January 28, 2013

Gauchos Drop Pair of Matches Up North

By Mark Salay

In its first road trip of the season, the UCSB men’s volleyball team came up empty on both of its games, getting swept by Stanford Saturday and losing to Pacific in a tough five-set match Friday. The Gauchos now find t...

January 25, 2013

Cal State Long Beach 49ers

By Paul-Michael Ochoa

Following an unexpected run to last season’s conference championship game, the Long Beach State women’s basketball team has carried over that momentum into an impressive start to this season’s Big West play. Long B...

January 25, 2013

UCSB Drops Tough Contest Against Matadors

By Paul-Michael Ochoa

The UCSB men’s basketball team looked as if it was going to win its third straight game — and then things took a turn for the worse. Santa Barbara committed 15 second-half turnovers on the way to a 75-69 loss at the ...

January 25, 2013

UCSB Hits Road Against Tough Foes in No. 14 Pacific, No. 4 Stanford

By Mark Salay

The first road trip of the season has come at an inopportune time for the No. 10 UCSB men’s volleyball team as they travel north to face No. 14 Pacific and No. 4 Stanford Friday and Saturday, respectively. After starti...

January 25, 2013

Gauchos Travel to Take on UC Davis in Fresno

By Josh Fiacco

UCSB’s women’s swim and dive team will hit the road this weekend to compete against UC Davis on Saturday in Fresno. UC Davis will also compete against Fresno State, while the Gauchos will be matched exclusively agai...

January 23, 2013

UCSB Looks to Upset UCLA on the Road

By Michael Jorgenson

The UCSB men’s tennis team will face its toughest challenge of the year when it travels to No. 3 UCLA today. “No fear,” Head Coach Marty Davis said about what he stressed this week in practice. “On paper they’r...

January 23, 2013

UCSB Student Takes Over as Official Play-by-Play Announcer

By Kristen Henneman

For the first time in 19 years, a student has taken over the job of the official radio play-by-play announcer for the UCSB women’s basketball team, according to Assistant Athletics Director Bill Mahoney. Fourth-year Mi...

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...