Pranav Bhakta, PBHAK’S CORNER
With the report of UC Riverside planning to build a potential 8,000 seat arena for athletic, cultural, and recreational purposes, I wanted to express my support this proposal because it serves a great need of an adequate arena for basketball games.
Our Highlander basketball teams currently play in the Student Recreation Center, which is not exactly the...
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 so far have been an anomaly. The playoffs so far can be described as high scoring, extremely physical and teeming with suspense. There have been...
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. It sounds all good and fun, but general managers and some die-hard fans fear that their star player could get injured in a meaningless game...
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 out to me that the NBA All-Star game actually put on quite a show, thus disproving my argument in some sense.
That said, the NBA all-stars...
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 a career game. So why was this gem of a player not given a chance by any NBA organization before the New York Knicks decided...
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, and now the Harvard product is the leader of this Knicks’ team. Without Jeremy Lin, the Knicks’ offense would be stagnant.
Lin played 46 minutes in...
P-BHAK’S CORNER
This weekend, David Beckham re-signed a deal with the Los Angeles Galaxy to play for two more seasons in the MLS league. So why was this news not a headline like the time when Beckham first arrived to the United States in superstar fashion?
I understand if this recent news did not make the front cover of every news...
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 for sport fans in many ways. The intro themes right before the big game, in which a television broadcast company has produced is one way...
P-BHAK’S CORNER
The UC Riverside track and field teams got off to a great start this past week as they put on a very solid performance at the indoor University of Washington Invitational. For their success, the men’s team has found itself ranked 10th in the West Region ahead of all rival Big West schools. The Women’s team also ranked...
P-BHAK’S CORNER
This Sunday, sports fans around the United States will occupy living rooms on the holiest sports holiday of them all: Super Bowl Sunday.
What makes this year’s Super Bowl XLVI such a great matchup is that it will be a rematch of the 2008 Super Bowl XLII, where the New York Giants beat the previously undefeated New England...