What do PGA Tour golfers Tiger Woods, John Merrick and Patrick Cantlay have in common with Long Beach State’s Joe Fryer? They are all winners of the Southern California Golf Association Amateur Championship who honed their game on Long Beach courses. Fryer won the 119th SCGA Amateur Championship last week at La Jolla Country Club […]
From statistical anomalies to streaks ending, this month has been historic for Long Beach representatives in Major League Baseball. Last week, Long Beach Poly’s Chase Utley and Long Beach State’s Mike Marjama announced their retirements. This week, Garrett Hampson became the 50th former Dirtbag to be called up to The Show. Hampson, 23, made his […]
Garrett Hampson made history today by getting called up by the Colorado Rockies. He is the 50th Long Beach State Dirtbag to make a Major League Baseball roster. The Dirtbags now have 12 former players on MLB rosters, and have had more former players in the league than any other college or university since 2010. […]
Casper Ware returned to the NBA summer league for the first time since 2014 when he made his NBA debut with the Philadelphia 76ers. The Long Beach State men’s basketball alum is played with the Portland Trail Blazers. “I’m only getting older,” Ware told the Los Angeles Times. “This is probably the last go around […]
Long Beach didn’t have a representative in the Major League Baseball All-Star Game last night for the first time in 13 years, but there are enough MLB players with local ties to theoretically field an All-Star team— if a few players were flexible with positions. PITCHERS There has been more than one elite MLB pitcher […]
Mike Marjama made his Major League Baseball debut less than a year ago, but the former Long Beach State Dirtbags catcher has decided to hang up his cleats and give back to a community that also shaped his life. “I am more than an athlete,” Marjama wrote in his official retirement letter released via Twitter. […]
Long Beach State men’s basketball product James Ennis agreed to a two-year, $3.4 million deal last week to join the Houston Rockets. Ennis, 28, is playing for his fourth team in four NBA seasons, and the Rockets will likely use him to replace Trevor Ariza on the wing. “I’m a great player, and I have […]
Even though he never actually played or managed in a baseball game, Dr. Ken Ravizza was one of the most influential people in the sport as a mental skills guru. He also mentored Chicago Cubs manager Joe Maddon, and spent a lot of time working with the Long Beach State Dirtbags as well as other […]
Catch up on everything that’s happening this summer with Long Beach State athletics. MEN’S BASKETBALL Long Beach State Men’s Basketball Releases Schedule MEN’S VOLLEYBALL Long Beach State, Wilson Volleyballers Win Bronze With USA WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL This year’s Long Beach State women’s volleyball season isn’t far away, and the 49ers schedule has officially been set. Second-year […]
A trio of Long Beach State men’s volleyball standouts spent the summer competing with the USA national team, as TJ DeFalco, Kyle Ensing, and Dustin Watten helped boost the USA to a bronze medal in the FIVB Volleyball Nations League, a competition among the best countries in the world. The USA played its way into […]