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21 Athletes and Coaches to Represent Long Beach in the 2024 Paris Olympics

The Paris Olympics are slated to begin Friday, July 26, and as usual there will be a large contingent of Long Beach athletes and coaches present to represent our city on the global stage. A total of 21 athletes and coaches with strong Long Beach ties are making the trip to Europe to compete in […]

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VIDEO: Long Beach Poly Signing Day 2023

The562’s coverage of Long Beach Poly athletics in the 2022-23 school year is sponsored by Poly alum Jayon Brown and PlayFair Sports Management.  The562’s coverage of Long Beach Poly athletics in the 2022-23 school year is sponsored by JuJu Smith-Schuster and the JuJu Foundation.

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Top 10 Long Beach Youth Sports Teams Of The Decade: 2019 Belmont Shore Rugby U14 Champions

This is the seventh of 10 stories about the best Long Beach youth sports teams we’ve seen over the last decade. We’ve taken nominations from the community and will release the top 10 in no particular order. Come back next week to read about other club squads that made this historic list. It’s fair to […]

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Nominate Your Long Beach Youth Sports Teams Of The Decade

The COVID-19 shutdowns have stolen so much joy from everyone. The sports community of Long Beach felt that the most this summer when fields and courts across the city were left unused. For the last decade, we have provided in-depth coverage of the incredible achievements of the elite Long Beach youth sports teams. We respect […]

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Belmont Shore Rugby Club Better With Adrian Ojeda

Ed Robinson updates us on the latest Long Beach rugby news. Robinson is a former England international rugby player and coach who was also a professor at Long Beach State. Photo courtesy Brian Jackson. ——— Adrian Ojeda is a shining star with Belmont Shore Rugby Club who combines outstanding athleticism with terrific personal values. He […]

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Belmont Shore Rugby Club Depends On Top Coaches

Former England International rugby player and Belmont Shore Rugby Club coach Ed Robinson updates us regularly on rugby in Long Beach. England’s historic Eton College is recognized as one of the world’s most respected learning institutions. Often credited to their successful perspective is the wisdom of 15th Century philosopher Grantland Rice. He famously wrote, “When […]

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Belmont Shore Rugby Club At Long Beach State

Belmont Shore Rugby Club will play it’s next home game at Long Beach State on Saturday, Feb. 23 at 1 p.m., and former England international rugby player and coach, Ed Robinson, is inviting the whole city. Admission is free and the rugby field is located behind Jack Rose Track on the LBSU campus. Robinson will […]