Long Beach has always influenced Major League Baseball. It’s produced more MLB players than any other city, and Long Beach State has led the NCAA in alums on MLB rosters for the better part of the last decade. Despite the COVID-19 shortened season starting just last week, Long Beach products have already been all over […]
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Angels Add Latest Chapter To Blair Field’s Unique History
For nearly a century, the baseball fields in Long Beach’s Recreation Park have played host to many of the best baseball players to ever live, spanning multiple generations of America’s pastime. Rec Park’s first baseball game was played in 1924, between the Los Angeles Angels of the Pacific Coast League and the Chicago Cubs, one […]
PODCAST: Interview With CIF Southern Section Commissioner Rob Wigod
On this episode we’re talking to CIF Southern Section Commissioner and Long Beach native Rob Wigod about the response to California high school sports moving to January. 13:00 CIF-SS Commissioner Rob Wigod 44:00 Speech & Debate: Asterisk* on MLB/NBA seasons?
PODCAST: Reaction To California High School Sports Postponement
On this emergency breaking news podcast we’re breaking down the CIF State and CIF Southern Section decisions regarding the postponement of high school athletics in California.
CIF State, Southern Section Announce 2020-21 Sports Plan
In a move that’s been widely expected for the last two weeks, the CIF State office announced that it’s pushing back the start of the high school sports season in California to December and January. Click here for our first story including the full releases from CIF State and CIF-SS. The three seasons of Fall, […]
CIF State Pushes California High School Sports To January
In a move that’s been widely expected for the last two weeks, the CIF State office announced that it’s pushing back the start of the high school sports season in California to January. The CIF State schedule was released at 9 a.m. on Monday, and still includes a full Fall/Winter/Spring plan with all sports scheduled […]
Century Club Donates $10,500 to Cover Moore League Dues
In an effort to assist Long Beach’s high school sports program in the upcoming school year, the Long Beach Century Club made a $10,500 donation to the Moore League to cover the league dues for the city’s seven high schools. The COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent school closures caused a financial shortfall for local high schools, […]
How Do You Restart Long Beach Sports?
We’ve got some ideas on how Long Beach high school and youth sports can get going again as safely as possible. Obviously these aren’t practices we want to see implemented permanently. These are just possible steps to hopefully someday getting back to sports as usual. Take It Outside The smartest minds in the world don’t […]
PODCAST: Interview With Lakewood Football Coach Scott Meyer
This week on the podcast we’re updating you on everything going on with the Long Beach Unified School District, giving you our ideas for how to restart local sports and talking to Lakewood HS football coach Scott Meyer about his team waiting to come back for practice. 15:00 Interview With Lakewood Football Coach Scott Meyer […]
LBUSD High Schools Restart Summer Practices
It’s been a week of back and forth for Long Beach Unified School District high school athletes, but for now they’re back on the field. The LBUSD has gotten the green light from the Long Beach Health Department to restart its voluntary summer conditioning program, according to LBUSD high schools superintendent Jay Camerino. The high […]