Sports
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 Mah...
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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....
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This year’s NFL season certainly faced high levels of controversy ranging from the replacement refs to on-field fines and rule changes, but before the final game of the season is played in two weeks...
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Rarely do rivalry games live up to their billing, let alone surpass them. Saturday’s matchup at the Thunderdome between the UCSB men’s basketball team and Cal Poly did exactly just that, as fans w...
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In a Blue-Green rivalry game that pitted two teams with polar opposite styles against each other, Cal Poly’s offense proved to be too much to handle for the UCSB women’s basketball team as the Gau...
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The UCSB swim and dive team traveled to Las Vegas over the weekend for a matchup against UNLV Saturday. The Gauchos recovered from an early deficit but fell just short in a tightly contested match. UN...
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The No. 8 UCSB men’s volleyball team fell short once again to No. 5 UCLA last Friday night at Rob Gym, losing three sets to one. Despite winning the first set of the match, the Gauchos dropped the n...
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The UCSB women’s water polo team found a lot to smile about following their wrap of a successful opening weekend. The No. 15 Gauchos defeated CSU Bakersfield 13-10 on Friday before demolishing Cal S...
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Beginning a three-game road trip this Saturday, the UCSB women’s basketball team could think of no better way to start that road trip than a win over rival Cal Poly. Santa Barbara enters the Blue-Gr...
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Payback will be the mindset for the No. 8 UCSB men’s volleyball team this Friday at Rob Gym as they prepare to host No. 5 UCLA in a rematch of the first game of the season. After losing to the Bruin...
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The UCSB men’s tennis team got out to a hot start to open its season yesterday, sweeping Westmont at home 7-0. With the victory, the Gauchos begin the season with a 1-0 record. The Gauchos, who last...
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WiththeNBAseasonnearlyhalfwaythrough,talkof the prestigious MVP award has already begun to surface. Most of the players topping the list are no surprise, but others, while of course known to be incred...
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On Monday, it was announced that the only head coach the UCSB women’s volleyball program has ever known would retire. On Tuesday afternoon, Head Coach Kathy Gregory officially announced in a press c...
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Bonds and Clemens in, Sosa Out The results of the 2013 Baseball Hall of Fame election were announced last week and the controversy is still simmering. For just the eighth time since its inception in 1...
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The UCSB men’s tennis team will be looking to start its season off strong when it hosts Westmont on Wednesday. The Gauchos will try to build on last season’s efforts, as they finished just two poi...
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