PODCAST: Long Beach State Budget Woes, Rains Changing High School Schedules & Much More
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On this episode we’re talking about the Long Beach State athletics department budget and what they’re doing to fix it, the recent inclement weather that’s changed all of the schedules and much more about our beloved Long Beach sports community.
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.
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