JJ Fiddler is an award-winning sportswriter and videographer who has been covering Southern California sports for multiple newspapers and websites since 2004. After attending Long Beach State and creating the first full sports page at the Union Weekly Newspaper, he has been exclusively covering Long Beach prep sports since 2007.
The beer showers started less than seven minutes after kickoff. The several thousand spectators who packed Pine Avenue in downtown Long Beach last Friday collectively erupted after watching the U.S. men’s national team notch its opening goal of the 2026 World Cup. Some flexed the American flags that draped over their backs. Others waved red, […]