Sports

May 22, 2007

The NBA Draft Lottery: The Reward for Being Awful

By John Ciccarelli

If you scrape the bottom of the NBA barrel, you are guaranteed to find the Memphis Grizzlies, Boston Celtics and Milwaukee Bucks.

May 22, 2007

“I’m Pregnant !?”

By Armchair QB

What's worse than failing a drug test? Having everyone think you did when you didn't. Sorry Chris Henry, someone is out to get you.

May 21, 2007

Gauchos Stymied in Los Angeles

By Rob Garcia

The NCAA Regionals have simply not been kind to the UC Santa Barbara softball team over the years.

May 21, 2007

Time For Stern to Pull Some Strings

By Alex Pavlovic

For years conspiracy theorists have insisted that NBA commissioner David Stern rigged the 1985 Draft Lottery to ensure that the New York Knicks received the top pick, enabling them to draft Georgetown superstar Patrick E...

May 21, 2007

Santa Barbara Wins Pair in Nonconference Series

By Alex Pavlovic

The UCSB baseball team slugged its way to a series victory over future Big West opponent UC Davis this weekend, ending a four-game losing streak in the process.

May 18, 2007

Gauchos To Test Luck at Regionals

By Rob Garcia

For the third time in four years, the UC Santa Barbara softball team finds itself amid the excitement of postseason play.

May 18, 2007

SB Star Cary Leaves Campus Pool Behind

By Ana Pineda Staff Writer

After four long and successful seasons at UCSB, top gun senior Pat Cary says goodbye to his collegiate swimming career to embark on a new adventure this summer in Brazil, and tackling the Olympic Trials next summer in Om...

May 18, 2007

Santa Barbara Looks to End Losing Streak Against Aggies

By Staff

Stuck in the midst of a four-game losing streak, the UCSB baseball team travels to Davis this weekend for a matchup with a future Big West foe.

May 18, 2007

It’s A Rocket Ship!

By Armchair QB

Yankees pitcher Kyle Farnsworth is calling out the Rocket? Uhh who the heck is Kyle Farnsworth? Oh he's the guy with 26 career wins to Roger Clemens' 348.

May 17, 2007

Kim Ready to Run Down Dream, Fight Cancer in Process

By Rob Garcia

Some people enjoy hiking or jogging on weekends, but this Saturday and Sunday, fourth-year film & media studies major Bee-oh Kim will be running the equivalent of the distance between Santa Barbara to Los Angeles.

May 17, 2007

Look Beyond the Surf to Protect Our Waves

By Hannah Perry

UCSB is home to many a surfer: the young, the old, the new, the experienced, the lost, the familiar and the ancient -- from the ripper at birth to the born inlander.

May 17, 2007

Gauchos Cannot Rally Back From Early 3-Run Deficit to Trojans

By Staff

The UCSB baseball team failed to find the effective starting pitching it needed in order to pull out a win against USC Wednesday night.

May 17, 2007

Laughing Stock

By Armchair QB

This just in: The NBA is a joke. I'm sorry, but a two-game suspension for throwing elbows and a one-game penalty for defending your teammate do not add up.

May 16, 2007