On this episode of What Up, Long Beach?! JJ Fiddler and Mike Guardabascio discuss the state of high school football and why participation numbers in California have declined while television viewership grows.
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Focus on head injuries leads to changes to high school football, declining participation
The league that governs local high school sports has enacted new rules this year that officials hope will reduce the number of hits to the head, while maintaining popularity and interest in the sport.
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Where are they now: Looking back on the 2008 PONY World Champions
Ken Jakemer makes his living as a software project manager, but inside his chest there’s a beating baseball where his heart should be. He’s been volunteering at the Long Beach PONY youth baseball league at Whaley Park for more than a decade, and has coached four All-Star teams of 14 year olds to the PONY World Series in Washington, Pennsylvania–including the group that returned home just last week.
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PODCAST: Pro athletes giving back, high school football previews
This week, JJ and Mike are talking about Long Beach’s young professional athletes like JuJu Smith-Schuster about giving back to the community.
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These pro football, baseball and basketball players are giving back to Long Beach
For decades Long Beach was known as a place where prominent alumni left the community, and often didn’t return. That trend has changed over the last 10 years.
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VIDEO: Coach lets girls soccer players shave his head after national championship win
Late last month, the Beach FC 15-Under Girls’ Development Player League won the 2018 US Youth Soccer National Championship.
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PODCAST: Moore League football gets underway, local youth sports teams celebrate national championships
JJ Fiddler and Mike Guardabascio are here talking Long Beach, Calif. sports as Moore League football gets underway this month while local youth sports teams celebrate national championships. We have interviews with coaches, parents and players from Shore Aquatics and Beach FC.
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These 5 Long Beach youth sports clubs have dominated this summer
Five Long Beach youth sports organizations—baseball, softball, water polo, soccer and rugby—are competing in multiple national tournaments this summer.
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Long Beach legend Willie Brown died Thursday of cancer at 76
Brown was born in Tuscaloosa, Alabama on Dec. 2, 1940. His family moved to Long Beach when he was 2. His family lived in a duplex with the family of another Poly star, Dee Andrews, now the city’s vice mayor and 6th District councilman.
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IN PICTURES: The world’s best skaters compete in the Dew Tour in Long Beach
Team Challenge Park at the Dew Tour in Long Beach June 30, 2018. More than 80 of the world’s best male and female skaters compete at Dew Tour in competitions that include men’s and women’s individual Pro and Amateur Park and Street competitions, Dew Tour’s signature Transworld Skateboarding Team Challenge, a Switch Jam and a […]