P-Bhak's Corner

  PBHAK’S CORNER When one thinks about music, sports is usually not the first thing that comes to mind. While reading about music and the emotions behind it, I realize that music plays an integral part...

PBHAK’S CORNER With this newspaper issue being the last of the school year, it has made me look back and recall some of the memorable games and achievements in UCR athletics this season. In a...

P-BHAK’S CORNER Jeremy Lin, the Harvard product, has taken the sports world by storm. The ultimate story of perseverance, Lin has answered his doubters game after game. Against the Lakers, Lin silenced his critics with...

P-BHAK'S CORNER Jeremy Lin is for real and he is the elusive point guard the New York Knicks have been searching for this season. Lin’s rise to stardom in the NBA has been highly noted,...

PBHAK’S CORNER In his first year as UC Riverside’s athletic director, Brian Wickstrom has accomplished many changes and continues to push for more. Wickstrom, since taking the position of former athletic director Stan Morrison, has...

PBHAK’S CORNER In the NHL playoffs, the games are played defensively, brutally and with strict discipline. Goal scoring is sparse and the only goal that counts is the game-winning one. But the 2012 NHL playoffs...

P-BHAK’S CORNER With the NBA All-Star game taking place last weekend, many NBA fans were able to see the top athletes in their sport come together and play on one court in a exhibition game....

PBHAK’S CORNER I was going to write my column on my first round predictions for the NBA playoffs this week, but all that changed with Saturday’s games. Instead, I will talk about the issue with...

In last week’s column, I argued that there should be no All-Star game because there is a risk of injury and there is not a good competitive flow to the game. Some readers pointed...

PBHAK’S CORNER The questions as to whether college sports offer a higher entertainment value than professional sports has long been debated by sports fanatics for years. In my opinion, college sports has a particular aspect...