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Mark Patton

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Sep 28, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 28, 2026 · Mark Patton, Noozhawk Sports Columnist

    Mark Patton: C.J. Shaw Shows Staying Power as UCSB’s Heir Apparent to NBA Star Ajay Mitchell (opens the original)

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    UCSB gears up for a schedule of six non-conference home games that begins on November 2nd against San Francisco State The name Ajay Mitchell echoes in the ears of UC Santa Barbara sophomore C.J. Shaw. Shaw, emerging star of the Gaucho basketball team, can’t help but see his UCSB forefather in his dreams. Mitchell, current star of the Oklahoma City Thunder, blazed a trail that Shaw seeks to follow. “Coach P says his name every day, all day in practice,” Shaw said of UCSB coach Joe Pasternack. “It

  2. Article · Sep 7, 2026 · Mark Patton, Noozhawk Sports Columnist

    Mark Patton: Remembering the Day UCSB Lost a Devoted Coach to the 9/11 Terrorist Attacks (opens the original)

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    Mari-Rae Sopper gave up a promising law career in Washington D.C. to pursue her dream of coaching collegiate gymnastics at UCSB Jen Rudy had marked the big day on her calendar. Her new coach was coming to Santa Barbara. Rudy, captain of the UC Santa Barbara women’s gymnastics team, had volunteered to pick her up at the airport. The Gaucho senior had gone to the mat in lobbying the Gauchos to hire Mari-Rae Sopper, a Washington, D.C., lawyer who wanted to return to coaching. She’d known and admire

  3. Article · Aug 31, 2026 · Mark Patton, Noozhawk Sports Columnist

    Mark Patton: Ben Howland Followed the Bouncing Ball All the Way into the Hall of Fame (opens the original)

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    The Santa Barbara Athletic Round Table will enshrine Ben Howland and six others into its Hall of Fame during its 58th annual banquet on Monday, September 14 Click here to purchase tickets to the 2026 SBART Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony. Mother knew best for the young and restless Ben Howland. Mary Howland’s life-changing move was to get her bouncing little boy out of the house and bouncing a basketball. “I was a wild and out-of-control little kid, and she needed a break,” Howland once confesse

  4. Article · Aug 23, 2026 · Mark Patton, Noozhawk Sports Columnist

    Mark Patton: Michael Henchy Gets Back to His Roots as UCSB’s New Women’s Volleyball Coach (opens the original)

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    UCSB picked to finish third in Big West Conference race behind preseason all-leaguer Gabi Martinez and a host of transfers The Circle of Life has brought Michael Henchy back to where his volleyball career was born. He was a 15-year-old freshman at Ventura High School, still unsure of his future in sports, when the Cougars’ varsity coach summoned him to a tournament at the Gaucho arena. “Somebody had either gotten sick or had other plans, and they needed a middle,” he recalled. “So last minute, o

  5. Article · Jul 27, 2026 · Mark Patton, Noozhawk Sports Columnist

    Mark Patton: A McCann-Do Attitude Has Arizona Diamondbacks Pointed Toward Playoffs (opens the original)

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    James McCann has batted .444 with three home runs and nine RBIs since returning from the disabled list on July 7 The counter-culture crowd of the 1960s warned the world to distrust anyone over 30. But that’s when the Arizona Diamondbacks were just a twinkle in Phoenix’s eyes, still three decades away from conception. That Major League Baseball team trusts no one more with its pitchers than James McCann, a Dos Pueblos High School graduate who turned 36 last month. Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovul

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