Bakersfield's Jimmy Watkins teamed with Michael Blatchford of Cypress and Dean Tracy of Portland, Ore. to snare a silver medal in the men's team cycling sprint Monday at the Pan American Games in Mexico. The trio set an unofficial U.S. record with their time of 44.036.
Watkins also placed fourth in the keirin and fifth in the men's individual sprint.
I recently attended a Bakersfield College Renegades game and am greatly disappointed. I understand that officials are not the highlight of the game, nor the most loved, but they should still be respected.
My father was a back judge at this particular game, and my mother, myself, and my two young sons, aged 1 and 7, attended the game. When unfavorable calls were made, people started yelling the typical insults: "Boo!," "Who paid you, ref?," and "Ref, you suck!"
