Sports

Women’s Soccer Starts Preseason on the Right Foot

Being a Division 1 program, the Gauchos were seen as heavy favorites in this match as the Warriors are featured in the NAIA Division of collegiate sports. Nonetheless, the purpose of this match was to...
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Preview of the 2022 NFL Season

After the Los Angeles Rams won Super Bowl LVI by defeating the Cincinnati Bengals last February, teams across the NFL looked to find ways to improve in hopes of lifting the Lombardi Trophy themselves....
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2022 NFL Preview

After the Los Angeles Rams won Super Bowl LVI by defeating the Cincinnati Bengals last February, teams across the NFL looked to find ways to improve in hopes of lifting the Lombardi Trophy themselves....
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​​MLB trade deadline is heating up

The Major League baseball trade deadline had many significant moves, specifically for the San Diego Padres.
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MLB All Star Game Comes to Los Angeles

The Major League festivities kicked off this weekend in Los Angeles. There was the Rising Stars game with all of the youth of Major League Baseball representing their teams, then the Home Run Derby th...
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Gabe Vincent: From Undrafted Gaucho to NBA Starter

With the introduction of Vincent, the Heat went from ranking 19th in 3-point percentage in 2020-21, to ranking third in the league this past season. Vincent played a key role in this development with ...
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Lottery Time for the NBA Draft, But Who Will Hit the Jackpot

With the first overall pick in the NBA draft, the Orlando Magic selected Paolo Banchero out of Duke University. Although he will help a Magic squad that has struggled offensively, pundits wonder how t...
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The Best is Yet To Come for Gauchos Baseball

As for the Gauchos, this marks the third straight 40-win season (excluding 2020 when the team’s record was 13-2) as they eclipsed the mark on their very last regular season game. This game also secu...
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Best of the 2021-22 UCSB Men’s Basketball Team

Coming off a successful 2021 season, senior forward Amadou Sow comes in as the best overall player and best defensive player. Sow had a solid year averaging almost a double-double with a rate of 15.6 ...
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Invincible or Insatiable? Why Tom Brady Refuses To Retire

Tom Brady’s decision to continue playing in the NFL became both impressive and a punchline. Since the quadragenarian was unstoppable against foes who were half his age, he routinely poked fun at eit...
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UCSB’s Track and Field Team Runs Away With a Top-Three Finish

The UC Santa Barbara women’s and men’s track and field team traveled to UC Davis in order to participate in the 2022 Big West Track & Field Championships. On day one of the event, the track an...
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New Begginings for a Tough Softball Season

The UC Santa Barbara softball team’s season came to a close this weekend as the Gauchos were swept by their in-conference opponent, Cal State Northridge. This came at the hands of losing to their ot...
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Reigning NBA Champs Are Out

In the 2022 NBA playoffs, the underdogs have managed to climb out of the Western Conference while the Eastern Conference features the top two seeds. The Eastern Conference finals will be a matchup of ...
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Steve Scott Invitational Provides Success for Gauchos

The Gauchos truly rose to the occasion, coming home with 9 new marks to add to UCSB’s top 10 performances of all time as well as dozens of personal records. With the Big West Track & Field Champions...
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Rich Strike Gets Major Upset in 2022 Kentucky Derby

This year’s Kentucky Derby had a record $179 million in the pool, but had a just roughly $500,000 bet on the actual winner of the race — Rich Strike. Rich Strike, a 3-year-old Thoroughbred, was th...
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