Though determined, Reza Baluchi failed to account for one thing in his attempt to run in his hydro-bubble from Long Beach to Catalina: the sheer power of the ocean.
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Cabrillo High Opens $12M Aquatic Center
A new $12M aquatic center at Westside’s Cabrillo High School officially opened this week. The project was first brought forth years ago after the passage of Measure K.
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The Big Man on Campus is Dan Jennings and the Beach is Banking on Him
In the entertainment biz (and after all in the original concept for ESPN the “E” was for Entertainment and the “S” was for Sports) the line between the two was kept intentionally blurry.
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Meet the Man Who Runs on Water
41-year-old athlete Reza Baluchi has been training in Death Valley for two years for what he hopes will be his greatest athletic accomplishment yet: running from the coast of California to Hawaii in a bubble-contraption that he engineered himself. Of course, Reza understands that baby steps are required, which is why this Saturday, he’ll attempt to run from the shore of Long Beach to Catalina Island, a trip he’s estimating will take about 10 hours.
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Millikan Football Team Changes Attitude, Gains Altitude
Millikan head football coach Lyn Perryman remembers the night of October 23, 2009 vividly: it was the last time Millikan won a Moore League game.
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Some of Our Four Letter Words Actually Need Six Letters
If you are troubled about the world of sports, then you might want to add NASCAR to your list of four letter words. Okay, five letters, but like the PAC 12 refs we didn’t major in math.
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Jet Setting With Whine, Wine, Cheese and Chlorine
Assembling this creative fiction every week or so is easy, if you are not confined to absolute facts. Like that other four letter word known as the NCAA, the Dust shoots first and sorts out the meaning of life later.
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Book Chronicles Long Beach’s Historic Baseball Past
The city of Long Beach has a rich and colorful baseball history. In his new book Baseball in Long Beach, long-time Southern California journalist Bob Keisser takes an in depth look at the fascinating, extensive and obscure world that is Long Beach baseball.
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Dust Plus and Sometimes, a Dust Minus
The most highly charged development this week was the announcement that most internationally recognized 49er of all time, Misty May Treanor, will be coming back to LBSU to coach.
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Exonerated Poly Football Player Brian Banks Cut From Atlanta Falcons
Professional football dreams for one of Long Beach’s most notable sports stories were dashed on Friday when former Poly linebacker Brian Banks was cut from the Atlanta Falcons as part of mandatory roster-trimming before regular-season play.