JJ Fiddler is an award-winning sportswriter and videographer who has been covering Southern California sports for multiple newspapers and websites since 2004. After attending Long Beach State and creating the first full sports page at the Union Weekly Newspaper, he has been exclusively covering Long Beach prep sports since 2007.
The562’s coverage of Long Beach State athletics for the 2022-23 season is sponsored by Marilyn Bohl. Lassina Traore led Long Beach State men’s basketball to a 77-61 victory over Cal State Bakersfield by recording his 16th double-double of the season on Thursday at Walter Pyramid. Traore led all scorers with 20 points while grabbing 11 rebounds. […]
It feels like a Hollywood screenwriter has taken over Long Beach State baseball for the last two days. The struggling Dirtbags (6-26, 1-3) found out head coach Troy Buckley was fired on Thursday afternoon, and then hosted Cal State Northridge in their Big West Conference home opener at Bohl Diamond at Blair Field on Friday […]
STORY BY MATT SIMON After a 6-day break, the Long Beach State men’s basketball team welcomed former Big West foe Pacific to Walter Pyramid on Saturday afternoon. The Beach (3-7) took a 2-0 lead on a Michael Carter III putback dunk, but it was all Pacific after that as the Tigers took advantage of a […]
