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 […]
Top skippers from around the world are in Long Beach for the 55th Congressional Cup. The week-long sailing competition hosted by the Long Beach Yacht Club off of Belmont Veterans Memorial Pier features exciting match racing and play-by-play from celebrity commentator Tucker Thompson. Johnie Berntsson (SWE) and his orange-clad Berntsson Sailing Team has dominated the […]
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 […]
When we started the562.org, Long Beach’s first and only non-profit journalism source, we said that one of our goals was to support the city’s sports community in new and innovative ways. We’re proud to announce today that we’ve teamed up with Long Beach Unified School District board of education member Megan Kerr to donate 60 […]
From staff reports Long Beach State trailed by as many as 16 points in the second half against CSUN, but came back to win the game, 80-78. Long Beach trailed with less than a second left but Deishuan Booker drew a foul on a 3-point attempt with .8 seconds remaining, and calmly stepped to the […]
With the high school baseball season starting two weeks earlier this year due to a calendar shift by the CIF State office, local players have had to trade their bats for umbrellas. Every coach in the city has talked about the difficulty of warming up for the season while the temperatures are in the 40s, […]
As 2019 dawns, we had fun reflecting on some of our favorite stories from the 2018. But we’re also drawing up our calendar for 2019 and 10 stories we’re most excited for. Winter Moore League Girls’ Water Polo Long Beach girls’ water polo is at a crossroads after the top two teams, Wilson and Poly, […]
Like every year for the last 130 or so years in Long Beach’s history (football games were played here before the city even officially formed), 2018 was a memorable one for sports. As it draws to a close, we look back on the top 10 sports stories from the last 12 months. 10. Long Beach […]
In a move that’s sure to make a huge splash locally, Lakewood has hired Scott Meyer as its football coach. Meyer will start immediately and will be on campus for the Lancers as a teacher, hoping to bring the luster back to a proud program that’s fallen on hard times. “I’ve always been a Long […]
A successful young football coach is departing Long Beach, as Millikan’s Justin Utupo said Wednesday afternoon that he’s stepping down from a Rams program that he’d built up over the last three years. “I have nothing but gratitude, I can’t thank Millikan enough,” said Utupo. “The administration having faith in me as a young 24 […]