Tyler Hendrickson was born and raised in Long Beach, and started covering sports in his hometown in 2010. After five years as a sportswriter, Tyler joined the athletic department at Long Beach State University in 2015. He spent more than four years in the athletic communications department, working primarily with the Dirtbags baseball program. Tyler also co-authored of The History of Long Beach Poly: Scholars & Champions.
Each year we present the Spirit of Long Beach award to a person or group of people that’s inspired us over the course of the school year. We’ve never spent less time deliberating the award than we did this year, in deciding to present it to Long Beach Poly junior Gabriel Tyler. We’ve known Gabe […]
The562’s coverage of St. Anthony Football is sponsored by Wasco Development Corp in Honor of B.I. Mais The562’s coverage of Long Beach Wilson Athletics is sponsored by Joel Bitonio, Class of 2009.
The superstar pair of Long Beach Poly alums set another pair of NFL records on Sunday, as DeSean Jackson and JuJu Smith-Schuster are in the headlines yet again. Jackson caught a 60-yard touchdown in the Buccaneers’ narrow loss to the Bengals on Sunday, giving him 24 60+ yard touchdowns in his career, the most in […]
