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Mark Patton

Meridian

Sports Columnist at Noozhawk

Sports columnist for Santa Barbara Noozhawk, former sports editor of the Santa Barbara News-Press, author of the novels "Boy On a Hill" and "The Land of Never"

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  • 5 days ago | noozhawk.com | Mark Patton |Barry Punzal

    Overview: Michael McGreevy still making his pitch to stick in the big leagues after making his third quality start on Thursday Baseball has become the National Pause-time for three of the best players to ever grace the diamonds of Santa Barbara. Shane Bieber, James McCann and Michael McGreevy were all forced into a timeout of their Major League Baseball careers during the first half of this season … and for completely different reasons.

  • 1 week ago | noozhawk.com | Mark Patton |Barry Punzal

    A sports news feature video chronicling the bond between former UC Santa Barbara basketball player J.D. Slajchert and young Gaucho superfan Luc Bodden has been nominated for a Los Angeles Area Emmy. Bodden died of sickle cell disease at age 10 in 2016. “Luc Strong” — a 12-minute, “Beyond the Sport” segment produced by Spectrum News 1 — is one of three finalists in the sports feature category named by The Television Academy.

  • 1 week ago | noozhawk.com | Mark Patton |Barry Punzal

    Overview: Gaucho chief must wear many hats in recruiting and training next season’s group of Gauchos Joe Pasternack is amid Finals Week, although there’s no real finality to his work as the UC Santa Barbara men’s basketball coach. One season merely turns to the next in the blink of a shooting eye. “It’s constant,” he told Noozhawk.

  • 1 week ago | napavalleyregister.com | Mark Patton

    This is an updated version of a story published by Noozhawk.com at bit.ly/45kMboh and is being re-run with the website’s permission. East Beach may be a playground, but twin sisters Kelly and Lisa Strand had to work their way there a half-century ago. They’d follow their older siblings by riding their bikes for six miles, packing nothing but a sack lunch and the hunger to play some beach volleyball.

  • 2 weeks ago | noozhawk.com | Mark Patton |Barry Punzal

    Overview: Torch Run through 200 communities covered 1,500 miles while raising funds for the year-round programs of Special Olympics My sister, Therese, grew up the same way as most children. She blossomed in the Great Outdoors. She began exploring our neighborhood on Santa Barbara’s Mesa not too long after her first step. Therese would run around the block until spotting a home of interest. Then she’d knock on its door.

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Mark Patton
Mark Patton @MPatton_Sports
18 Jun 17

Joe Pasternack's recruiting for UCSB's 2017-18 basketball season is now complete.

Mark Patton
Mark Patton @MPatton_Sports
18 Jun 17

Played 30 games for 28-7 Mountain West champion Nevada, started 2, 3.7 pts and 2.6 rebs pg. Coming with Devearl Ramsey, who will redshirt

Mark Patton
Mark Patton @MPatton_Sports
18 Jun 17

Leland King was all-state at Brentwood High, averaged 14 points his sophomore year at Brown U. before transferring to Nevada.