Sports

February 8, 2008

Hi Mom!

By Staff

OK, Gaucho fans… there is a televised men’s baskeball game this Saturday. We know you all want to be on TV, and one of your sports editors is going to be in attendance with picked-out hair, well worth your at...

February 7, 2008

SB Looks to Double-Up on Titans

By Alex Pavlovic

For the second consecutive Big West season, the UCSB men's basketball team has bucked the traditional mantra that winning on the road is harder than winning at home. While they've won three consecutive road games, the Ga...

February 7, 2008

Gauchos Put Win Streak on the Line

By Cassie Harris

Currently riding an eight game Big West winning streak, the UCSB women's basketball team goes for its best conference start since the 2001-2002 season tonight on the road against Cal State Fullerton.

February 7, 2008

Pavlovian Sayings: Complaints about Cribbing Columnists

By Alex Pavlovic

Quick: what do you think the best part about writing a weekly sports column is? No it's not the scratch, the hot and horny groupies, or the fact I regularly get to turn down people who want to write their own column by t...

February 7, 2008

Armchair QB

By Staff

Whoa, when did Cavaliers guard Aleksander Pavlovic go down with a sprained foot? And why hasn't Lebron James called the Nexus yet to get himself a new Alexander Pavlovic?

February 6, 2008

Lakers Make a Scary Playoff Foe

By Staff

Growing up a Lakers fan, I'll admit I've been pretty spoiled. From watching Magic and "Showtime," to seeing Jerry West - Mr. NBA logo himself - steal Shaq from Orlando, there really haven't been too many bad years.

February 6, 2008

Wilson’s Versatility Paves Way for SB

By Rob Garcia

One thousand points. Only 21 UCSB women's basketball players in program history had ever reached that mark, and last Thursday, senior guard Jessica Wilson became number 22.

February 6, 2008

Fruit Hoops

By Staff

The Lakers get Pau, so the Suns want Shaq. As weird as Shaq looked as a giant purple grape, he’ll look even uglier as a slow, hobbled orange.

February 5, 2008

He Said, He Said

By Chris Hoffman

All this talk about the gap between the Eastern and Western Conferences decreasing is ridiculous. The East is as good as its been in a long time, at the top of the standings, but the triumvirate of Boston, Detroit and Or...

February 5, 2008

He Said, He Said

By Alex Pavlovic

First of all, let the record show that the historic concept of a “He Said, He Said” column was invented by the sports desk, and thus, if said concept appears anywhere else in the Nexus, other writers are clea...

February 5, 2008

SB Begins Season With Pair of Wins

By Alex Pavlovic

With National Championship aspirations in the back of their minds, the UCSB men's lacrosse team got its season off to a great start over the weekend with back-to-back wins over Northern California foes Cal and Stanford. ...

February 5, 2008

Reflecting on the Puppy Bowl

By Derek Mead

I may have been blind drunk, but I still managed to watch the Super Bowl. Trust me, it wasn't for lack of trying. After realizing that every household in I.V. would have the game blasting, I felt doomed to a fate of medi...

February 5, 2008

Armchair QB

By Staff

Armchair QB: Your lovely sports editors definitely came up with “He Said, He Said” first. Good thing no one reads the opinion page anyway.

February 4, 2008

Gauchos Sweep Warriors

By Tiffany Polfer

The UCSB men's volleyball team (4-6 overall, 3-4 in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation) was not a gracious host this past weekend, as the Gauchos swept the two-game match up with the visiting University of Hawaii (3-...

February 4, 2008

UCSB Dominates Dual Meets

By Ana Pineda Staff Writer

It was the perfect end to a fantastic season as the UCSB men's and women's swim teams defeated conference foes UC Davis and the University of Pacific this weekend on the road.

February 4, 2008

Gauchos Get Perfect Start to Season

By Matt Crowell

The #17 UCSB women's water polo team kicked off its 2008 season by picking up back-to-back wins in this weekend's Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunner Mini Tournament. UCSB (2-0) routed Fresno Pacific 26-3 before going into ...