Sports

Green Advice for Green People: Player Rankings Overrated

Fantasy football Web sites like www.espn.go.com like to make a big deal out of their player rankings. They hold them up as gospel and would like you, the humble fantasy owner, to unquestioningly follo...
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Big West Play Begins at Fullerton

Coming off of one of their most emotional matches in recent memory, Gaucho soccer (3-2-2 overall) heads to Fullerton today to play the Titans in their first conference match of the year.
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Sunday Funday: Michael Vick, Yay or Nay?

Michael Vick is the fucking man. The dude is seriously amazing. And with his recent success, we as fans are faced with a dilemma: Do we root for Vick?
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Bulldogs, Britney Spears and Red Cards

Editors Note: Julia Speace is a senior defender on the Gaucho women’s soccer team, as well as a regular contributor to the Daily Nexus with her professional sports column titled “Speace of Mind....
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SB Places Eighth in Invitational

On Saturday, the UCSB men’s cross country team traveled to Palo Alto to compete in the Stanford invitational eight-kilometer race, where they finished in eighth place amongst 26 teams.
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Gauchos Can’t Hang Against Irvine

After defeating #6 Irvine last weekend in the NorCal Tournament at UC Berkeley, the #5 UCSB men’s water polo team lost to the Anteaters 11-5. “This is embarrassing,” senior utility Milos Golic s...
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Gaucho Offense Rolls, #6 Ranked Bruins Struggle

The UCSB men’s soccer team prevailed Friday night after 75 minutes of scoreless soccer, beating #13 UCLA 2-0 in front of a record crowd of 15,896 at Harder Stadium. With the victory, the Gauchos (3-...
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Irvine No Match for Dominant UCSB

UCSB women’s volleyball concluded a five-week road trip over the weekend with matches at CSU Northridge on Friday and at UC Irvine on Saturday.
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Gauchos Can’t Hang Against Irvine

After defeating #6 Irvine last weekend in the NorCal Tournament at UC Berkeley, the #5 UCSB men’s water polo team lost to the Anteaters 11-5.
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Gauchos Beat Bruins at Harder

The UCSB men’s soccer team prevailed Friday night, beating #7 UCLA 2-0 in front of a record crowd at Harder Stadium.
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UCSB Hosts Bruins at Harder

This is what it’s all about. The Friday night lights will be bright when the UCSB men’s soccer team clashes with #7 UCLA at Harder Stadium in a rematch of last year’s third-round NCAA tournament...
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Gauchos Look to Leash Bulldogs

Gaucho women’s soccer will look to end their nonconference season on a high note as they head to Fresno State on Friday to take on the Bulldogs.
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Volleyball Opens Big West Play

The UCSB women’s volleyball team begins Big West play this weekend, playing road matches against conference foes Cal State Northridge and UC Irvine. “We’re really excited to start conference,”...
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Nostalgic for the Good S.B. Surf

In my time here I’ve seen surf both mind-blowing and mundane, but unfortunately most of what I’ve seen around campus has always leaned towards the piddly mush.
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Sunday Fundays with Fantasy

Fuck the holidays. This is the most wonderful time of the year. Fuck Disneyland. My couch — in front of the TV — this is the happiest place on Earth.
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