Sports

Battle LA: The Lakeshow

April 26, 2012 by

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...
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Battle LA: The Blakeshow

April 26, 2012 by

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 ...
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The Art of Tanking

April 25, 2012 by

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 a...
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Stud Sophomores Lead Bright UCSB Future

April 25, 2012 by

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...
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Fantasy Baseball: More Fun Than a Pillow Fight

April 25, 2012 by

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 firs...
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Can LeBron Handle the Heat in the Playoffs?

April 25, 2012 by

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

April 24, 2012 by

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

April 24, 2012 by

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...
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UCSB Competes at Mt. SAC, Azusa Pacific

April 23, 2012 by

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 ...
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Gauchos Finish Weekend Atop Big West

April 23, 2012 by

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...
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No Sparks of Lightning This Year for OKC

April 23, 2012 by

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 ...
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Gaucho Women’s LAX Takes Championship at WWLL Tourney

April 23, 2012 by

The No. 1 UCSB women’s lacrosse team beat No. 3 Chapman University 10-4 at Harder Stadium on Sunday for the final game in the Western Women’s Lacrosse League Championship tournament, becoming the ...
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Gauchos Face First Place Pacific

April 20, 2012 by

After a three-game sweep against UC Riverside last weekend, the UCSB softball team returns to Campus Diamond this weekend to face defending Big West champion and current league leader Pacific. With th...
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UCSB Looks to Build On Good Showing at Big West Challenge

April 20, 2012 by

Track and field will participate in two events this weekend, the Mt. SAC Relays and the Azusa Pacific Bryan Clay Invitational, after a successful meet last weekend at the Big West Challenge Cup. At th...
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The Best Stoner Athletes of Our Time

April 20, 2012 by

Here it is, ladies and gents. The time to freshen the water in those bongs, heat up those vapes and spark up those joints and blunts. Yup, it’s 4/20, and that means one thing: weed. Marijuana permea...
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