The Lakewood girls’ volleyball team has always been known for its strong senior leadership, as longtime coach Mike Wadley takes care to create class after class of players that help run practices and instill a hard-nosed work ethic into younger players. This year, Lakewood has strong senior leadership once more–but also a serious youth movement, […]
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PODCAST: Interview With CIF-SS Commissioner Rob Wigod
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 […]
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: The Best Of Our Offseason Reset Interviews
This week we’re looking back on some of the best interviews we’ve done here on the podcast over the last year. 01:30 Chase DeJong on getting called up to MLB 05:40 Rob Wigod on CIF football safety concerns and multi-sport athletes 10:00 Andy Fee on the Long Beach State mascot 11:40 Bobby Hauck on moving […]
PODCAST: Offseason Reset With LBSU Soccer Coach Mauricio Ingrassia
This week on the show JJ sits down with Long Beach State women’s soccer coach Mauricio Ingrassia to talk about his teams trip to the World Cup in France (2:00) and Mike breaks down Long Beach’s role in creating Title IX (17:30).
LB In MLB: Lakewood’s Travis d’Arnaud Makes History
Travis d’Arnaud made history at Yankee Stadium on Monday night by becoming the first catcher to hit three home runs in a game out of the leadoff spot, per Elias Sports Bureau. The Lakewood High alum helped the Tampa Bay Rays come back and win 5-4 with all five RBIs and a three-run go-ahead homer […]
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 […]
Long Beach Mizuno Brings Home Volleyball Hardware
It was another successful summer for the Long Beach Mizuno Volleyball Club, the elite club owned by Long Beach State women’s volleyball coach Joy McKienzie-Fuerbringer and her husband, Matt. Mizuno sent six teams to the Girls Junior National Championships in Indianapolis, with five of them finishing in the top 10 and one winning a national championship. […]