Lakewood football coach Scott Meyer has a pretty rare view of the multi-faceted affects of the COVID-19 pandemic in the city, as an LBUSD parent, teacher, and coach. He’s had to add another title to his resume for the upcoming football season: travel agent. The Lancers’ field is scheduled to go under construction for upgrades […]
The coronavirus pandemic has caused unprecedented changes to the professional sports calendar. When the NFL season started two weeks ago, it was the first time in history that every major American sports league had games scheduled on the same day. For sports fans, the calendar has never been more crowded, but local sports bars have […]
Join the conversation as we look at the restart of Long Beach youth sports from all angles. We’ll also recount a few epic youth sports moments from our own lives, update you on the latest local news stories and much more. 01:00 Is It Safe For Youth Sports To Return? 08:30 Top 10 Long Beach […]
Football has been an on-again, off-again concern at Wilson High, just as it’s been in most places around the state. Practices were shut down for a few months as a precaution due to the COVID-19 pandemic, then after coach Mark Ziegenhagen had started them back up, the poor air quality from the wildfires shut them […]
On this episode we’re talking about Long Beach State’s plan to bring outdoor basketball practice back to campus Oct. 1 and how the local football players are dealing with the start/stop nature of this year. We’ll also listen to Mike revel in the LA Clippers unceremonious exit from the NBA Playoffs. 02:00 Long Beach State […]
The Millikan football team has finalized its football schedule, which it was able to keep more or less identical to the original Fall 2020 schedule, according to head coach Romeo Pellum. “We only had to change one game, everyone else we were able to keep the same,” he said. The Rams will play open up […]
There’s not much that’s “normal” about the 2020 NFL season, which will be played with no fans in attendance at most of the league’s stadiums. But one thing that is as regular as clockwork: the city of Long Beach will be filling the rosters of NFL teams across the country. Led by Long Beach Poly’s […]
The Lakewood High football program was rocked by tragic news last Thursday after former head coach Jimmy Nolan’s family was involved in a fatal car crash. His wife Taran and three of their children were involved in a head-on collision in South Carolina. Their baby Micki didn’t survive and the other three are in the […]
The Lakewood High football program woke up to tragic news today after former head coach Jimmy Nolan’s family was in a fatal car crash. Here is a link for a GoFundMe family and friends have shared that raised over $20,000 in the first two hours: Donate to The Nolan Family, organized by Brittany Hinzo Our […]
The effects of the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic have been wideranging on sports and the larger world as well. One of the more subtle effects of those changes has been a desire to stay closer to home, with commercial air travel no longer something people can take for granted. The result has been a recent spate […]