Sports

June 2, 2008

I’d Like Five Pepperoni, Two Cheese…

By Staff

Don't worry Media Relations.

May 30, 2008

Gaucho Athletics Remain Atop Big West

By Matt Connolly

For the second consecutive year - and seventh time since the award's inception in 1998 - UC Santa Barbara has been awarded the Big West Conference Commissioner's Cup. The Cup is presented to the institution with the best...

May 30, 2008

New Equestrian Club Gets Set to Saddle-Up

By Matt Connolly

Giddy-up! The upcoming school year will see UC Santa Barbara add yet another option to its already impressive list of club sports - horseback riding.

May 30, 2008

ARMCHAIIIIIIR

By Staff

One day after Rasheed Wallace berated NBA officials for foul calls, Commissioner Stern announced that flops will be fines in 2009. Former Sacramento Queen Vlade Divac can’t be happy with this one, I “guaran-s...

May 29, 2008

Athletic Department Report: Part II

By Chris Hoffman, Alex Pavlovic

It's not unusual to hear fans of UCSB athletics complain about the choking nature of certain teams, or the fact that we don't have a football team. However, if you listen closely, you'll hear a lot of people talking abou...

May 29, 2008

The Trailer

By Staff

The QB can't help but think that all the bureaucratic problems surrounding the construction of bathrooms at CU would be solved right away if Chancellor Yang would be forced to give the trailer a try.

May 28, 2008

Athletic Department Report: Part I

By Chris Hoffman, Alex Pavlovic

There are certain sports events at UCSB every year that make students feel like they go to a bigger sports school.

May 28, 2008

Make It Work

By Staff

You knew the QB had to weigh in on the Athletic Dept.’s marketing division as well right? Two words baby: beer garden! Make it happen, captain.

May 27, 2008

‘Eaters Dash Gaucho Playoff Aspirations

By Matt Connolly

The final out made by UC Santa Barbara baseball in 2008 truly embodied its successful yet ultimately unsatisfying season. Down 2-0 with a runner on in the top of the ninth inning, junior catcher Chris McMurray would turn...

May 27, 2008

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Hate UCI

By John Greely

UCLA has USC, Ohio State has Michigan, Notre Dame has pretty much everybody - but when it comes to a rival school who do we Gauchos have to irrationally hate? Cal Poly?

May 27, 2008

Hard Knock Life

By Staff

Word is fellow QB Vince Young almost called it quits, but had a change of heart after learning from the troubles of rappers T.I. and Lil’ Wayne. What you know about that?

May 23, 2008

SB Playoff Hopes Ride on Weekend Trip

By Matt Connolly

After sweeping reigning Big West champion UC Riverside last weekend at home to keep their postseason hopes alive, the UCSB baseball team (34-19 overall, 13-8 in the Big West) will depart to Irvine this weekend to take on...

May 23, 2008

Gauchos, Alumni To Participate in Summer Olympic Trials

By Ravi Bhatia

UCSB alumnus Jason Lezak, 32, might not be the only Gaucho swimmer to ever experience the glory of Olympic gold.

May 23, 2008

Welcome to Goodburger

By Staff

2005 AL Cy Young Bartolo Colon won his Red Sox debut Wednesday. The only question left is if he can keep his ERA under his daily cheeseburger consumption.

May 22, 2008

Return to Glory Highlights Year

By Chris Hoffman

Year in, year out, the UCSB women's basketball team is routinely expected to be among the best on campus. Coming into the season, the Gauchos had run off 12 straight postseason appearances, yet a bittersweet taste remain...

May 22, 2008

Hollands Gives Rotation Saturday Edge

By Matt Connolly

The Gauchos had to wait an extra year to get him in uniform, but when he was called upon to be their number two starter this year as a redshirt freshman, left hander Mario Hollands proved that he was more than worth the ...