Sports

February 15, 2008

Snake Eyes

By Staff

Hey marketing department, the odds of winning that stupid dice game are 1 in 279,936. Stop wasting everyones time and find a new way to entertain the crowd.

February 14, 2008

SB Looks to Break Polys Hearts

By Rob Garcia

No love will be in the air inside the Thunderdome tonight when the Gauchos take on rival Cal Poly.

February 14, 2008

Pavlovian Sayings: Fear the Stache, and His Gauchos

By Alex Pavlovic

By my count, we're rarely wrong here at the Nexus sports page. Call me cocky, or call me forgetful, but it seems like most of the picks that fellow sports editor Chris Hoffman and myself have made this year have been pre...

February 14, 2008

Denver vs. New Jersey

By Staff

People get shot in New Jersey. People eat burgers with briscuit on top in Dallas. Given these two choices, the QB has no problem with Devean George vetoing the Kidd trade to stay in Big D.

February 13, 2008

SB Takes Break From Big West

By Derek Mead

With its best start to the conference season since 2001, the UCSB women's basketball team will get a break from terrorizing the Big West tonight to finish its nonconference season.

February 13, 2008

Soccer Adds Star Recruits for 2008

By Staff

The UCSB men’s soccer team added recruits Bryan Dominguez and Danny Barrera to the roster for the upcoming season. Both players spent time with the U.S. Youth National Team over the past few years and look to help ...

February 13, 2008

Bubonic Barrels in Isla Vista

By Staff

Whenever it rains in Southern California, local surfers have a serious choice to make. Brave the storm and surf in the thick, brown, hepatitis-filled nugs, or sit your ass on the couch, fire up the PlayStation 2 and go n...

February 13, 2008

Go Jump in a Lake!

By Staff

Replacing Johan Santana with Livan Hernandez should make any Twins fan want to kill themselves. At least there are 10,000 lakes that can do the trick.

February 12, 2008

UCSB Splits Weekend Road Matches

By Kevin Klein

This past weekend, the UCSB men's volleyball team rode up to NorCal sitting in a three-way tie for seventh place in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation. With a weekend split against conference foes, the Gauchos contin...

February 12, 2008

Santa Barbara Picks Up First Win of Year

By Ravi Bhatia

After losing 7-0 to #38 Washington (4-2 overall) on Friday, the UCSB men's tennis team won their first match of the season against Ball State (3-4 overall) on Saturday afternoon in a 4-3 thriller.

February 12, 2008

Whiskey Out a Boot: Ignoring the Undefeated

By Chris Hoffman

Its been well documented on this sports page over the past few months how promising the men's basketball team's nonconference start was. Us sports editors were salivating at the thought of a bye into the semifinals of th...

February 12, 2008

Armchair QB

By Staff

Shaq almost died in his first practice with the Suns. What a surprise. Here’s to hoping Superman passes out running the floor in his first game.

February 11, 2008

Gauchos Blow Golden Opportunity

By Alex Pavlovic

As the Gauchos gathered in a swaying huddle just before the opening tip, Justin Joyner pounded the floor and screamed at his teammates to get ready for Saturday night's crucial Big West Conference matchup against UC Irvi...

February 11, 2008

Santa Barbara Continues to Run the Table in Big West Games

By Derek Mead

The UCSB women's basketball team continued its domination of the rest of the Big West this weekend with a 77-69 road victory over UC Irvine (6-18 overall, 2-6 in the Big West). The Gauchos (15-6 overall, 7-0 Big West) wo...

February 11, 2008

Drama-Filled Opening Weekend for SB

By Rob Garcia

The UCSB softball team began the season 1-3, but they could have just as easily been 3-1.

February 11, 2008

Gauchos Earn First Victory of the Season

By Miles Yim

With the singles game finally falling in its favor, the UCSB women's tennis team blew out conference rival Cal State Fullerton 6-1 Friday afternoon in Fullerton. The Gauchos (1-1 overall, 1-0 in conference) routed the re...