Sports

June 28, 2020

After Years of Disaster, Rejuvenated Manchester United Shows Signs of Life

By Brandon Victor

Wednesday’s performance was a blueprint to future success for Manchester United.

June 16, 2020

UCSB Intramural Faces No Lag in Building Out Successful ESports Program

By Brandon Victor

Despite a pre-COVID reluctance, the Intramural team seems to have embraced ESports

June 3, 2020

Season Recap: Baseball Season Cut Short After 13-2 Start

By Nick DiPierro

The UC Santa Barbara baseball team took the league by storm in what was turning out to be quite the dominant defense of their 2019 Big West title.

May 20, 2020

Beration, Bullying, and Intimidation: “The Last Dance” Reveals Jordan’s Problematic Leadership Style

By Brandon Victor

Don’t praise Jordan’s self-aggrandizing, intimidation-based leadership, or excuse it as “the cost of winning.”

April 22, 2020

It’s (Maybe) Back: What To Watch for in the Bundesliga

By Brandon Victor

Here's what to watch for when the Bundesliga returns — which could happen as early as May.

April 6, 2020

Season Recap: Red-Hot Gauchos Tie for Second Place in Big West

By Brandon Victor

Before the season was cancelled, the Gauchos looked poised to make a postseason run this season.

March 12, 2020

BREAKING: Big West Basketball Tournament Cancelled, Spring Sports Indefinitely Suspended

By Brandon Victor

The move comes after all Power five conferences — the ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12, and SEC — cancelled their respective conference tournaments early Thursday morning.

March 9, 2020

In Photos | UCSB Men’s Basketball vs. Cal Poly

By Leonard Paulasa

The Gauchos played their last home game of the season against rivals Cal Poly on Saturday March 7th. The game will go down in Gaucho history, as the Gauchos overcame a thirteen point deficit to win with a last second sho...

March 9, 2020

UCSB Baseball Sweeps Oregon State, Pushes Win Streak to Eight

By Nick DiPierro

UCSB has swept their Pac-12 opponents 5-0 while their top-ten ERA rank could hardly have dropped after Sunday’s two-run showing.

March 6, 2020

Miller’s Game-Winner Propels Gauchos Into Second Place

By Brandon Victor

Despite only scoring 9 points on the night, Miller hit one of the biggest shots of her career on Wednesday.

March 5, 2020

Gauchos Eager To Keep Momentum Against Aggies, Bulldogs

By Annika Pearson

Determined to finally tally a victory onto their record, UCSB and Santa Clara will compete this Saturday at 10 a.m., and viewers can tune in live to stream the game online.

March 5, 2020

No. 3 UCSB Beats No. 12 UCLA 3-1 on Tuesday Night

By Jesse Morrison

With 3 games and 9 straight set wins, the No. 4 UCSB men’s volleyball team, now 3-0, toppled their competition in their 2020 season debut at-home invitational.

March 5, 2020

No. 8 Gauchos To Kick Off Conference Play On Saturday

By Omar Hernandez

The Gauchos will take on a pair of Claremont Colleges, the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Athenas and Pomona-Pitzer Sagehens, before facing off against the Cal State Northridge Matadors.

March 5, 2020

UCSB Hosts CSUF, Cal Poly Looking To Secure Second Place

By Spencer Ault

Two wins, and the Gauchos are assured the second seed in the Big West tournament and a position on the opposite side of the bracket from league-leading UC Irvine.

March 5, 2020

UCSB Baseball Heads to Corvallis After Defeating No. 1 UCLA

By Nick DiPierro

The Gauchos are coming off a one-game match at Caesar Uyesaka Stadium against the visiting nationally ranked UC Los Angeles Bruins, in which UCSB’s 8-5 victory was UCLA’s first loss of the season.