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   Michael McCarthy: Being a pro athlete means learning to deal with pressure

   By MICHAEL McCARTHY, Contributing columnist

   Saturday, Jun 15 2013 08:30 PM

   Salem, Va. Many times we reference "the pressures of life" or how much "pressure we are under" by the world around us. Whether it is at work, in our home or within our social network, we all feel pressure in varying degrees.

   Sports have a tendency to bring out the best in people. Professional athletes compete in a sport at a level that few people can truly understand.

   From Justin Verlander to LeBron James, the athletes we love and hate are the best at what they do. But why do we idolize them? We've all made a 3-pointer or kicked a soccer ball in the net at some point, so what makes sports so much fun to watch?

   It is the pressure! The pressure of one professional athlete directly competing against another creates an epic collision...

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2. Pro baseball careers starting for 5 ex-Roadrunners

   It's pro baseball careers for all five Cal State Bakersfield players selected in Major League Baseball's first-year player draft earlier this month. Senior pitchers Scott Brattvet, Jeff McKenzie and Chuck Buchanan and juniors Cael...
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   Local report: Kerr celebration of life set for July 20 at CSUB

   A celebration of life for former Cal State Bakersfield wrestling coach T.J. Kerr will be held July 20 at the CSUB Icardo Center starting at 3 p.m. Kerr, who coached wrestling at CSUB from 1984-2010, died June 6. The wrestling coach came...

4. CSUB's Williams to transfer to Iona

   Cal State Bakersfield point guard Britton Williams announced Thursday on twitter he is transferring to Iona (N.Y.). Williams averaged 3.7 points and 3.2 assists per game in 29 games last season as a freshman. He averaged 21.5 minutes per...

5. Michael McCarthy: Being taken in MLB draft was a surreal experience

   LYNCHBURG, VA. As many of you know, the Major League Baseball draft was held late last week. Looking back on "draft day," I remember the moment I was drafted by the Boston Red Sox. Many of my Cal State Bakersfield teammates and I had...
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   ANDY KEHE: Hard-nosed Kerr was a battler, and winner, til the end

   We used to say in the news business (I think they still do) that a story better have legs in order to justify writing about it four or five days later. From the perspective of a former Cal State Bakersfield wrestling beat writer, the...
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   Garces' Sweaney, CSUB's Brattvet selected in Day 2 of MLB draft

   Jake Sweaney has heard his name called many, many times, but it was never quite like this. Friends and family huddled around Sweaney on the couch at his home Friday as the internet stream of the Major League Baseball Draft announced: "The...
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   Former longtime CSUB wrestling coach T.J. Kerr dies at 64

   Former Cal State Bakersfield wrestling coach T.J. Kerr was found dead in his Northwest Bakersfield home on Thursday. Kerr, who reportedly was having health issues, was 64. During his 26 years at the helm of CSUB, Kerr led the Roadrunners...
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    Garces catcher Sweaney expected to be first local selected in 2013 MLB draft

    Amid all the projections and predictions swirling around the Major League Baseball Draft, which begins today and continues through Saturday, Garces senior Jake Sweaney has a comforting outlook on his own fate. "There really is no...
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    'First Look': CSUB pitcher looks forward to draft

    Cal State Bakersfield pitcher Scott Brattvet is looking forward to the draft, expecting that at the next level he'll be a reliever. "The draft is in a couple days. So we'll see what happens," 21-year-old Brattvet said Wednesday on "First...

12. Sound splits with Barons in opening two games

    The Los Angeles Barons pounded out 14 hits en route to a 14-2 victory over the Bakersfield Sound in Tuesday's California Collegiate League game at Bakersfield Christian. The Sound committed three errors behind starter Seth Varner, who gave...

13. CSUB ROWDYs Awards: University honors top achievements

    Men's swimmer Dan Wickensheimer, a senior who has been a standout for four seasons, earned the President's Award for the top individual honor announced Monday night at Cal State Bakersfield's second annual Rowdys Awards. The President's...

14. Mike McCarthy: Pitching against major leaguer was Werth the wait

    FREDERICK, Md. From time to time a major league player will play in a few rehabilitation games for a minor league team. While in spring training we get to play with the major league players from time to time. During the season we only...