{"id":256,"date":"2019-01-31T15:10:22","date_gmt":"2019-01-31T23:10:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/?p=999937113"},"modified":"2019-01-31T15:10:22","modified_gmt":"2019-01-31T23:10:22","slug":"super-bowl-puppy-bowl-long-beach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/hi-lo\/super-bowl-puppy-bowl-long-beach","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: Long Beach has an adorable player in Sunday&#8217;s big game\u2014the Puppy Bowl"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Shy Boy&#039;s Big Trip! I Puppy Bowl XV\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/11MstmSbWG0?start=104&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The City of Long Beach had a historic football season, with a record three players being named to the NFL\u2019s Pro Bowl (Poly alums JuJu Smith-Schuster and Jurrell Casey, along with Wilson alum Joel Bitonio). Unfortunately, no human football players from the city will be competing in this weekend\u2019s Super Bowl, although Poly alum and New England Patriots legend Willie McGinest will be all over television covering the game.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Long Beach will, however, have a football player competing in the big game on Sunday: His name is Shy Boy, a Lhasa Apso-miniature poodle mix, and he\u2019ll be suiting up in the 15th Annual Puppy Bowl. The popular prelude to the human game airs on Animal Planet at noon on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">And in case you&#8217;re keeping track: our guy is a starter on team &#8220;Ruff.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">When we saw that an spcaLA dog was listed on the official Puppy Bowl roster, we immediately flew into action. Sharleen Higa, Mike\u2019s wife and <a href=\"http:\/\/the562.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/the562.org&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1549058214916000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEHM4cz6-t1zpp8PAgJqr0fjc5xww\">the562.org<\/a>\u2019s staff investigative journalist for all things puppy-related, began calling spcaLA offices. She was eventually able to confirm that Shy Boy had been living in Long Beach\u2019s spcaLA location, in El Dorado Park.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">spcaLA put together a cool video of Shy Boy\u2019s trip to New York for the big game.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Win or lose, his story already has a happy ending: The fluffy black and white pup has been adopted by a Long Beach family and will be joining his new home when he returns from the Big Apple (the Puppy Bowl is filmed in New York City), hopefully with some championship hardware.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">It\u2019s worth noting that this is not Long Beach\u2019s first appearance in the Puppy Bowl, however. Back in 2010 we spotted a Long Beach Poly Jackrabbit serving as a cheerleader for the game, with the right colored pom poms even.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite its reputation for sending talented players to the pros, Long Beach will be fielding just one player as part of this Sunday&#8217;s Super Bowl tradition. 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