Sports

April 28, 2008

SB Salvages Series With Sunday Win

By Rob Garcia

For the third consecutive Sunday, the UC Santa Barbara softball team managed to avoid a sweep with offense and stellar pitching.

April 28, 2008

Santa Barbara Athletes Excel in California’s Canada

By Kevin Klein

The UCSB track and field team made a trip up north to California's hat this past weekend to compete in the Oregon Relays. Just a portion of the team made the trip, but those who did recorded quality performances and even...

April 28, 2008

Armchair QB

By Staff

Don't look now, but the Oakland A's are tied for the best record in the AL. No, seriously, don't look. They play much better when no one thinks they're gonna be good. Who's Emil Brown? I don't care. Keep hitting, buddy.

April 25, 2008

UCSB Faces Poly in Rivalry Series

By Matt Connolly

After a surprising nonconference loss to Cal State Northridge (16-20 overall, 4-8 in the Big West) on the road this past Tuesday, the UC Santa Barbara baseball team (27-12, 6-3 Big West) will resume conference play this ...

April 25, 2008

SB Looks to End on a High Note After MPSF First Round Loss

By Matt Crowell

The #17 UCSB women's water polo team put up a good fight in its opening Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Tournament match against fifth seed Hawaii, but it wasn't enough as the Gauchos fell in San Diego 15-11.

April 25, 2008

Gauchos Look for Fourth Straight Title

By Ravi Bhatia

The #62 UCSB men's tennis team will face triple-digit heat and fierce Big West competition this weekend in its quest for a third consecutive Big West Tennis Championship and a bid to the NCAA tournament in May.

April 25, 2008

SB Goes Farming for Victories

By Rob Garcia

Currently in a tight battle for first place in the Big West, Gaucho softball will now turn its attention to new conference foe UC Davis.

April 25, 2008

SB Looks for Run of Upsets

By Miles Yim

Almost two weeks after being blanked 7-0 by Cal Poly, the fifth-seeded UCSB women's tennis team will have a shot at redemption this afternoon against the their fourth-ranked rivals in the first round of the Big West Cham...

April 25, 2008

Select Few Travel to Oregon Relays

By Kevin Klein

After some impressive performances last weekend, a select group of UCSB track and field athletes will make the trek to California's Canada when they compete in the Oregon Relays tonight and all day Saturday.

April 25, 2008

Txting OmGs!!!1

By Staff

If disgraced former Indiana coach Kelvin Sampson is serious about taking an assistant coaching job with the Bucks, he should probably find a phone that lets him send illegal texts in Chinese. Yi is waiting.

April 24, 2008

NBA Eastern Conference Playoff Picks

By Staff

The Celtics will cruise through the NBA's designated B League not because of their storied history or because everyone wants a Los Angeles-Boston final, no sir. Boston will win because of logic any grade-schooler playing...

April 24, 2008

Power of the Press

By Staff

The best part about the power of the press is that it doesn't really matter if you're good or not, because people believe anything they read. With that in mind, congratulations to the Bad News Beers for their 17-0 IM sof...

April 23, 2008

UCSB Swings to Fifth Place

By John Greely

After a season that saw flashes of potential from the Gaucho golf team, the Big West Tournament proved to be a disappointing affair. Coming in, UCSB was hoping to steal a victory at Tijeras Creek Golf Club in Rancho Sant...

April 23, 2008

NBA Western Conference Playoff Picks

By Alex Pavlovic

As much as I hate them, the Lakers will easily wax the Nuggets before squeaking by a tough Jazz team that'll have no problem with poor T-Mac and whoever he's playing with.

April 23, 2008

Nice Jammies

By Staff

Does anyone else out there feel like Mel Kiper Jr. and Todd McShay are dangerously close to throwing down? This should add some spice to the QB's traditional NFL Draft Pajama Party.

April 22, 2008

The Next Generation of Beach Games

By Chris Hoffman

After spending nearly all my free time over the past four years at the beach and in the sun, I've partaken in pretty much every sand sport there is around. I've even found a way to injure myself in most of them, so I kno...