Sports

He Said Goodbye, He Said Goodbye

June 5, 2008 by and

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 ...
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Coaching Changes Shake Up Athletics

June 5, 2008 by

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 w...
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Revelations

June 5, 2008 by

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.
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Athletic Department Report: Part III

June 2, 2008 by

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 Champion...
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Visit With the Big Boss

June 2, 2008 by

The Daily Nexus sits down with outgoing Athletic Director Gary Cunningham to reflect on the past and look to the future.
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I’d Like Five Pepperoni, Two Cheese…

June 2, 2008 by

Don't worry Media Relations.
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Gaucho Athletics Remain Atop Big West

May 30, 2008 by

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 insti...
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New Equestrian Club Gets Set to Saddle-Up

May 30, 2008 by

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.
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ARMCHAIIIIIIR

May 30, 2008 by

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 on...
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Athletic Department Report: Part II

May 29, 2008 by and

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...
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The Trailer

May 29, 2008 by

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.
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Athletic Department Report: Part I

May 28, 2008 by and

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

May 28, 2008 by

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.
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‘Eaters Dash Gaucho Playoff Aspirations

May 27, 2008 by

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...
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How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Hate UCI

May 27, 2008 by

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?
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