Less than 24 hours after having their five-game winning streak snapped, the Long Beach State Dirtbags bounced back to beat No. 6 Mississippi State 6-2 on Sunday to take the series at Bohl Diamond at Blair Field. The Dirtbags (8-3) are off to their best start since 2008, and are now ranked as high as […]
It’s been an up and down year for the Long Beach City College men’s volleyball team, but the season is ending on the highest of high notes: the Vikings won a dominant state championship match against Irvine Valley College on Saturday night to claim the CCCAA title, 25-22, 25-12, 25-12. “If you followed us at […]
Last season was one of the busiest ever for Long Beach baseball players in the MLB, and this season already has a wide range of news and notes from the local boys in The Show. Troy Tulowitzki ended his first spring training with the New York Yankees on a high note earlier this week. The […]
Long Beach State men’s basketball is entering the Big West Conference Tournament as an underdog again this week, and coach Dan Monson is embracing the challenge. “Our team is in a good mindset and we’re playing our best basketball at the right time,” Monson said. “But I felt like we were playing our best basketball […]
Head coach Michael Anderson’s Vikings team is off to a 3-4 start this season, including the first 0-2 start in Anderson’s successful nine-year tenure. “We’ve got six freshmen and they had to get their feet wet,” said Anderson. “It’s a long season.” Since that start, LBCC has shown their potential by going 3-1 in their […]
JJ Fiddler and Mike Guardabascio sit down with Long Beach State athletics director Andy Fee every other Monday for The LB Fee Show to talk about everything LBSU athletics and interview a special guest. This week the guest is women’s soccer coach Mauricio Ingrassia talking about the upcoming season. Episode 15 – We’re Back! Let […]
From statistical anomalies to streaks ending, this month has been historic for Long Beach representatives in Major League Baseball. Last week, Long Beach Poly’s Chase Utley and Long Beach State’s Mike Marjama announced their retirements. This week, Garrett Hampson and Jeff McNeil became the 50th and 51st former Dirtbags to be called up to The […]
Elijah Bates, the editor at the college paper JJ and I worked at, used to say that life was like a story and the people we met were like characters. As writers, we should look for the most interesting characters to write about the same way a novelist would populate a book with characters people […]
From statistical anomalies to streaks ending, this month has been historic for Long Beach representatives in Major League Baseball. Last week, Long Beach Poly’s Chase Utley and Long Beach State’s Mike Marjama announced their retirements. This week, Garrett Hampson became the 50th former Dirtbag to be called up to The Show. Hampson, 23, made his […]
Long Beach State men’s basketball product James Ennis agreed to a two-year, $3.4 million deal last week to join the Houston Rockets. Ennis, 28, is playing for his fourth team in four NBA seasons, and the Rockets will likely use him to replace Trevor Ariza on the wing. “I’m a great player, and I have […]