Twenty-five years ago, the best junior college football team in the country was at Long Beach City College when the Vikings were using an improvised offense to make history. Twenty-five years later, college teams are still using the same offense. “There’s no way we thought we’d be a national championship caliber team,” said Neo Aoga, […]
Wilson alum Joel Bitonio has had a historic season this year with the Cleveland Browns. Bitonio, who has spent all seven years of his NFL career in Cleveland, was announced as a Pro Bowl honoree this week, marking his third consecutive Pro Bowl recognition. That’s significant because he becomes the first-ever Wilson alum to make […]
Indoor rain delays aren’t a regular occurrence in sports, but 2020 isn’t a regular year. A day after the Long Beach State women’s basketball team beat UC Riverside by 30 points, the two teams were unable to play the second half of their back-to-back series because the roof of The Walter Pyramid was leaking during […]
Basketball has been a one-of-a-kind experience for Crystal Hogan. The Long Beach State alum didn’t play until she was in high school, and never planned to keep it as part of her life. But last year she was the only female referee working NCAA Division I men’s basketball games. “We still don’t know how many […]
It’s a season unlike any other for NCAA women’s basketball. Chaos, confusion, and COVID-19 have dominated the headlines, with even elite programs like Duke shutting their season down early as the pandemic spikes once again across the country. At Long Beach State, however? So far, so good. The Long Beach State women opened up Big […]
We’ve got shots from the Beach’s blowout win from photographer Stephen Dachman.
NCAA Women’s Basketball: Long Beach State vs. UC Riverside Long Beach State opened its 2020-21 Big West Conference schedule with a lopsided win over visiting UC Riverside. For more coverage of all Long Beach sports, head to www.The562.org. We are a non-profit, community-funded media outlet in the City of Long Beach, covering primarily sports and […]
The Long Beach State women’s basketball team played USC even through the first half, then saw the game slip away in the third during an 11-0 run for the Trojans. Long Beach battled back and won the fourth quarter by four points but ended up losing a tight one, 71-65. Naomi Hunt continued her excellent […]
This week on the show we’re talking about Long Beach interests in professional sports. First we breakdown the most important story lines for Long Beach representatives in the NFL, and then we give some NBA predictions for local teams. 01:00 LB In NFL 26:00 What do you expect from this NBA season?
The Moore League basketball season usually gets underway in mid-December. In a typical year, it would not be out of the ordinary to spot a few Long Beach Poly basketball players outside the front entrance to Cabrillo High School. But this is not a typical year, and the reason that a star-studded trio of Jackrabbits […]