JJ Fiddler is an award-winning sportswriter and videographer who has been covering Southern California sports for multiple newspapers and websites since 2004. After attending Long Beach State and creating the first full sports page at the Union Weekly Newspaper, he has been exclusively covering Long Beach prep sports since 2007.
The562’s coverage of Long Beach State athletics for the 2022-23 season is sponsored by Marilyn Bohl. This season has included plenty of games left unfinished by Long Beach State men’s basketball, but All-Big West guard Joel Murray helped the Beach close out a nail-biter against Idaho on Wednesday at Walter Pyramid. After building a 20-point lead […]
The562’s coverage of boys’ water polo is sponsored by Aquatic Capital of America Foundation. The562’s coverage of Long Beach Poly athletics in the 2022-23 school year is sponsored by Poly alum Jayon Brown and PlayFair Sports Management. The562’s coverage of Long Beach Poly athletics in the 2022-23 school year is sponsored by JuJu Smith-Schuster and the JuJu Foundation. […]
The very public restructuring of Long Beach State men’s basketball coach Dan Monson’s contract included a shift in scheduling philosophy, and the 2018-19 schedule released Tuesday reflects that with it’s lack of long road trips against Power 5 conference opponents. “We are still playing a national schedule, but have focused on having more games against […]
