Sports

Snake Eyes

February 15, 2008 by

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.
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SB Looks to Break Polys Hearts

February 14, 2008 by

No love will be in the air inside the Thunderdome tonight when the Gauchos take on rival Cal Poly.
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Pavlovian Sayings: Fear the Stache, and His Gauchos

February 14, 2008 by

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 thi...
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Denver vs. New Jersey

February 14, 2008 by

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.
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SB Takes Break From Big West

February 13, 2008 by

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.
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Soccer Adds Star Recruits for 2008

February 13, 2008 by

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 yea...
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Bubonic Barrels in Isla Vista

February 13, 2008 by

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 Pl...
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Go Jump in a Lake!

February 13, 2008 by

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.
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UCSB Splits Weekend Road Matches

February 12, 2008 by

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...
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Santa Barbara Picks Up First Win of Year

February 12, 2008 by

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.
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Whiskey Out a Boot: Ignoring the Undefeated

February 12, 2008 by

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 ...
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Armchair QB

February 12, 2008 by

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.
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Gauchos Blow Golden Opportunity

February 11, 2008 by

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 mat...
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Santa Barbara Continues to Run the Table in Big West Games

February 11, 2008 by

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 overa...
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Drama-Filled Opening Weekend for SB

February 11, 2008 by

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