Think about the astronomical odds of becoming a professional baseball player and reaching the major leagues. Then think about the fact that there are 10 times as many MLB players as MLB umpires.
After a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Foothill High School Athletics Hall of Fame ceremony will return Saturday when the school inducts its 2020 and 2021 classes at the Bakersfield Country Club.
The Bob Elias Kern County Sports Hall of Fame found itself in uncharted waters in 2021, canceling its annual induction dinner for the first time in its decades-long history.
In a shocking turn of events, the internet is not up to date with the latest developments in Bakersfield sports.
The new YouTube series “Cross the Line” features former English rugby star and media personality Alex Corbisiero wandering the eastern San Fernando Valley, scouring football fields and basketball courts to assemble a brand new rugby squad from the best athletes the area has to offer.
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.
There’s something about the passing of one year to the next that inspires people from all walks of life to make a change.
Although details like a final roster and a home venue have yet to be ironed out, Bakersfield’s newest professional basketball team will at the very least know who and when the team is playing.
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.
After losing all of 2020 to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Bakersfield Train Robbers and the rest of the Pecos Baseball League are set to return to the field this summer.
All Kern County Art Williams League Baseball players who competed at Sam Lynn Ballpark during the 1960s, 70s and 80s are invited to attend a reunion on June 26.
Rock Your World may have had his world rocked a bit last week, but the locally-owned 3-year-old colt plans to return to the racetrack, albeit after a short layoff.
It wasn’t the finish they had hoped for, but the Hronis family’s first Kentucky Derby was memorable just the same.
A one-time dream of someday owning a racehorse has blossomed into a successful enterprise for Kern County natives Kosta and Pete Hronis.
While the return of high school sports is big news locally, outdoor youth sports have also been given the go-ahead to resume in Kern County.
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.
Felix Mory of Palm Springs and Kolton Lapa of Mesa, Ariz., finished the first day of the Bakersfield Open golf tournament tied atop the leaderboard with a five-under par score of 65.
In a world where sporting events are constantly being forced to scale back, the Bakersfield Open is going the other direction in 2021.
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.
With high school and college sports still on indefinite hold, youth sports are hoping to make a return to Kern County in the fall.
A pair of former SWYL rivals are duking it out atop the leaderboard after the first day of the Bakersfield City Golf Championships.
David Alamillo tends to be comfortable almost anywhere you put him on a baseball field.
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.
As the area’s reigning Golden Empire USBC At-Large Male Bowler of the Year, Jesse DelaHerran is used to having plenty of success on the local lanes.
The calendar read Sept. 1 but it might as well have been Christmas morning for Bakersfield dove hunters.
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.
The traditional "Take Me Out To the Ball Game" may look more like Take my bike out to ball game Monday.
Bakersfield College kicked off its summer junior tennis circuit on Saturday. The circuit is intended to empower junior tennis players and parents in order to increase player's skill level and help them learn and enjoy the game.
Kyle Shiloh seems to always be on the move.
Positive Cases Among Kern Residents: 272,015
Deaths: 2,499
Recovered and Presumed Recovered Residents: 258,738
Percentage of all cases that are unvaccinated: 72.68
Percentage of all hospitalizations that are unvaccinated: 83.34
Updated: 8/5/22
