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...]

John Zant: Chargers pin rival Ventura, host Channel League Finals

  Year in and year out, wrestling is a sport that the Dos Pueblos High Chargers pursue with passion. Their match against Ventura last month … [Read more...]

Local Sports by The Independent’s John Zant

John Zant's column appears each week in the Santa Barbara Independent Readers of PresidioSports.com will have access to more local sports … [Read more...]

John Zant: College Baseball Gears Up

  The calendar says spring is six weeks away, but you wouldn’t know it from the flowering trees and the activity on college baseball diamonds. … [Read more...]