With decades as the region’s premiere large-scale entertainment venue and a $7 million “repurposing” nearly ready for its great unveil, the Long Beach Arena will this weekend add yet another chapter to its diverse portfolio of events it can accommodate–MMA fights.
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Poly Puts 40-Year-Old Millikan Record in Jeopardy
In a somewhat chaotic, forfeit-riddled Moore League football season, one thing has remained constant: Poly is the dominating force. After an impressive 3 – 1 pre-season against some of the top teams in the state, the Jackrabbits have held all their Moore League opponents scoreless so far: only Millikan and Wilson remain on their league schedule.
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The Pre-Season Number for Niner Basketball Teams Is…Drumroll Please…4
The projected number for your 2013-2014 Long Beach State 49er basketball teams is in fact “4.”
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The Well-Traveled Napkin…From VB to Soccer to Hoops to the NCAA
My Dust devotee Norma loves to ask me what’s on the napkin, and once I figure out she means the title of my catch-all column, “Notes on My Napkin,” I realize it is time for another data dump from around the campus.
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DG Boxer Reggie Verduzco to Make his Pro Boxing Debut
After eight years in and out of the ring, 26-year-old Reggie Verduzco is ready to make his pro-boxing debut Friday at the Montabello Quiet Cannon.
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Long Beach’s DG Boxing Pairs With Find a Dream to Help Local Youth
Pine Avenue’s home of all things boxing, DG Boxing, has recently paired with Find A Dream in order to expand upon the nonprofit’s mission to help kids in need reach their dreams through healthy channels and community.
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Welcome to the Good News Only Edition of the 49er Diamond Dust
That’s right, not a cloud in the sky today, a nothing but nice version of the occasionally gloomy, sarcastic, critical, worried, wishing, or worse that often occupies this space.
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Behind the Velvet Rope, Commish Talks Big West Sports
Much like the dad in a house full of occasionally squabbling siblings, Big West Commissioner Dennis Farrell has seen his league settle down after a couple of proposed adoptions came and went. At one time Farrell’s alma mater San Diego State was coming in, along with Boise State (both were former BWC partners), and Hawaii.
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Ashlee Evans-Smith, Former Long Beach MMA Instructor, Ready to Battle Transgender Fighter Fallon Fox
It’s extremely rare that a professional mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter with a 1 – 0 record would be on the verge of helping make history in her sport. But such is the case with Ashlee Evans-Smith, who will square off against the first openly transgender pro MMA fighter, Fallon Fox, in the Championship Fighting Alliance tournament title fight on October 12 in Coral Gables, Florida.
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Long Beach’s McKayla Maroney Defends Gold at World Vault Championship
World-class gymnast McKayla Maroney solidified herself as the world’s best female vaulter this weekend when she won gold for a second time at the World Championships in Antwerp, Belgium.