Sports Focus: NBA All-Star Weekend impact, plus Santa Rosa girl's soccer
We take a look back at NBA All Star Weekend and its impact on Bay Area student-athletes. Plus, the girl’s soccer team at Piner High School is Santa Rosa reflects on their historic season.
Bay Area roots run deep for Oakland Roots goalie
Kendall McIntosh is excited to return to the Oakland Coliseum where the Roots will play their first home game on March 22.
Sports Focus: Super Bowl Sunday Edition
The latest edition of KTVU's Sports Focus after the Big Game!
Warriors treat East Bay students to unique basketball camp
The Golden State Warriors hosted a special basketball camp for East Bay students, blending athletic training with exposure to careers in science and technology. The camp featured drills with the Warriors' youth coaching staff, a demonstration of tech-driven training tools, and a surprise visit from former player Adonal Foyle, who also gifted the students tickets to a Warriors game.
Lafayette Little League wins NorCal state championship
The Lafayette Little League is coming off an incredible season after winning the Northern California State Tournament in the division for 11-year-olds.
Sports Focus: July 2024 'Summer Splash'
Sports Focus goes on the road for a special summer edition from Stinson Beach in Marin County. Stories from this episode feature water sports like surfing, diving, swimming, and sailboat racing.
Sports Focus: June 2024
Two Bay Area baseball teams celebrate winning state titles, while an East Bay rowing club is celebrating a successful showing at a national competition. Plus, we have a look at identical twins who are headed to the Olympics to play badminton.
Oakland rowing club wins 24th national title
A rowing club in the East Bay is celebrating the success of its athletes following a national competition in Florida, including a national title.
Sports Focus: May 2024
Our May episode features identical twins who are multisport athletes in St. Helena, a non-profit whose goal is to break down barriers surrounding disability bias by teaching inclusive sports, and a look at top STUNT team in the East Bay.
Sports Focus: April 2024
This episode looks at two Oakland teenagers whose talents in the world of weightlifting have garnered them an unprecedented scholarship offer. Plus, we meet n organization making tennis adaptive and inclusive for student athletes on the autism spectrum, and have a conversation with a CIF Spirit of Sport Award winner from Milpitas.
Mika Webster-Longin, Bay Area high school gymnast, reaches for Olympics
A teenage gymnast from Richmond gets a scholarship to UCLA and has Olympic aspirations
Sports Focus: March 2024
This episode features basketball players from Napa Christian’s Prolific Prep who were named to the boys McDonald’s All American team, a gymnast with dreams of reaching the Olympics, a group of chess players organizing speed tournaments for Bay Area high schools, and the return of the wrestling program to Alameda High School after 40 years
Sports Focus: January 2024
Sports Focus kicks off 2024 with all new stories on Bay Area athletes, including the 49ers Foundation creating healthy lifestyles for youth, the #1 nationally ranked Archbishop Mitty girls basketball team, and a look at three football teams that brought home state championships.
Sports Focus: December 2023
Sports Focus caps off 2023 with a story on a 7-foot-tall basketball player in Concord, a look at Bay Area teams that made it to the Pop Warner National Championships, and a recap of girls flag football. We also take a look back at one of our favorite stories from the year, a trio of weightlifting teens in Oakland.
City of Santa Clara recognizes youth football team heading to 2nd national tournament
For the 2nd year in a row, the Santa Clara Wildcats 12 U will be playing for the championship against teams from across the country.
Sports Focus: Nov. 19, 2023
Sports Focus returns with a look at some incredible Bay Area student-athletes, including a four-sport female athlete in Petaluma. Our show also honors a De La Salle coach who passed away in the middle of the football season
Sports Focus: Sept. 21, 2023
This special "football edition" of Sports Focus checks in with former NFL stars Steve Young and Maurice Jones-Drew, among other coaches. We also take a look at the inaugural season of girls' flag football in California and the bond between players at Serra High School in San Mateo.
Sports Focus: Aug. 20, 2023
We have a conversation with the CIF 2023 male scholar-athlete of the year from San Ramon. Also featured are a group of kids from East Oakland who competed at the Junior Olympics and a teen from Menlo Park whose work to donate sporting goods to schools in need landed him on stage at the ESPY awards.
Sports Focus: July 24, 2023
In honor of the FIFA Women's World Cup, we explore the impact of soccer on the Bay Area in this special edition of Sports Focus
Sports Focus: July 21, 2023
A trio of teen weightlifters are US champs and they train in Oakland. While in San Francisco, there's the country's oldest chess club that's been home to masters of the game Plus, the story of a California girl who is one of the best cricket players in the U.S.