Sports

May 7, 2008

Versatile Martin Rebuilds Career

By Matt Connolly

A lot of seasoned I.V. residents have the luxury of taking extra time to wrap up their collegiate tenure at UCSB, having a final go-around of booze and blackouts as they cruise through a fifth and final year. On the oppo...

May 7, 2008

Pavlovian Sayings: MVP’s, Melrose the Mullet and Much, Much More

By Alex Pavlovic

People are constantly asking me what "Pavlovian Sayings" - the name that appears at the top of this column every week - really means. OK, well maybe not people. Maybe one person, and actually come to think of it, that on...

May 7, 2008

Knocked Up and Out

By Staff

A-Rod takes a lot of shit for a lot of different things, but the QB can’t really blame him for passing out during the birth of his first child. Any guy would have a momentary freakout after seeing a vagina stretch ...

May 6, 2008

Breaking Down the A’s

By Staff

Every diehard Oakland Athletics fan nowadays can remember the good old days of the Haas family ownership. Where the green and gold could gaze at the rolling Oakland Hills peeking above the outfield bleachers instead of b...

May 6, 2008

He’s So Smooth

By Staff

Ervin Santana? 6-0 with a 2.02 ERA and a 0.88 WHIP. Johan Santana? 3-2 with a 2.91 ERA and a 1.01 WHIP. Sorry, Mets fans, the better Santana is under the radar out West.

May 5, 2008

Wasted Chanced Haunt Gauchos in Crucial Series

By Matt Connolly

In a prime opportunity to rise to the top of the Big West conference standings, the UC Santa Barbara baseball team could not come away with the weekend series at home, dropping two out of three to #12 Cal State Fullerton...

May 5, 2008

SB Roars to Wins Over Tigers

By Rob Garcia

Although each Gaucho wore a "Play Like It's Sunday" ribbon on their shoes this weekend, Saturday turned out to be the better day for UCSB.

May 5, 2008

Gauchos Can’t Keep Pace With Mustangs

By Kevin Klein

While the Kentucky Derby was being run over 2,000 miles away, the UCSB track and field team was running races of their own this weekend, as action around the oval heated up when the Gauchos traveled up the coast to compe...

May 5, 2008

Armchair QB

By Staff

Papa John's is offering 23 cent pizzas to Cleveland residents after offending LeBron with T-shirts that say "crybaby" on them. Your move Dominos, that 4-4-4 deal looks pretty shitty by comparison...

May 2, 2008

SB To Vie for First Place

By Matt Connolly

The battle for the Big West title will undoubtedly heat up this weekend, as the second place UC Santa Barbara baseball team welcomes perennial power and conference leader Cal State Fullerton for a three-game series start...

May 2, 2008

Senior Day Highlights Weekend Set

By Rob Garcia

UCSB softball returns to Campus Diamond for a critical pairing with the University of Pacific this weekend.

May 2, 2008

UCSB Set to Run With Cal Poly in Tough Conference Dual Meet

By Kevin Klein

The entire UCSB track and field team returns to action this weekend as the Gauchos hope to tame the Mustangs in a Big West Conference dual meet at Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo. The Gauchos have yet to compete against the ...

May 2, 2008

I smell a rat.

By Staff

With the news that Jose Canseco foreclosed on his Encino home, the QB can’t help but wonder who he’s going to rat out in his next book. Smart money’s on Micah Owings…

May 1, 2008

Waves Take Season Series Lead

By Chris Hoffman

With a chance to improve its postseason resume, the UCSB baseball team failed to take advantage during a home contest against #13 Pepperdine, falling 7-3 yesterday at Caesar Uyesaka Stadium. The loss was the Gauchos' (29...

May 1, 2008

Surfers Should Relish Every Opportunity They Get

By Todd Prodanovich

When you surf for long enough, surfing transforms into one of two things. It may become your vessel, launching you via the crests of thousands of waves toward places you've never been before and people you've never met b...

May 1, 2008