Skyler Boles and Shaun Boyer are used to being stared at by strangers. It’s not uncommon for crowds of curious onlookers to gather as they dive and swat a little yellow ball onto what looks like miniature trampoline. In fact, they count on passerby’s inquisitive looks as they hone their skills on the sands of Alamitos Beach, hoping to spread the gospel of the obscure but growing sport of Spikeball.
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LBCC Transfer Matt Mengel in Line to Kick Off Season For Bruins
The mysterious departure of UCLA sophomore punter Sean Covington from the school’s football roster has opened up an opportunity for Long Beach City College transfer Matt Mengel, a coveted kicker who will most likely begin the season as the Bruins’ starter.
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Long Beach Coaching Duo Helping Youth Turn Tennis Skills Into Scholarships
Peter Smith and Mitch Bridge focus on grooming the next flock of tennis youth in Long Beach as co-founders of the Southern California Tennis Academy at the El Dorado Tennis Center, where they have been helping kids improve their game and their chances at earning college scholarships through tennis.
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Feel the Inertia at The All-American Soap Box Derby’s Long Beach Debut
It’s time to get your inertia sportin’ on and revel in a bit of nostalgia as the All-American Soap Box Derby makes its formal Long Beach racing debut alongside our Queen Mary’s perimeter.
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Grand Prix Association of Long Beach to Facilitate Inaugural Formula ePrix in 2015
The Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach announced that the Grand Prix Association of Long Beach had been chosen by Formula E to facilitate the operation of its inaugural Long Beach ePrix when it hits the streets next year.
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With Subtle Changes To Attire, Long Beach State Athletics Follows School’s Rebranding Lead
In the wake of the rebranding to Cal State Long Beach, the school’s athletic department followed suit this week, unveiling a new visual identity including tweaked fonts, logos and work marks that athletes will don in competition.
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Former CSULB Star Ennis Signs Contract With Miami Heat
The Miami Heat may have lost a king when Lebron James bolted back home to Cleveland last week, but announced the signing of another James to their roster yesterday, inking Long Beach State alum James Ennis to a contract.
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Beach Babe Bicycling Classic Draws 500 Female Riders; First-Ever All-Female Gran Fondo Announced
This year’s Beach Babe Bicycling Classic (BBBC) was a sold-out event, drawing in 500 female cyclists biking routes from 15 to 38 miles in length.
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OP-ED: Where Are the Female Cyclists? Long Beach Should Take a Stand
Long Beach does not lack an abundance of cycling enthusiasm, what it lacks is a serious attitude toward encouraging more women to ride independently of a support car.
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U.S. Falls to Belgium but Lifts Up the City’s Soccer Culture and Patriotic Unity
It started slowly, but the fans trickled in one by one. Donning American flag capes, face paint and removable patriotic tattoos, they sat and waited as the crowd swelled with the rest of their soccer-fanatic brethren. By kickoff time for the United State’s match against Belgium it became very clear: Pine Avenue was World Cup central in Long Beach.