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Randy DeWeese, Roy McFarland Power UCSB Volleyball Past Pepperdine in NCAA Quarterfinals Gauchos' four-set victory sets up a rematch with Big West rival and No. 1 seed Hawaii on Thursday The UCSB volleyball team celebrates after defeating Pepperdine in the quarterfinals of the NCAA Tournament in Columbus, Ohio. (NCAA photo) By Barry Punzal, Noozhawk Sports Editor | @NoozhawkSports | 6:40 p.m. UCSB came out firing in its first NCAA Men’s Volleyball Tournament appearance in 10 years. The third-seeded Gauchos hit .567 in the first set against Pepperdine and outlasted the Waves in four s...

And the second. And after a brief lull in the third set, that one, as well. Gabi Garcia Fernandez had 12 kills, four aces and four blocks as the second-ranked and top-seeded BYU men's volleyball swept No. 4 Grand Canyon, 25-14, 25-19, 29-27, in Friday's semifinals of the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Tournament at the Smith Fieldhouse in Provo. Zach Eschenberg had 10 kills, five digs and four blocks for the Cougars (18-3), who advanced to face No. 3 Pepperdine in Saturday's championship match for the third time in conference history and first since 2008. The Cougars simply dominated from...

NFTs are setting the creative world alight. Are they also bad for the planet? By music and pop culture reporter Paul Donoughue Posted FriFriday 12 MarMarch 2021 at 7:21pm The digital collage titled "Everydays — The First 5,000 Days," by the artist Beeple, set a record at auction this week. ( Share Print text only Cancel By this point, you've probably heard about NFTs — even if you still don't really understand them. They are the digital asset creating headlines globally for allowing artists to sell JPEGs or 30-second GIFs for tens of thousands or even millions of dollars. On Friday, the ...

NFTs or non-fungible tokens: The new kind of digital art that could prove a bonanza for creators Posted FriFriday 5 updated SatSaturday 6 MarMarch 2021 at 5:32am Consensual Hallucinations, an NFT by Western Sydney artist Serwah Attafuah, who said getting paid for JPEGs 'blows my mind'. ( Print text only Cancel Paul "Lamborghini" Kell made the news in 2018 when he paid $US38,000 for a digital artwork that anyone could already view or download. This week, he sold the same artwork — a depiction of Homer Simpson combined with internet meme Pepe the Frog — for $US320,000. The 'Homer Pepe' Pet...

No. 1 BYU men’s volleyball beats No. 7 Pepperdine in tough matchup with two overtime sets No. 1 BYU men’s volleyball beat No. 7 Pepperdine in a competitive matchup that included two overtime sets on Saturday night. Both teams put up a tough fight in each set as neither team won a set by more than two points. Head coach Shawn Olmstead credited his team for sticking in each set and being able to pull away for the win. “For the guys to stick to it it was big. The guys dug deep for the win.” The Cougars won three sets consecutively after dropping the first set to Pepperdine. Getting sen...