Sports

January 26, 2007

SB Bounces Back on Road

By Chris Hoffman

What a difference one week makes. Freshman guard Justin Joyner turned in perhaps the best performance of his young career with a career-high 15 points as the UCSB men's basketball team picked up a much needed win on the...

January 26, 2007

SB Takes Gamble in Sin City

By Ana Pineda Staff Writer

The UCSB men and women's swim team are headed to the desert this weekend for a dual meet against UNLV and Colorado State after a strong performance against Davis last week.

January 26, 2007

Men’s Tennis: Gauchos Serve Up Home Opener

By Cassie Harris

A season that ends with a conference title and an appearance in the NCAA tournament can be difficult to top, but the #70 UCSB men's tennis team will be looking to do just that as it opens its season this weekend.

January 26, 2007

Don’t Mess With Texas

By Armchair QB

Everything is bigger in Texas. And if Sammy Sosa somehow manages to squeak his way into the Rangers' 40 man roster, the bats will be bigger and corkier in 2007.

January 25, 2007

Nexus Player of the Week: Jessica Wilson

By Derek Mead

Thanks in a large part to junior guard Jessica Wilson's success filling in at the point position, the UCSB women's basketball team is riding a six-game win streak that has sent the team into second place in the Big West....

January 25, 2007

Gauchos Look to Change Pace

By Chris Hoffman

After two embarrassing home losses, the UCSB men's basketball team is looking for some time away from the beach to reinvigorate its season.

January 25, 2007

SB Tests Streak on Home Turf

By Derek Mead

With a win streak against Cal State Northridge that's old enough to celebrate properly, the UCSB women's basketball team will look to bull rush the Matadors (8-10 overall, 4-1 in the Big West) tonight.

January 25, 2007

Your Grandma

By Armchair QB

In a recent interview

January 24, 2007

Watch Out for the Groms

By Hannah Perry

Change is an inevitable process that every walk of life will learn to appreciate. For surfing, change has created a more volatile sport, transforming what once was an artistic expression into what is now a competitive ri...

January 24, 2007

Every Horse Needs a Little Liquid Courage

By Derek Mead

Ah, doping scandals. I think every sportswriter on the face of the planet loves that phrase. While stories about such classically filthy sports as cycling or track and field are nothing to shake a journalistic stick - or...

January 24, 2007

Pearls Before Pride

By Armchair QB

If Tennessee Head Coach Bruce Pearl can go shirtless in the student section at the Volunteer's women's game, then what's next?

January 23, 2007

Let the Revolution Begin

By Chris Hoffman

The UCSB men's soccer team's 2006 national title gave every player involved a career boost, and perhaps no player benefited more from the run than senior forward Bryan Byrne.

January 23, 2007

Willams Must Turn Harris, Youth Loose

By Alex Pavlovic

After two straight embarrassing home losses, it might be time for UCSB men's basketball coach Bob Williams to come up with his own version of the now-famous Tim Vom Steeg riot act.

January 23, 2007

Nine Lives

By Armchair QB

They say cats have nine lives. So what does it mean when Bengals cornerback Jonathan Joseph was the ninth Cincinnati player arrested in the past nine months?

January 22, 2007

SB Falters in Final Games

By Kip Hanson

While riding the momentum of its stirring sweep of UCLA, the #6 UCSB men's volleyball team put #1 Irvine up against the net in Friday's match, until the Gauchos collapsed and gave Irvine the game in five, 25-30, 28-30, 3...

January 22, 2007

Cal Poly Upsets Struggling UCSB Squad

By Chris Hoffman

One week after a disappointing home loss to UC Davis, the UCSB men's basketball team put together another poor showing in front of the Thunderdome crowd Saturday night, losing to Cal Poly 71-61.