Sports

May 1, 2012

An Athlete of All Arenas

By Joshua Greenberg

Looking back over Ruth Milne’s career, it’s hard to imagine that at one point she was only a few dollars away from never touching a water polo ball.   The junior goalkeeper broke UCSB’s all-time saves record j...

April 30, 2012

Gauchos Down Cal Poly in Dual Meet

By Kristen Henneman

In a dual meet Saturday against conference foe Cal Poly, both the men’s and women’s track and field teams captured victory for UCSB. While the men defeated the Mustangs 104-96, the women dominated 116-86. “There we...

April 30, 2012

Winners, Losers and Bruisers

By Joshua Greenberg

After a torrid weekend filled with trades, excitement and disappointment, the 2012 NFL Draft is finally behind us, and once again a bunch of people my age are about to make millions of dollars right out of college becaus...

April 30, 2012

Winners, Losers and Bruisers

By Tanner Gore

Fifteen hours of my life were well spent this past weekend. With a pretty deep class of college talent coming out, a lot of teams were able to address glaring needs on their rosters. However, many teams seem to always ma...

April 27, 2012

2012 NBA Playoff Preview

By Brent Pella

This weekend, watch the NFL draft during commercials. Watch the NHL playoff highlights on Sportscenter. Because it’s NBA playoff time. The NBA hasn’t been this full of talent in more than 20 years, when teams like Jo...

April 26, 2012

Battle LA: The Lakeshow

By Ryan Porush

Make no mistake about it: the Los Angeles Lakers still own LA. Lob City is cute and all, but come playoff time, the Clipshow won’t cut it. For the first time in five years, the Lakers will enter the playoffs with expec...

April 26, 2012

Battle LA: The Blakeshow

By Brent Pella

The Los Angeles Clippers have undergone the biggest makeover the NBA has seen since Dennis Rodman donned a wedding dress in the ‘90s. A team that six years ago was acting as a prepubescent freshman elbowing his way thr...

April 25, 2012

The Art of Tanking

By Joseph Tapiro

As the regular season comes to a close, the NBA’s playoff-bound teams are beginning to shake off the dust of the regular season in hopes of obtaining a ring, while the bottom-feeders of the league are left packing for ...

April 25, 2012

Stud Sophomores Lead Bright UCSB Future

By Mark Salay

With one of the best seasons in the history of UCSB women’s swimming and diving already wrapped up, a pair of sophomore swimmers are geared to step onto center stage next season. Sophia Yamauchi and Andrea Ward broke o...

April 25, 2012

Fantasy Baseball: More Fun Than a Pillow Fight

By Joshua Greenberg

Now I know I promised that this week I would regain my sanity, but unfortunately I can’t say for certain that I have. I feel like I’m back to normal, but I’m not even sure I was sane in the first place. Not that it...

April 25, 2012

Can LeBron Handle the Heat in the Playoffs?

By Ryan Porush

LeBron James is in his ninth NBA season. He has zero championship rings. It would be ignorant to say that James is not the most talented — if not the overall best — player in the league. And yes, he took the easy way...

April 24, 2012

UCSB Sweeps UOP, Falls to St. Mary’s 2-1

By Brent Pella

After a three-game sweep against Pacific over the weekend, the UCSB baseball team was handed its first loss in five games against St. Mary’s on the road last night. The 2-1 loss came after the Gauchos took the UOP seri...

April 24, 2012

Can Anyone Stop a Seemingly Inevitable Heat- Bulls Eastern Conference Finals Matchup?

By Ryan Porush

We have been heading toward this all season. A rematch of last season’s Eastern Conference Finals, in which Miami won in five games, seems to be preordained. Now that we are approaching the start of the NBA playoffs th...

April 23, 2012

UCSB Competes at Mt. SAC, Azusa Pacific

By Kristen Henneman

The UCSB track and field team was divided between two events this weekend, sending several runners to the 54th annual Mt. SAC Relays, which took place Thursday through Saturday, while the majority of the team headed to t...

April 23, 2012

Gauchos Finish Weekend Atop Big West

By Mark Salay

The UCSB softball team comes out of this weekend in a four-way tie for first place in the Big West after winning two out of three from the University of the Pacific this past weekend at Campus Diamond. “I think we’re...

April 23, 2012

No Sparks of Lightning This Year for OKC

By Ryan Porush

There is a recent commercial featuring Kevin Durant promoting the NBA on ESPN Playoffs. In the 30-second clip, Durant sits among the rafters in his home Chesapeake Energy Arena, contemplating raising a banner in that ver...