In an effort to assist Long Beach’s high school sports program in the upcoming school year, the Long Beach Century Club made a $10,500 donation to the Moore League to cover the league dues for the city’s seven high schools. The COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent school closures caused a financial shortfall for local high schools, […]
Charity
FEATURE: Wilson Student Runs Entire Day For Black Lives Matter
Trevor Davis-Dressner was looking for a way to make a difference: to do something, anything to help a cause he’d become invested in. On a recent Sunday, the Wilson High junior hit the streets of his Belmont Heights neighborhood, every hour on the hour, running 24 miles in 24 hours to raise money for Black […]
The 562 Chosen For Long Beach Gives Fundraiser
The562.org has been selected as one of the participating organizations in the Long Beach Gives campaign, which raises money annually on a special day of giving for nonprofit organizations. The 2020 Long Beach Gives campaign will be the first for The 562, which recently began its third year of operation serving the Long Beach community […]
Register For Luke TATSU Johnson Memorial Event
The third annual Luke TATSU Johnson Memorial event is now accepting registration for its round of golf and dinner at Recreation Park Golf Course on Sept. 27. The shotgun start for the golfers will start at 1 p.m. before the dinner and auction from 6 to 11 p.m. at the nearby Greek Orthodox Church Betty […]
PODCAST: Staying Mentally Fit & More Summer Sports News
This week on the show we talk to a local sport/performance psychologist who helps explain how mental fitness is changing athletics. 05:00 Interview with Talese Fernbach of Inner Mind Fitness 17:00 Long Beach City Council moving forward with Billie Jean King library renaming 21:30 Register for Luke TATSU Johnson Memorial Event 23:30 Poly High’s DeSean […]
Uptown Long Beach 10U Youth Baseball Wins SoCal State Tournament
The Uptown Long Beach 10U youth baseball team upset Los Altos at the SoCal State Tournament in Simi Valley last weekend to qualify for the Pacific South West Regional in Honolulu from July 15-21. This is the first year of Cal Ripken league baseball for Uptown LB and they’ll face teams from Arizona, Nevada, Northern […]
John Ross Hosting Charity Basketball Game With Snoop Dogg
John Ross was all smiles last year after the celebrity flag football game for his John Ross III Foundation at Veterans Memorial Stadium. “We’re going to come back and do this again next year. We want this to be a tradition,” Ross correctly predicted. However, the celebrities will be playing basketball for charity this year […]