The subject was interceptions. "How many did he have last year?" sophomore defensive back Zach Hernandez asked, a tad incredulous about the number he'd just heard.

Chris Sterling scored a game-high 40 points, but it wasn’t enough as NBA veteran Tyrone Wallace led Bakersfield’s Elect squad past Bakersfield’s Finest 121-120 in the Who You Got? All-Star basketball game Saturday night at West High.

With a lineup that could include a current NBA player, an MVP of an overseas professional league and a former Harlem Globetrotter, don’t be surprised if a 43-year-old sales consultant takes the final shot in Saturday’s Who You Got? all-star basketball game at West High.

Cliff Bolt has worked with more than his fair share of aspiring skeet shooters in his more than 50 years as a competitor and instructor in the sport.

Edilson Alvarez knows a little something about wearing many hats.

It’s been a busy past couple of weeks for former Centennial standout Andrew Hansen, who graduated from U.S. Marine basic training on July 12 and was married two days later to his girlfriend, Sara.

Veteran sports writer Mike Griffith, who retired on June 30 after 42 years at The Bakersfield Californian, was selected as the recipient of this year’s James H. Ellery Award.

To say Nate Jessup was a long shot to win last weekend’s 40th annual Bakersfield City Championship is an understatement.

Former Cal State Bakersfield catcher Jake Ortega was promoted to the New York Mets’ Advanced Single-A affiliate in St. Lucie, Fla., after playing 10 games with the Brooklyn Cyclones in short-season rookie ball.

Bakersfield College football season tickets went on sale Monday.

With the first day of classes just a few short weeks away, it’s definitely starting to heat up at high schools around the area. And that isn’t just due to scorching triple-digit temperatures.

The Rams, under first year head coach Paul Golla, opened up 2019 fall practices on Monday.

The Wolf Pack, fresh off their Division III state championship, opened fall practice on Monday.

The Cal State Bakersfield volleyball team was awarded the 2018-19 WAC Sportsmanship Award for assisting UT Rio Grande Valley during the 2018 WAC Volleyball Tournament at the Icardo Center.

Getting to know Bill Moore is not a long process. Translation? What you see is what you get.

Cal State Bakersfield’s athletic fundraising efforts enjoyed another banner year, highlighted by a school record-breaking giving for the seventh straight year.

So I fired up my computer early Monday morning and began to shuffle through the dozens of unread emails accumulated during a work-free weekend.

Bakersfield College football fans will have good reason to circle October 19 on their calendar this year.

Justin Kelly’s path to play professional baseball is a lot like the condition of the roads he takes most days to the ballpark in Northeast Mexico — a bit bumpy.

Like it or not, life has always been a numbers game for Jeremy Rodriguez.

The Bakersfield Condors announced Tuesday that the team has re-signed defenseman Jake Kulevich and forward Jakob Stukel to AHL contracts for the upcoming season.

From heartfelt eulogies to a closing rendition of "Take Me Out to the Ballgame," Monday’s funeral was a team effort that Mike Ornelaz would have been proud of.

Dogs and cats. Oil and water. Giants and Dodgers fans.

With a burst of energy and an inspiring personality to match, Joe Seay had the local and national wrestling community in a collective front head lock for more than four decades.

While the rest of the basketball universe, particularly in Los Angeles, was glued to Twitter last week in anticipation of two-time NBA Finals MVP Kawhi Leonard’s free agency decision, Tyrone Wallace played a different kind of waiting game.

Most of my readers realize that I do not claim to be a fisherman. I have only written a couple of columns about this activity over the months.