Sports

SB Takes New Approach to Upcoming Season

February 8, 2008 by

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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Santa Barbara Looks for More Home Success

February 8, 2008 by

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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Hi Mom!

February 8, 2008 by

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...
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SB Looks to Double-Up on Titans

February 7, 2008 by

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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Gauchos Put Win Streak on the Line

February 7, 2008 by

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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Pavlovian Sayings: Complaints about Cribbing Columnists

February 7, 2008 by

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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Armchair QB

February 7, 2008 by

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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Lakers Make a Scary Playoff Foe

February 6, 2008 by

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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Wilson’s Versatility Paves Way for SB

February 6, 2008 by

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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Fruit Hoops

February 6, 2008 by

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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He Said, He Said

February 5, 2008 by

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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He Said, He Said

February 5, 2008 by

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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SB Begins Season With Pair of Wins

February 5, 2008 by

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 foe...
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Reflecting on the Puppy Bowl

February 5, 2008 by

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 doom...
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Armchair QB

February 5, 2008 by

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