Sports

February 19, 2008

Armchair QB

By Staff

Since NBA players have no idea how to dance, the QB is offering his skills for next season’s game. Move over, LeBron, the QB does the seizure-dance better than anyone.

February 15, 2008

UCSB Wrangles Mustangs

By Rob Garcia

The Gauchos stole the show Thursday night against conference rival Cal Poly.

February 15, 2008

SB Aims to Slow Down Banana Slugs

By Tiffany Polfer

The #13 UCSB men's volleyball team (5-7 overall, 4-5 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation) take a much needed break from MPSF and Division I play, as they host Division III UC Santa Cruz (11-5 overall) tonight. The Gauchos...

February 15, 2008

Santa Barbara Heads South for Tournament

By Rob Garcia

The UCSB softball team heads to San Diego this weekend for the Campbell/Cartier Classic. Today, the Gauchos (1-3) take on Utah State (0-5) and then begin with an early-morning double-header on Saturday starting at 9 a.m....

February 15, 2008

Gauchos Look to Extend Dual Winning Streaks Against Poly

By Cassie Harris

The UCSB women's basketball team looks to continue its longest winning streak since the 2001-02 season when it hosts Cal Poly on Saturday.

February 15, 2008

SB Plays Home Opener

By Ravi Bhatia

For their home opener, the UCSB men's tennis team will play Loyola Marymount University (2-1) on Sunday at the Rec Cen Courts at 1 p.m., a team they narrowly beat during a scrimmage in the fall.

February 15, 2008

Gauchos Play Weekend Pair

By Miles Yim

Coming off a lopsided victory at conference-rival Cal State Fullerton, the UCSB women's tennis team looks to extend its momentum into weekend match-ups against University of Texas at San-Antonio and #36 UC Irvine.

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...