It has been a long season for Long Beach State’s women’s basketball team. With the team’s massive turnover during the offseason and loss of experience on the roster, the 49ers have lost the thunder they possessed in previous years. However, the 49ers (4-22, 2-10 Big West) can take solace in[Read More…]
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What it’s like to be No. 1
Basketball and baseball pull the most numbers when it comes to attendance at Long Beach State sporting events, but Saturday marked a new men’s volleyball record set at the Walter Pyramid, with 4,560 in attendance to watch the No. 1 Long Beach State men’s volleyball team take on No. 2[Read More…]
Dear, Jordan Clarkson and Larry Nance Jr.
As I sit here at 1:43 a.m., I’ve finally built up the courage to write about the pain that has been lingering in my heart. Let’s start with what happened on Feb. 8. It was a normal Thursday morning, and then it happened. ESPN Senior NBA Insider Adrian Wojnarowski dropped[Read More…]
How the Philadelphia survived the Super Bowl and saved the NFL
Going into Super Bowl LII, the Philadelphia Eagles were considered underdogs against the New England Patriots. In fact, Philadelphia was expected to lose every one of its postseason games. However, the Eagles won all three games in the playoffs to ultimately win the big game, defeating the Patriots 41-33 Sunday.[Read More…]
A troubling season has a bright future ahead of it
Nobody knew how the Long Beach State’s women’s basketball season was going to look after a catastrophic offseason that saw head coach Jody Wynn leave. Things only got harder when replacement head coach Jeff Cammon was issued the responsibility to pick up recruits at the very last second. With only[Read More…]
The Long Beach men’s basketball team proves to be the real deal
What was supposed to be a rebuilding year for the Long Beach State men’s basketball team has turned into a satisfying surprise, as the team currently sits in third in the Big West Conference at 6-3. No one knew what the team’s identity would be going into the 2017-2018[Read More…]
Indians axe “Chief Wahoo” logo
Today, the sports world took a step in the right direction when the Cleveland Indians announced the removal of the team’s “Chief Wahoo” logo on all uniforms in 2019. The move was made after discussions between team owner Paul Dolan and MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred. The buck-toothed cartoon caricature has[Read More…]
MLS and American soccer are dying, but who would miss it?
Americans don’t care about soccer. They pretend to every four years, just like they do with hockey or track and field during the Olympics, but that’s really only in a vaguely patriotic kind of way. Most casual sports fans couldn’t name the 10 most popular players in the sport, let[Read More…]
Why Shohei Ohtani’s journey will end and begin in San Diego
One month removed from a theatrical 2017 World Series, and a new kind of drama has taken place in the process that is finding a home in Major League Baseball for Shohei Ohtani. Japan’s 23-year old megastar is ready to bring his unprecedented skills as both a pitcher and hitter[Read More…]
Colin Kaepernick vs. NFL owners in collusion lawsuit
When Colin Kaepernick took a stand by kneeling during the National Anthem of a National Football League pregame matchup on Aug. 26, 2016, a nationwide debate began. Since then he has been leading a movement on social issues that I feel should be addressed, while the former 49er believes this[Read More…]