This week we sit down with CIF Southern Section Commissioner Rob Wigod to talk about football participation, playoff reconfiguration, transfer rules adjustments, mascot changes and more. 02:00 Question O’ The Week “How does Poly football look?” 07:00 Games O’ The Week: Scrimmages Everywhere 07:50 Players O’ The Week: Jordan Bell Charity Event 08:30 LB Pros […]
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PODCAST: New Edition Of ‘What Up, Long Beach?!’
We’re switching up our 12-year old podcast so come find out what’s new and let us know what Long Beach sports stories you want to hear more about! 02:20 What Up, Long Beach?! 2.0 05:15 Question O’ The Week: “What football practices have you been to?” 09:15 List O’ The Week: Top 3 most compelling […]
COLUMN: Support Sets Tone For Long Beach Youth Sports
From the national championships for Beach FC and Shore Aquatics to the regional tournament victories for Uptown LB and Los Altos baseball leagues — it’s been another incredibly successful summer for Long Beach youth sports. It isn’t rare to find a group of young Long Beach athletes dominating their competition, and it isn’t a coincidence […]
LB in NFL: Training Camp Preview
The arrival of August means it’s officially NFL Training Camp season, and another 17 Long Beach athletes are trying to make teams this year. This Thursday and Friday see the first full week of preseason games, and then local products have another three and a half weeks to earn their way onto a team. On […]
PODCAST: Staying Mentally Fit & More Summer Sports News
This week on the show we talk to a local sport/performance psychologist who helps explain how mental fitness is changing athletics. 05:00 Interview with Talese Fernbach of Inner Mind Fitness 17:00 Long Beach City Council moving forward with Billie Jean King library renaming 21:30 Register for Luke TATSU Johnson Memorial Event 23:30 Poly High’s DeSean […]
PODCAST: Top Long Beach Sports Stories Of The Week
We’re running down the most important local sports news this week before talking about watching the Women’s World Cup in Long Beach. 03:00 Former Dirtbag Jeff McNeil is going to the MLB All-Star Game 05:35 Long Beach Should Name Main Library For Billie Jean King 09:30 Lisa Busch Steps Down After 20 Years As Lakewood Athletic […]
PODCAST: Chris Betts, JP Crawford & New Dirtbags Coach
Happy summer and welcome to our All Baseball episode full of the latest news from local boys in the pros and interviews from the Dirtbags press conference last week. 03:40 Chris “Bat Flip” Betts Wins Home Run Derby, Plus Other “LB In MLB” News 18:00 Meet The New Dirtbags Coach (Interviews With Eric Valenzuela, Andy […]
Top 10 Long Beach High School Sports Stories Of 2018-19
We’re counting down the top moments for Long Beach prep sports in 2018-19. 10. Lakewood Hires Scott Meyer The Moore League football landscape has been shaped by so many coaches coming and going, and for the first time in awhile, the league is getting a quality on-campus coach back again. In December, Lakewood hired Scott […]
PODCAST: Announcing The All-City Awards!
This week on the show we’re handing out more awards for the 2018-19 Long Beach sports year. The562.org All-City Awards Athletes Of The Year (03:15) Freshman Of They Year (06:35) Coach Of They Year (10:15) Spirit Of Long Beach (12:20) Game Of The Year (14:30) Tribute Of The Year (16:00) Youth Team Of The Year […]
PODCAST: Top 10 Long Beach High School Moments Of 2018-19
This week we’re counting down the most important moments of the last 12 months of Long Beach high school sports. 05:10 Long Beach High School Sports Top 10 Moments 28:00 How Rabid Should Fans Really Be? 36:40 Fam Jam (Hawaii & Dog Beaches)