Long Beach Poly alum Marcedes Lewis put his official stamp on the city’s record books last week when he suited up and took the field for the Green Bay Packers. Now playing in his 15th season, it was the tight end’s 213th game in the NFL, officially giving the 36 year-old Lewis the longest pro […]
The Long Beach Unified School District announced Monday afternoon that its campuses will remain mostly closed until at least March 1, an extension of the previous re-opening date of Jan. 28 by a little more than a month. The campuses will continue to allow Kids Club and other day-care programs that are currently operating–about 1,600 […]
It was a great start to the season for the Long Beach State women’s basketball team, which defeated Westmont comfortably on Saturday afternoon in the Walter Pyramid, 70-59. The Beach were tied with Westmont after the first quarter but dominated in the second to take a 14-point halftime lead and kept that lead in double […]
We’ve got some great pictures from the Long Beach State win over Westmont from photographer Joseph Kling.
NCAA Women’s Basketball: Long Beach State vs. Westmont Long Beach State women’s basketball opened its 2020-21 season with a victory over Wesmont. 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 education. Support The562.org
A four-point lead in the opening minutes was the high point for Long Beach State men’s basketball at the University of San Francisco tonight. The Beach (1-2) struggled on the road for the second time in three games and suffered a lopsided 107-62 defeat. USF (5-2) shot 58 percent fro the floor and made 18 […]
Concerns over the spread of COVID-19 and the cost of testing have caused the Big West Board of Directors to decide today that the conference will not conduct fall sports in 2020-21. Long Beach State women’s soccer, women’s volleyball and men’s and women’s cross country won’t have seasons until August at the earliest. “While today’s […]
After a mixed bag of results in the first week of this abbreviated regular season, Long Beach State men’s basketball has a tough task at the University of San Fransisco tonight. Tipoff is scheduled for 6 p.m. This will be the home opener for USF (4-2) even though the game was originally supposed to be […]
For the last three decades, Bob Livingstone has been a central figure in the Long Beach golf community. A member of the El Dorado Park and Recreation Park Golf Clubs, Livingstone’s resume includes a 14-year tenure as head coach of the men’s golf program at Long Beach State, and induction into the Long Beach Golf […]
It’s been a dark week for more than 200 local athletes at Long Beach City College, who learned on Tuesday that the presidents of the 12 South Coast Conference Colleges voted to shut down fall sports for the 2020-21 season. The original plan had been for football, men’s and women’s basketball, women’s volleyball, soccer, water […]