Sports

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

UCSB Heads on Down the Highway

By Alex Pavlovic

The UCSB baseball team will hit the road today in hopes of shaking off a weekend sweep and bolstering the team's non-conference resume.

May 16, 2007

Sheed’s Squad Inducts True Fans

By Derek Mead

The greatest moment of my life happened yesterday.

May 16, 2007

Barry Bonds Has His Sights Set On Breaking Aaron’s Record

By Jonah Meyer

Quickly approaching is the day that will inevitably capture the attention of every baseball fan in America.

May 15, 2007

Big West Sends Five to Regionals

By Staff

Provo Regional: Cal Poly(39-15), BYU (41-18), Southern Utah (29-29), #7 Arizona State (49-13) Columbus Regional: Cal State Fullerton (34-20), Ohio State (38-16), Canisius (27-19), #16 Virginia Tech (47-14) Stanford Regio...

May 15, 2007

The Legacy of Big Shot Rob Keeps on Growing

By John Ciccarelli

Some guys collect baseball cards.

May 15, 2007

MLB Teams Use Alcohol Policy to Dodge Bullets

By Chris Hoffman

What happened to Josh Hancock and the St. Louis Cardinals was a tragedy felt throughout the sporting world.

May 15, 2007

Hypie-K I choose you!

By Armchair QB

Congrats Dice-K on your first Stateside complete game. You're still the most overhyped thing to come from Japan since Pokemon.

May 14, 2007

SB Men, Women Finish Second

By Jeff Gibson

Cal State Northridge swept the men's and women's Big West Track and Field Championships this weekend while UCSB narrowly missed first place in each, taking second behind the Matadors in both the men's and women's competi...

May 14, 2007

Santa Barbara Drops Two to 49ers

By Rob Garcia

Despite losing a "meeting of the mounds" series with Long Beach State over the weekend, the Gauchos are officially headed to Regionals.

May 14, 2007

Gauchos Fall to Trojans in NCAA First Round

By Cassie Harris

The nation's 21st-ranked team proved to be too much for the Big West Champion UCSB men's tennis team, as it fell to host USC in the first round of the NCAA Tournament over the weekend.

May 14, 2007

SB Swept at Home by First-Place Long Beach State

By Alex Pavlovic

The UCSB baseball team dropped a heart-breaking sweep over the weekend to #16 Long Beach State, effectively ending any hopes of competing for a conference title.

May 14, 2007

Warriors, Come Out and Play

By Armchair QB

After getting beat up by Carlos Boozer, the Warriors trail the Jazz 3-1. Is it too late to tank a few games in hopes of landing Greg Oden?

May 11, 2007

SB Rock Climbers Represent School

By Jeff Gibson

Last weekend the UC Santa Barbara rock climbing team was able to grab the first and second spots in the open category of the fourth Poker Series Bouldering Competition, offered this year by the Vertical Heaven Climbing G...