Yousef Baig is a Napa Valley Register sports reporter. In the search for nuances in a world of absolutes, his regularly occurring column “Other Side of the Fence” attempts to bridge the gap between trending topics, social issues and their relationship with sports. Its one goal: critical thought.
SACRAMENTO – When the stage is as big as March Madness is, the lead actors have to play their part and play it well.
SACRAMENTO – I checked another one off the bucket list Friday.
The easiest way to demonstrate what Greg Rahn has done for Pacific Union College basketball is to first look at the numbers.
I have finally hit rock bottom.
Thanks to the presidential election, I’ve made it a point to stop setting expectations for things.
Everything was stacked against me Wednesday night.
This is a difficult topic to broach. I hate how polarizing it is. I know it will trigger an emotional response and that makes nuanced discussions almost impossible.
When we switched to a new website earlier this year, our online editor Samie Hartley tasked the columnists to come up with a brief summary about our series.
The eyes of the world are shifting to Rio de Janeiro, and the Olympic Games are happening whether we — or Brazil — are ready for it.
I had reached my tipping point.
Golden State was a few possessions away from winning its second straight NBA Finals.
Historic is the only way it can be described.
It’s rare nowadays when something is universally accepted, but since Muhammad Ali passed away on Friday, few, if any, have disputed that he was the greatest of all time.
OAKLAND — This Golden State Warriors team has a knack for making the impossible, possible.
OAKLAND — This Golden State team has never been here before.
I spent a hard five minutes staring at a blank page and that diabolical blinking cursor, trying to come up with a good starting point for this.
SAN FRANCISCO — Baseball is back, ladies and gentlemen.
Monday morning I felt like I woke up from a dream.
SAN JOSE — I can’t remember how old I was the last time I went to the circus.
SAN FRANCISCO — It’s a wet and windy Friday morning and I’m on my way into the city for a “rain or shine” tour of Super Bowl City and the fan attractions that were built like a pop-up book in San Francisco’s financial district.
You’ve probably heard about the new film “Concussion” by now.
Every calendar year there’s at least one new stadium being introduced somewhere in the U.S.
There are a lot of double standards in society when it comes to women.
Where do you even begin with a series like this?
Even though it goes without saying, the Golden State Warriors have a huge opportunity here.
