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Long Beach State dealing with LAG time just fine

When junior forward Gabe Levin went down with a season-ending knee injury on New Year’s Eve, things appeared to go from bad to worse for the Long Beach State men’s basketball team. The injury piled onto the 49ers’ early season woes, where the team, facing one of the toughest schedules[Read More…]

NBA All-Star game should count

Until the NBA implements a rule like Major League Baseball in which its All-Star game matters, the mid-season, star-studded affair will continue to be what it is: a mirage. Sure, the NBA All-Star game looks like the greatest basketball players on the planet are getting together for an epic pick-up[Read More…]

Daily 49er takes a look at the 2016 NFL Playoffs

AFC Will Hernandez: One thing is certain; defense wins championships. New England Patriots cornerback Malcom Butler’s late interception in Super Bowl XLIX proved this. Despite the Pats being the favorites to win the AFC, they are not the same team they were a year ago. Injuries to New England’s roster[Read More…]

Farewell, Kobe

It wasn’t love at first dribble when I started playing basketball in the third grade. In games, I was petrified every time I got the ball because I didn’t know what to do. Do I dribble? Do I shoot? Before I knew it the ball was out of my hands[Read More…]

ESPN

The self-proclaimed “Worldwide leader in sports,” ESPN, looks to be falling from fans good graces. As the long time go-to mecca of any and all sports information, ESPN has had more blunders than blessings as of late. With the closing of Grantland, laying off 300 employees due to loss of[Read More…]

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