Sports

UCSB Makes Matadors See Red

Coming off a disappointing 67-62 loss at rival Cal Poly last Thursday, the UCSB women's basketball kicked off their four-game homestand in convincing fashion, taking care of conference doormat Cal Sta...
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SB Gets Mixed Results

A weekend jam-packed with action handed UCSB its first losses of the season, as well as a couple wins and a lot of good experience.
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Armchair QB

The AFC bested the NFC in an especially irrelevant edition of this year’s Pro-Bowl. With 34 players sitting out, the MVP ended up being Matt Schaub. That alone shows how little the game truly me...
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Cal Poly Heads Into Hostility

The rivalry just got heated. With identical Big West records and sole possession of second place on the line, UC Santa Barbara (10-7 overall, 5-2 Big West) welcomes Cal Poly (8-10, 5-2) into the Thund...
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Armchair QB

The Raiders have hired Hue Jackson (not the Wolverine) to try and do for JaMarcus Russell what he did for Joe Flacco. That’s right, Joe “who?” Flacco is the new role model for the 20...
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Seniors Sink Sin City Swimmers

It was senior day at Campus Pool Saturday afternoon and the UCSB senior swimmers brought their A games to the meet. The men's and women's swim teams battled against rival University of Nevada, Las Veg...
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UCSB Survives Showdown

UCSB needed all its weapons to hold off Fullerton 60-59 Saturday at Titan Gym, including a buzzer-beater from senior forward Jordan Franey at the end of regulation and a clutch jumper from sophomore g...
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National Champions Edge Santa Barbara

The UCSB men's tennis team lost 4-3 on Saturday to #1 USC. While the match was chalked in the loss column, it shows that the Gauchos are a far cry from the team that lost 4-0 to USC in the first round...
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Gauchos Meet Their Match in Arizona

The UCSB women's tennis team had a long weekend, playing three matches in three days in Arizona to open the season. Unfortunately, the Gauchos lost all three matches against Arizona State, the Univers...
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Gauchos Grab Big Victory

In his first year with the Gauchos, sophomore guard Orlando Johnson has already established himself as one of the premier scorers in the Big West. After last night's win over Cal State Fullerton, it's...
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SB Downs Champs

Friday night on the road against No. 4 UC Irvine, everything seemed to come together for the UCSB men's volleyball team. In what may have been Santa Barbara's most complete effort of the season, the G...
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Gauchos Sweep Season Opener

Two games, two wins: The UCSB women's water polo team (2-0 overall) opened up their season last weekend in the Gaucho Mini Tournament facing Cal State Bakersfield and Pomona-Pitzer. At the end of the ...
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Armchair QB

Another season-ending interception for Favre is like the groundhog seeing his shadow: Three more weeks of winter. Except in this case, winter means unbearable media fixation on retirement drama. Great...
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SB Shoots to Tame Titans

Winners of four of their last five, the UC Santa Barbara men's basketball team (9-7 overall, 4-2 Big West) stays at home this weekend to clash with Cal State Fullerton (8-8, 3-2) in a Saturday night s...
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