Innovation has been key to survival for small businesses in 2020. The coronavirus has caused sweeping changes to business practices, while bringing phrases like “contactless” or “socially distanced” into everyday vernacular. But for hair stylists at salons and barbershops, there is no way to provide their service in a virtual world. From the onset of […]
Top 10 Long Beach Youth Sports Teams Of The Decade: Mizuno Girls’ Volleyball National Champions
This is the eighth of 10 stories about the best Long Beach youth sports teams we’ve seen over the last decade. We’ve taken nominations from the community and will release the top 10 in no particular order. Come back next week to read about other club squads that made this historic list. Two years ago, […]
PODCAST: Interview With MLB Pitcher Chase De Jong
On this special episode we talk to Wilson High alum Chase De Jong about his incredible and inspiring journey back into Major League Baseball where he was in the Houston Astros bullpen for the epic American League Championship Series this year.
PODCAST: The Los Angeles Dodgers Are World Champions!?
This week on the show JJ, Mike and Tyler break down the emotional and historic Los Angeles Dodgers World Series win on Tuesday night. They’ll also catch up with Long Beach City College football coach Brett Peabody to discuss why junior college football isn’t coming back quickly and his concerns about his players’ future. 01:00 […]
Long Beach State Basketball Seasons Taking Shape
It’s a “so far, so good” situation for the Long Beach State men’s and women’s basketball programs after the lengthy COVID-19 quarantine and their return to outdoor activities this month. “Luckily our basketball men and women are feeling good, testing negative, taking baby steps and hopefully headed inside soon,” LBSU Athletic Director Andy Fee said. […]
LBCC Football Remains in Standstill
Since returning to competition during the first weekend of September, NCAA football is now entering its second month of the regular season. Once the Pac-12 opens play on Nov. 7, every major conference across the country will be back in action on the gridiron. At the lower levels, high school football remains a mixed bag. […]
Feature: Ford Family’s Special Reason to Root For Dodgers Title
Millions of baseball fans across Southern California are rooting for the Dodgers as they try to win their first World Series since 1988—perhaps none louder than Long Beach’s Ford family. The Fords lost the patriarch of their family, Bruce, last November. The longtime Long Beach Port operating engineer’s unexpected passing devastated his wife and five […]
Football: Compton Readying For Unique Season
While six of the seven teams in the Moore League are in the Long Beach Unified School District, the seventh—Compton High—has had to deal with an even more bizarre offseason than the rest. Compton’s school district didn’t allow its programs to begin doing offseason conditioning until a few weeks ago (several months after the LBUSD’s […]
COVID-19 Underscores Importance of Athletic Trainers on High School Campuses
Once high school athletics is able to safely resume competition, it will undoubtedly be accompanied by a slew of modifications, new requirements, and unique challenges. Now more than ever, the health and safety of students has been at the forefront, but there remains a sizable hole in that effort on many high school campuses across […]
Top 10 Long Beach Youth Sports Teams Of The Decade: 2019 Belmont Shore Rugby U14 Champions
This is the seventh of 10 stories about the best Long Beach youth sports teams we’ve seen over the last decade. We’ve taken nominations from the community and will release the top 10 in no particular order. Come back next week to read about other club squads that made this historic list. It’s fair to […]