Sports
Although they lost their season opener 4-3 to the University of Hawaii on Jan. 21, the UCSB men's tennis team has high expectations for the rest of the 2008 season, expectations that include more than...
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The #16 UCSB women's water polo team is heading down to UC San Diego's Triton Invitational this weekend, looking to make a statement against some of the nation's best competition.
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The UCSB women's basketball team ushered in the second half of the conference season by winning its 10th-straight game last night against Fullerton.
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The phrase "new faces in new places" is one way to characterize this year's UC Santa Barbara women's softball team.
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Four matches into the conference schedule, the UCSB men's volleyball team found themselves winless and buried in the standings. Three matches later, the Gauchos are on fire.
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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 consecutiv...
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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.
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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 t...
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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?
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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 m...
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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.
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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.
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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 Bo...
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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, ot...
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Ride through the bike path without crashing
Find a seat at the red couches on the second floor of the library
Sunrise and sunset dip on the same day
Find parking on Del Playa Drive
Drunk for 24 hours
Bagel crawl
First pick at an Arbor muffin in the morning
Participate in a mosh pit at a band show
Finally talk to their class crush
Get an earlier pass time than their friends in GOLD
Graduate
Successfully walk through I.V. without seeing an old hookup
