Sports

SB Star Shines for Pro Club

May 26, 2009 by

Exactly six months ago, Chris Pontius was still stinging from his final game as a Gaucho: an overtime playoff loss to UC Berkeley on Nov. 25 that ended the stellar senior's career. How long ago that s...
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SB Takes One From No. 1 in Final Series

May 26, 2009 by

UCSB handed #1 UC Irvine only its second Big West loss of the season on Saturday after hitting a school-record six home runs in an 8-2 blowout victory, but lost 11-7 on Friday and 15-3 on Sunday in a...
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Armchair QB

May 26, 2009 by

Who said the Lakers had the best bench in the NBA? J.R. Smith and Chris "The Birdman" Andersen cleaned house last night in a Nuggets Game Four win. Score one for tat sleeves.
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Hungry ‘Eaters Await UCSB in Season Finale

May 21, 2009 by

With its last hopes for the postseason on the line, the UC Santa Barbara baseball team will face #1 UC Irvine this weekend in a three-game home series at Caesar Uyesaka Stadium. Since the series is th...
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Moran Ends Career on High

May 21, 2009 by

Senior midfielder Katie Moran of the UCSB women's lacrosse club team should be used to receiving awards by now. As a freshman in the 2006 season, she was named the team's Rookie of the Year. She follo...
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Nexus Wars Escalate

May 21, 2009 by

While the impending end of Spring Quarter marks a farewell to UCSB intercollegiate athletics, an enticingly dangerous extreme sport has just begun in the not-so-friendly confines of Storke Plaza.
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SB Honors Athletes, Coaches

May 21, 2009 by

[Editor’s note: Originally, the Nexus printed that Lindsay Gottlieb won women’s coach of the year, and it was omitted that Charles Sotudi won the Dare to Make a Difference Award. The Nexus...
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Armchair QB

May 21, 2009 by

The Cleveland LeBrons lost at home? Oh my. Your move, Coach of the Year Mike Brown. I'm thinking you should refine your "Let LeBron do it" strategy. How about, "Seriously guys, fucking let him do it."...
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Sayonara, Seniors

May 20, 2009 by

With the 2008-2009 school year winding down, the Nexus pays tribute to a select few seniors from several Gaucho sports.
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College Cup of Tea?

May 20, 2009 by

"I'll be honest with you: If we don't pull this off, the College Cup will be in the East Coast for 10 to 20 years. It'll be the one Cup that they'll refer back to. 'Well, we tried going to the West Co...
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Armchair QB

May 20, 2009 by

Dirk Nowitzki's fraud of a fiancée claims she is pregnant with the big German's baby! He may not play any sort of defense, but at least the Mavericks star lays down the D off the court.
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The Great Debate

May 19, 2009 by

There is always a heavily debated topic among basketball enthusiasts surrounding the question, "Who is better: Kobe Bryant or LeBron James?"
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He Said, He Said, He Said, He Said –An NBA Conference Finals Debate–

May 19, 2009 by

How the mighty have fallen. Only weeks removed from every pro basketball analyst anointing the Lakeshow as the undisputed conference champ, there's a new top dog in town.
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He Said, He Said, He Said, He Said –An NBA Conference Finals Debate–

May 19, 2009 by

Thus far, the 2009 NBA playoff Lakers have been a kind of Jekyll and Hyde story.
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He Said, He Said, He Said, He Said –An NBA Conference Finals Debate–

May 19, 2009 by

While many would consider Cleveland's Sherman-esque march through the East as proof of superiority over the Magic, I'm going out on a limb and calling Orlando in six.
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