Sports

September 25, 2008

SB Sweeps Texas St. to End Five-Game Skid

By Ravi Bhatia

More than one Gaucho made history this summer. Besides alumnus Jason Lezak's historical relay finish that contributed to one of Michael Phelps' eight gold medals for the United States in the Olympics, UCSB women's volley...

September 25, 2008

Armchair QB

By Staff

The $209 million payrolled Yanks are missing their first October in 15 years, while the $43 million Rays are in for the first time ever. It's just like the old adage says: "Fuck the Yankees."

September 18, 2008

Gauchos Continue Excellent Start

By Derek Mead

Good teams always bounce back from tough losses, and that's exactly what the #20 UCSB women's soccer team did this past weekend. The Gauchos (5-2) gave up a late goal to lose 3-2 to Washington State (2-2-3) on Friday, bu...

September 18, 2008

Santa Barbara Drowns Aggies

By Miles Jones

No shirt? No shoes? No pool? No problem. After taking two of four from UC San Diego's Triton Invitational at the top of the month, the UCSB men's water polo team opened up their 2008-09 home schedule with a solid 7-5 win...

September 18, 2008

UCSB Falters on Road Trip

By John Greely

The UCSB men's soccer team has a lot of talent to go around. It just lacks a lot of experience. This is the trade-off that Head Coach Tim Vom Steeg will have to deal with in his 10th year at the helm. As one would expect...

September 18, 2008

Bengals?

By Staff

What the hell has happened to the Cincinatti Bengals?

September 18, 2008

The Thunderdome or Harder Stadium?

By Derek Mead, John Greely

Sure, Meredith Field at Harder Stadium - or whatever it's called these days - is one of the nicer soccer stadiums in the country. I've seen some good games there, and even better post-game celebrations. Particularly memo...

August 30, 2008

Welcome to Town, Get Ready to Cheer

By John Greely

So football season is upon us, and as incoming freshman, it's likely just dawned on you that UCSB doesn't actually have a team. Distressing, no? That's what I thought when I was in your position a couple years back. But ...

August 30, 2008

No One Can Compete When the Gauchos Go Loco

By Derek Mead

College sports are the shit. Call me biased if you want -- writing about sports does pay my monthly booze bill, after all -- but I've passed Go on the sporting world's Monopoly board more than a few times, and the fun I'...

August 30, 2008

Sports Buffs

By Staff

You freshmen think you know sports? The QB is here to help you wade through al the bullshit in the sports world. Here's to hoping that the painfully boring NFL preseason ends soon.

July 15, 2008

ESPN Is Redundant and Repetitive

By Derek Mead

Way back in 1979, when Scott Rasmussen and dad Bill were trying to start ESPN, the idea of a cable network dedicated to 24-hour sports coverage was an amazingly tough sell. No one in corporate television bought the pitch...

June 5, 2008

He Said Goodbye, He Said Goodbye

By Chris Hoffman, Alex Pavlovic

The Nexus Sports Editors Write Their Final Columns After a Historic Run That Included a National Championship, Food Poisoning, Plenty of Black Velvet and Some of the Most Compromising Pictures You'll Ever See

June 5, 2008

Coaching Changes Shake Up Athletics

By Alex Pavlovic

Former Loyola Marymount head coach Rick McLaughlin was named UCSB's men's volleyball coach on Tuesday, replacing Ken Preston, who recently retired after 30 seasons with the program. The UCSB women's water polo team took ...

June 5, 2008

Revelations

By Staff

Alright, alright, we’re leaving, so we might as well let our huge secret out of the bag. We, Hoff and Pavlov are the armchair QBs. Shocking, we know.

June 2, 2008

Athletic Department Report: Part III

By Alex Pavlovic

During our combined years at the Nexus, we've done just about everything you can do involving Gaucho athletics. We celebrated in the St. Louis snow when the men's soccer team won the National Championship in 2006, and we...

June 2, 2008