In about two months, downtown Long Beach will transform into an arena filled with equestrians, Michelin-star chefs and more. Olympic equestrian competitors will fly to the Long Beach Airport and descend upon the convention center, ready to compete.
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Long Beach Officers Place Third at Annual Dragon Boat Racing Weekend Event
In their first attempt at dragon boat racing, a group of Long Beach officers snagged a third place finish, beating their own expectations over the weekend at Long Beach’s Marine Stadium.
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Five-Time Olympian Tony Azevedo is Going for Gold
Facing an emotional return to his birthplace this year at his fifth—and possibly last—Olympics, Long Beach icon and Wilson Classical High School alumnus Tony Azevedo is gunning hardcore for gold.
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Ryan Sheckler Wins at Long Beach’s First-Ever Dew Tour Stop
The first-ever Dew Tour stop in Long Beach came to a close Sunday with the successful completion of the team section, and with the 26-year-old skateboarding prodigy Ryan Sheckler claiming victory in the individual category amid a cheering crowd and insane temps.
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IN PICTURES: The Dew Tour Heats Up in Long Beach
The Dew Tour kicked off in style today, in a city long-known for hosting many a skateboarding resident. Long Beach’s place in the skateboard scene is well-established, but it’s taken many years for a competition of this stature to show up on the city’s home turf.
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Olympic Gold Medalist Misty May-Treanor to Join LBCC as Director of Volleyball Operations
Olympic gold medalist and Long Beach treasure Misty May-Treanor will join Long Beach City College (LBCC) as the Director of Volleyball Operations, effective July 5.
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Cindy Masner Selected as Interim Athletics Director at Long Beach State
Cindy Masner was named as Cal State Long Beach’s newest interim athletics director, President Jane Close Conoley announced today.
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Mountain Dew Expands Summer Dew Tour with Skateboarding Event in Long Beach
Mountain Dew’s Dew Tour is looking to kick it in Long Beach this summer, from July 22 to July 24, as part of a new skate-specific event, the company announced today.
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IN PICTURES: Simon Pagenaud Wins 2016 Grand Prix of Long Beach
Verizon IndyCar driver Simon Pagenaud breezed to a top place finish today, the final IndyCar race of the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach. It was, perhaps, the only thing breezy about the day, which featured sweltering temps that reached the mid-80s, but felt like more on the black asphalt and cement of the course.
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IN PICTURES: Grand Prix Kicks Off in Long Beach with Fresh Excitement, Conscious of Last Pro/Celebrity Race
Day one of the Grand Prix is a bit lower-key than the rest of the weekend’s extravaganza, as any local knows. The people flocking to the stands likely have to take a day off of work, and the rounds of racing are purely for the sake of practice or qualification. But the spectators are every bit as passionate as those who turn out on Sunday, the day of the big IndyCar race.