The oldest sports tradition in Long Beach is renewed tonight at Veterans Memorial Stadium, as Long Beach Poly celebrates its Homecoming for the 112th time. The school was founded in 1895, but had its first football season in 1908. The Jackrabbits (3-3, 2-0) are coming off a win over Wilson in last week’s exciting Big […]
The Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio has enshrined players and coaches with one standard above all else: can the story of football be told without them? It’s with that standard in mind that I present the case for Long Beach legend Willie McGinest’s inclusion in the 2022 Pro Football Hall of Fame […]
The562’s coverage of Lakewood Athletics is sponsored by J.P. Crawford, Class of 2013. Lakewood started the CIF Southern Section Division 2AA girls’ basketball playoffs with a 58-50 home victory over Corona Santiago. Senior Nyemah King scored a game-high 20 points for the Lancers. Lakewood visits Lynwood on Saturday for the second round.
