John Zant: UCSB’s forgotten football history

UCSB’s Harder Stadium is rightfully called “Soccer Heaven,” where Gaucho soccer teams have set NCAA attendance records and won the 2006 national … [Read more...]

John Zant: Cachuma Lake hosts weekend fish derby

Cachuma Lake is down but not out, and it still teems with recreational opportunities. That’s the message the caretakers of Santa Barbara’s major water … [Read more...]

John Zant: Santa Barbarans face Dodger blackout in Vin Scully’s final season; Sam Cathcart passes

Vin Scully’s sonorous voice came through loud and clear: “Hi, everybody. A very pleasant Monday to you …” It was the opening game of the 66th … [Read more...]

John Zant: Enduring Nick Johnson’s Epic Workout

Against my better judgment, I recently got involved in a Nick Johnson workout. When he was one of the most active young men on the planet, Johnson … [Read more...]

John Zant: Santa Barbara runners leave tracks in U.S. races

  Stride by stride, minute by minute, Ramiro “Curly” Guillen is pushing himself into the top tier of U.S. marathon runners. The Goleta native … [Read more...]

John Zant: UCSB basketball wins in a throwback for Thunderdome

  It was Throwback Saturday at the Thunderdome. A saucy crowd of 5,414 turned out to see Alan Williams — aka Big Al or, in his own … [Read more...]

John Zant: High school soccer’s big loss, big win

Soccer can be a cruel game. In the CIF Division 1 play-offs against Los Alamitos last Friday, Dos Pueblos High’s Chargers went through prolonged … [Read more...]

John Zant: Introducing UCSB’s John McCutcheon, Remembering Tarkanian

The temperature was an inescapable topic when John McCutcheon decided to make a mid-winter move from New England to Santa Barbara. McCutcheon, the … [Read more...]