On the one hand, there's the grand pageantry and elaborate ceremonies the world has come to associate with the Olympics.

Talk about making up for lost time.

So many things had to go right to make it a reality, so as Kyrie Wilson celebrated with his teammates 2,500 miles from his Bakersfield home, his emotions got the best of him.

Centennial’s Natalie Tun received the Tracy Macnair Burrell Sportsmanship Award by the Kern Community Tennis Association.

After its induction dinner was canceled in February due to the pandemic, the Bob Elias Kern County Sports Hall of Fame came back strong Thursday with a new set of inductees for 2021.

Home-field advantage is a powerful phenomenon. The players of the Bako Heat 55-and-over, 6.0-rating women’s tennis team, captained by Laurie Haagsma and Michele Buoni, feared they’d be its next victim.

Matt Picanso’s first run through Q-School met its end beneath the Santa Rosa Plateau at Bear Creek Golf Club on the outskirts of Murrieta.

It wasn’t a dominant performance, and it certainly wasn’t easy, but Derek Thorn continued his win streak on Saturday.

If anyone needed any extra validation of how dominant Bakersfield’s Derek Thorn has been this season, a local sponsor helped solidify things by sweetening the pot for the remainder of the SPEARS SRL Southwest Tour Series.

The age-old philosophical question, “If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?” was put to the test Monday at Sam Lynn Ballpark, albeit with a slight variation.

The Major League Baseball draft has continued to modify the process since first being implemented in 1965 with three separate events during the year.

Fresh off an impressive 2019 track and field season, Alex Collatz Sellens was looking forward to big things last year before events were interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The coaching carousel continues to gain momentum with the addition of two new volleyball coaches.

By all accounts, Dick Witcher was a fantastic athlete, who was described as “tough as nails” on a recent Twitter post and a “legend” on another.

There was still plenty of golf to be played, but when Manav Shah chipped in his third shot on No. 18, the roar from the roughly 100-person gallery seemed to almost foreshadow what was to come.

I had the most amazing dream last night. It was the type of vision that was so vivid, that I woke up and immediately had to check my phone to confirm the details.

When all is said in done, the year that was 2020 will be more significant for what didn’t happen than what did — at least in the local sports landscape.

Some things are worth the wait.

Inspired by the first responders who raced into the Twin Towers on Sept. 11, Kercie Jung wanted to do something to show her support for the brave men and women who put their lives on the line every day.

When and how high school sports can safely return has still yet to be decided, but in the interim, several area football players still continue to generate interest.

Bobby Sharp has never really considered himself a handyman around the house.

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

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

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

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

Kyle Shiloh seems to always be on the move.

About 25 years ago, when I went to film a hunt in Canada for the first time, my guide Brent mentioned to me that he had heard that there was "no limit" Canada goose hunting in New Zealand. For all the years since that time, I had thought about trying to arrange a hunt in the so-called "Down …