Sports

UCSB Falters on Road Trip

September 18, 2008 by

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....
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Bengals?

September 18, 2008 by

What the hell has happened to the Cincinatti Bengals?
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The Thunderdome or Harder Stadium?

September 18, 2008 by and

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 celebration...
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Welcome to Town, Get Ready to Cheer

August 30, 2008 by

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 cou...
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No One Can Compete When the Gauchos Go Loco

August 30, 2008 by

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 t...
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Sports Buffs

August 30, 2008 by

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.
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ESPN Is Redundant and Repetitive

July 15, 2008 by

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 televis...
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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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