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While the Miami Heat may be the defending NBA champion, most of the media attention at the start of this year’s NBA preseason is focused on the Los Angeles Lakers. In what has been prematurely deeme...
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Watching bone-crunching tackles, horrible injuries, gravity-defying athleticism and the toughest athletes in the world battle week in and week out is why we love football. But just as war desensitizes...
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Entering the season as one of the youngest teams in the Big West, the UCSB women’s soccer team has matured into a serious contender this year thanks in large part to the veteran play of two junior G...
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While most fantasy quarterbacks underperformed on Sunday, a few standouts came through for their owners, teams and fans. Most specifically, Andrew Luck put forth a signature performance as the Indiana...
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Despite an exciting 2-1 double overtime victory Friday night against UC Irvine, Cal State Northridge handed the No. 4 UCSB men’s soccer team its first loss of the season in a 1-0 decision at Harder ...
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The UCSB women’s volleyball team split its weekend match-ups, losing 3-0 Saturday night to No. 8 Hawaii after defeating Cal State Northridge 3-0 Friday. UCSB dropped to 9-11 overall and 2-3 in the B...
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In its first conference road trip of the season, the UCSB women’s soccer team came up empty in its two games against Long Beach State and UC Irvine this past weekend. Despite leading Long Beach and ...
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The newly-ranked No. 2 UCSB men’s water polo team moved to 14-3 overall this season with two nonconference wins against Iona and Harvard on Sunday. Relative to their success in last weekend’s SoCa...
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This weekend holds a couple of firsts for the No. 4 UCSB men’s soccer team. Not only will the Gauchos play their first games at home since the arrival of students for fall quarter, but they will als...
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With a loss and a draw in its first two Big West conference games this past weekend, the UCSB women’s soccer team now goes on the road for its first road trip of conference play. The Gauchos will ha...
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Tonight is the first of two immensely important games that the UCSB women’s volleyball team will host this weekend. Tonight, the Gauchos, 8-10 overall and 1-2 Big West, will welcome Cal State Northr...
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The UCSB men’s water polo team will look to ride the momentum of a second place finish last weekend in the SoCal Tournament when they face Iona and Harvard Sunday. The Gauchos are currently 12-3 ove...
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The UCSB women’s volleyball team welcomes Pepperdine to the Thunderdome for a nonconference matchup tonight. This will be the first home game for the Gauchos in over a month. The Gauchos are current...
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If you were walking around campus on Friday afternoon, you might have seen a man performing bicycle tricks unparalleled by nearly anyone in the world. That man was Terry Adams, a flatland BMX rider, w...
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It was a bittersweet week in the world of American sports. The return of the real referees in the NFL and a strong opening to the Ryder Cup brought smiles to many sports fans. Then came Sunday, when t...
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