I’m sick and tired of writing about sports mascot controversy because it’s too easy for people to be on both sides of the spectrum. I think it’s ridiculous that the National Football League team in Washington uses a racial slur, but I also think it’s equally unnecessary that the University of Illinois was forced to […]
Here are a few Long Beach sporting events happening this weekend. THURSDAY High School Girls’ Volleyball, 4:30 p.m. Today marks the second round of Moore League play, and it is headlined by first-place Poly hosting Millikan. In other action, Wilson is at Cabrillo and Jordan is at Compton. High School Girls’ Golf, 2:30 p.m. The […]
The Long Beach State women’s volleyball team has had an up-and-down non-conference schedule that featured impressive wins, baffling losses, and proof that the team is capable on any given night of beating anyone in the Big West. It was no surprise that Long Beach handled UC Riverside easily in its Big West opener, sweeping them […]
Catch up on everything happening with Long Beach State athletics this week. Women’s Volleyball LBSU (8-5) is coming off of its best week of the young season. The 49ers took a set off of No. 16 UCLA on Thursday before beating Lamar and Fresno State over the weekend in the Mizuno Invitational at Walter Pyramid. […]
Long Beach State women’s soccer won its first game ever at BYU in a 3-1 comeback on Monday in Provo, Utah. LBSU (5-4-0) got goals from senior Ashley Gonzales, junior Taylor Bistline and sophomore Rola Badawiya in the final 25 minutes. In the 65th minute senior Dana Fujikuni drew a foul in the box, and […]
The top performers from Long Beach State and LBCC this week–congrats to the winners and thanks to Naples Rib Company for their sponsorship. Hailey Harward, Long Beach State Volleyball It was an impressive week for the Long Beach State women’s volleyball team, as they took UCLA to four sets and then beat Lamar and Fresno […]
After the Long Beach State women’s volleyball team’s four-set loss to UCLA, junior libero/hitter Hailey Harward was seated at a black table waiting for the postmatch press conference to begin. She banged the table and leaned over to head coach Joy McKienzie-Fuerbringer. “Ah! We’re so close,” she said. Indeed, the 49ers were tantalizingly close to […]
We’ve got some great shots of the tight match last night from photographer Joseph Kling.
This week we’re talking about local college rebranding (1:00) before handing out midseason grades to all of the Long Beach high school football teams (5:00) and discussing cheating in sports (20:00).
In our biweekly podcast with Long Beach State athletic director Andy Fee we talk about the future of the Big West Basketball Tournament and what we’d like to see happen with it. We also interview Long Beach State cross country coach Shawn Winget and talk about the importance of recruiting locally. Episode 17 – Tournament […]