Long Beach didn’t have a representative in the Major League Baseball All-Star Game last night for the first time in 13 years, but there are enough MLB players with local ties to theoretically field an All-Star team— if a few players were flexible with positions. PITCHERS There has been more than one elite MLB pitcher […]
Mike Marjama made his Major League Baseball debut less than a year ago, but the former Long Beach State Dirtbags catcher has decided to hang up his cleats and give back to a community that also shaped his life. “I am more than an athlete,” Marjama wrote in his official retirement letter released via Twitter. […]
Long Beach State men’s basketball product James Ennis agreed to a two-year, $3.4 million deal last week to join the Houston Rockets. Ennis, 28, is playing for his fourth team in four NBA seasons, and the Rockets will likely use him to replace Trevor Ariza on the wing. “I’m a great player, and I have […]
Even though he never actually played or managed in a baseball game, Dr. Ken Ravizza was one of the most influential people in the sport as a mental skills guru. He also mentored Chicago Cubs manager Joe Maddon, and spent a lot of time working with the Long Beach State Dirtbags as well as other […]
Catch up on everything that’s happening this summer with Long Beach State athletics. MEN’S BASKETBALL Long Beach State Men’s Basketball Releases Schedule MEN’S VOLLEYBALL Long Beach State, Wilson Volleyballers Win Bronze With USA WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL This year’s Long Beach State women’s volleyball season isn’t far away, and the 49ers schedule has officially been set. Second-year […]
A trio of Long Beach State men’s volleyball standouts spent the summer competing with the USA national team, as TJ DeFalco, Kyle Ensing, and Dustin Watten helped boost the USA to a bronze medal in the FIVB Volleyball Nations League, a competition among the best countries in the world. The USA played its way into […]
Earlier this month, Long Beach State paid tribute to longtime head athletic trainer Dan Bailey with the dedication of the Dan Bailey Sports Medicine Center. The late Bailey worked at LBSU for 36 years, including 34 as the university’s head trainer, earning him a 2008 induction into the school’s Hall of Fame. But athletic department […]
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 […]
The streak is dead, long live the streak. Last year, Long Beach had a representative from one of its schools in the Major League Baseball All-Star Game for the 12th consecutive season. It doesn’t look like that streak will continue after the MLB fan vote was released over weekend. Long Beach Poly alum Chase Utley […]
Mauricio Ingrassia has honed in the recipe for a successful women’s soccer program at Long Beach State, and a major ingredient is a challenging schedule. Once again, the 49ers have a nationally relevant slate of matches this season, starting in August at 2017 NCAA Runner-Up UCLA. “This is really what Long Beach State needs,” Ingrassia […]