Sports

October 24, 2008

Armchair QB

By Staff

Lute Olson just stepped down as U of A's men's bball coach. The QB will miss you, Lute. No coach was better at consistently putting forward a team of underperforming egomaniacs than you.

October 23, 2008

UCSB Finally Back Home

By Ravi Bhatia

The UCSB women's volleyball team has a chance to improve their 4-3 Big West record on Friday and Saturday, playing at the Thunderdome for the first time in two weeks against Cal State Fullerton and Cal State Northridge.

October 23, 2008

9-0 Gauchos Keep Dominating

By Joshua Greenberg

The UCSB women's club soccer team, led by Head Coach Todd Heil, is 9-0 this season after winning the national championship last year.

October 22, 2008

He Said, He Said

By Derek Mead, John Greely

Derek Mead: The dichotomy in baseball is more apparent than in any other sport. Baseball is a game managed purely by the percentages, and yet no other athletic endeavor has been filled with more superstitions and an utmo...

October 22, 2008

Fist Fights, Flat Spells, and Everything Else

By Todd Prodanovich

Surfers generally don't have very many reasons to be bitter. We have a hobby that simultaneously gives us a tremendous exercise that would give even the most hardened yoga master a deep burn, and it just so happens to be...

October 22, 2008

Armchair QB

By Staff

Mike Singletary is the new head coach of the 49ers, and he says the team from SF has "something special." Special is certainly one way to describe the 2-5 Niners.

October 21, 2008

UCSB Sweeps, Gets Cleaned Up

By Ravi Bhatia

The UCSB women's volleyball team split matches this weekend, sweeping UC Riverside on Saturday and getting swept by Cal Poly on Thursday in San Luis Obispo.

October 21, 2008

Gauchos Maul Bruins and Bears

By Ryan Eagleson

The UCSB men's club soccer team added two more victories to their record by defeating Berkeley and UCLA this weekend.

October 21, 2008

SB Disappointed in NCAA Pre-National Invitational

By Ana Pineda Staff Writer

Coming off an impressive showing at the Stanford Invite, the UCSB men's and women's cross country team stumble at the National Collegiate Athletic Association Pre-National Invitational. The Gauchos placed 22nd in the men...

October 20, 2008

UCSB Routs Cal Poly 4-2

By Derek Mead

Heading on the road to rumble with a rival can be intimidating for weak teams, but for teams with title aspirations, a big game is just a chance to do big things.

October 20, 2008

Gauchos Best Anteaters Yet Again

By Miles Yim

In a game full of heroes, senior driver Daniel Natalizio rose above the rest, netting a tremendous backhand in sudden death to lift the #8 UCSB men's water polo team over #9 UC Irvine 13-12 at Campus Pool last Saturday. ...

October 17, 2008

Rivalry, Renewed

By John Greely

Tonight is going to be big. UCSB heads up to Cal Poly to take on the Mustangs on national television tonight at 8. The Big West regular season attendance record is likely to be broken for the third consecutive time in th...

October 17, 2008

UCSB Readies for One Final Game Against Conference Foe UC Irvine

By Miles Yim

Here we go again. After a disappointing eighth-place finish at last weekend's SoCal Tournament, the road-weary #8 UCSB men's water polo team returns to the friendly confines of Campus Pool this Saturday to face off again...

October 17, 2008

Gauchos Sprint to Ind Pre-Nationals

By Ana Pineda Staff Writer

After a strong finish at the Stanford Invitational in September, the UCSB men's and women's cross country teams are ready for Gaucho gold as Saturday, Oct. 18th brings the NCAA Pre-National Invitational in Indiana. The m...

October 17, 2008

Armchair QB

By Staff

Really Rays? Really? A seven run lead doesn't do it for you? Honestly, if you let Boston pull the same shit on you that it did to the Indians last year, the QB will not be happy. He might even cry.

October 16, 2008

UCSB Rides to Corral Mustangs

By Ravi Bhatia

After a disappointing loss to conference rival #24 Long Beach State last Saturday, the UCSB women's volleyball team looks to bounce back against Cal Poly (9-7 overall) tonight in San Luis Obispo and Saturday at UC Rivers...