{"id":17319,"date":"2023-03-20T04:10:31","date_gmt":"2023-03-20T11:10:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/?page_id=17319"},"modified":"2023-10-25T17:35:55","modified_gmt":"2023-10-26T00:35:55","slug":"long-beach-post-sports-home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/","title":{"rendered":"Long Beach Post Sports (Home)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\t\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\tclass=\"wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles  wpnbha show-image image-aligntop ts-4 is-3 is-square  has-text-align-left\"\n\t\t\tstyle=\"\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div data-posts data-current-post-id=\"17319\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<article data-post-id=\"18045\"\n\t\tclass=\"tag-la-force tag-soccer category-news type-post post-has-image\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/news\/long-beach-la-force-championship-nisa-soccer\" rel=\"bookmark\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/10\/20130330\/nisa1-316183-xnqo7pi6-120288-pzDTAq1e-scaled-1200x1200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-square-large size-newspack-article-block-square-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Long Beach\u2019s pro soccer team, LA Force, wins championship game in dramatic fashion\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/10\/20130330\/nisa1-316183-xnqo7pi6-120288-pzDTAq1e-scaled-1200x1200.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/10\/20130330\/nisa1-316183-xnqo7pi6-120288-pzDTAq1e-scaled-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/10\/20130330\/nisa1-316183-xnqo7pi6-120288-pzDTAq1e-scaled-800x800.jpg 800w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/10\/20130330\/nisa1-316183-xnqo7pi6-120288-pzDTAq1e-scaled-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/10\/20130330\/nisa1-316183-xnqo7pi6-120288-pzDTAq1e-scaled-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/10\/20130330\/nisa1-316183-xnqo7pi6-120288-pzDTAq1e-scaled-200x200.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><!-- .featured-image -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/news\/long-beach-la-force-championship-nisa-soccer\" rel=\"bookmark\">Long Beach\u2019s pro soccer team, LA Force, wins championship game in dramatic fashion<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The match at Veterans Stadium against Irvine Zeta FC went all the way to penalty shootouts.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/author\/jacob\/\"><img alt='Avatar photo' src='https:\/\/lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/cropped-12aug24-jacob-sisneros-1-373448-gbg3nd5e-155649-4kgdd53z-943616-dtxrykkb-646988-sdtvmssz-826445-o55x5ikz-954840-elRvi8l6-48x48.jpg' srcset='https:\/\/lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/cropped-12aug24-jacob-sisneros-1-373448-gbg3nd5e-155649-4kgdd53z-943616-dtxrykkb-646988-sdtvmssz-826445-o55x5ikz-954840-elRvi8l6-96x96.jpg 2x' class='avatar avatar-48 photo' height='48' width='48' \/><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"byline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-prefix\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/author\/jacob\/\">Jacob Sisneros<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><!-- .author-name -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2024-10-20T13:02:04-07:00\">October 20, 2024<\/time><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2024-10-28T11:02:52-07:00\">October 28, 2024<\/time>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-wrapper -->\n\t<\/article>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\t\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\tclass=\"wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles  wpnbha show-image image-aligntop ts-3 is-3 is-landscape  has-text-align-left\"\n\t\t\tstyle=\"\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div data-posts data-current-post-id=\"17319\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<article data-post-id=\"18001\"\n\t\tclass=\"tag-2028-olympics tag-triathlon category-sports type-post post-has-image\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/long-beach-legacy-triathlon\" rel=\"bookmark\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/07\/12064847\/10jul24-glenn-5-349119-mqj2hwel-154505-QOYrJdYv-800x600.jpg\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-medium size-newspack-article-block-landscape-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Triathletes next week will get to race the same course as 2028 Olympians\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/07\/12064847\/10jul24-glenn-5-349119-mqj2hwel-154505-QOYrJdYv-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/07\/12064847\/10jul24-glenn-5-349119-mqj2hwel-154505-QOYrJdYv-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/07\/12064847\/10jul24-glenn-5-349119-mqj2hwel-154505-QOYrJdYv-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/07\/12064847\/10jul24-glenn-5-349119-mqj2hwel-154505-QOYrJdYv-200x150.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><!-- .featured-image -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/long-beach-legacy-triathlon\" rel=\"bookmark\">Triathletes next week will get to race the same course as 2028 Olympians<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"byline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-prefix\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/author\/Melissa%20Evans\/\">Melissa Evans<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><!-- .author-name -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2024-07-13T07:00:00-07:00\">July 13, 2024<\/time><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2024-07-13T20:09:46-07:00\">July 13, 2024<\/time>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-wrapper -->\n\t<\/article>\n\n\t\t\n\t<article data-post-id=\"17992\"\n\t\tclass=\"tag-2028-olympics category-sports type-post post-has-image\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/long-beach-to-host-artistic-swimming-para-swimming-in-2028-olympics\" rel=\"bookmark\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/06\/23173303\/swimming-045936-uewah1io-276045-6gqxLQXb-800x600.jpg\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-medium size-newspack-article-block-landscape-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Long Beach to host artistic swimming, para-swimming in 2028 Olympics\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/06\/23173303\/swimming-045936-uewah1io-276045-6gqxLQXb-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/06\/23173303\/swimming-045936-uewah1io-276045-6gqxLQXb-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/06\/23173303\/swimming-045936-uewah1io-276045-6gqxLQXb-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/06\/23173303\/swimming-045936-uewah1io-276045-6gqxLQXb-200x150.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><!-- .featured-image -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/long-beach-to-host-artistic-swimming-para-swimming-in-2028-olympics\" rel=\"bookmark\">Long Beach to host artistic swimming, para-swimming in 2028 Olympics<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"byline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-prefix\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/author\/staff-reports\/\">Staff Reports<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><!-- .author-name -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2024-06-23T19:05:38-07:00\">June 23, 2024<\/time><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2024-06-23T19:07:51-07:00\">June 23, 2024<\/time>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-wrapper -->\n\t<\/article>\n\n\t\t\n\t<article data-post-id=\"17982\"\n\t\tclass=\"tag-tennis category-sports type-post post-has-image\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/former-long-beach-state-coach-wins-international-tennis-championship\" rel=\"bookmark\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/06\/18073521\/peter-smith-1-434341-cgox0ixo-109086-MKXM1Ta5-1200x900.png\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Former Long Beach State coach wins international tennis championship\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/06\/18073521\/peter-smith-1-434341-cgox0ixo-109086-MKXM1Ta5-1200x900.png 1200w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/06\/18073521\/peter-smith-1-434341-cgox0ixo-109086-MKXM1Ta5-800x600.png 800w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/06\/18073521\/peter-smith-1-434341-cgox0ixo-109086-MKXM1Ta5-600x450.png 600w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/06\/18073521\/peter-smith-1-434341-cgox0ixo-109086-MKXM1Ta5-400x300.png 400w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/06\/18073521\/peter-smith-1-434341-cgox0ixo-109086-MKXM1Ta5-200x150.png 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><!-- .featured-image -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/former-long-beach-state-coach-wins-international-tennis-championship\" rel=\"bookmark\">Former Long Beach State coach wins international tennis championship<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"byline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-prefix\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/author\/staff-reports\/\">Staff Reports<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><!-- .author-name -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2024-06-18T07:37:59-07:00\">June 18, 2024<\/time><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2024-06-18T07:40:00-07:00\">June 18, 2024<\/time>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-wrapper -->\n\t<\/article>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\t\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\tclass=\"wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles  wpnbha ts-3  has-text-align-left\"\n\t\t\tstyle=\"\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div data-posts data-current-post-id=\"17319\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<article data-post-id=\"17954\"\n\t\tclass=\"tag-ncaa category-sports type-post post-has-image\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/long-beach-march-madness-fired-coach\" rel=\"bookmark\">An improbable story has put national attention on Long Beach&#8217;s return to the NCAA Tournament<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"byline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-prefix\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/author\/jj-fiddler-3\/\">JJ Fiddler<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><!-- .author-name -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published updated\" datetime=\"2024-03-20T14:55:39-07:00\">March 20, 2024<\/time>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-wrapper -->\n\t<\/article>\n\n\t\t\n\t<article data-post-id=\"17829\"\n\t\tclass=\"tag-high-school-sports tag-soccer category-sports type-post post-has-image\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/soccer-referee-strike-high-school-cif-southern-section\" rel=\"bookmark\">The latest group of workers stuck in a labor dispute? High school soccer refs<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"byline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-prefix\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/author\/jj-fiddler\/\">JJ Fiddler<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><!-- .author-name -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2023-11-25T06:00:41-08:00\">November 25, 2023<\/time><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2023-11-23T09:50:54-08:00\">November 23, 2023<\/time>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-wrapper -->\n\t<\/article>\n\n\t\t\n\t<article data-post-id=\"17791\"\n\t\tclass=\"tag-basketball tag-ymca category-sports type-post post-has-image\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/long-beach-ymca-pilots-new-girls-basketball-league\" rel=\"bookmark\">Long Beach YMCA pilots new girls\u2019 basketball league<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"byline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-prefix\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/author\/tyler-hendrickson\/\">Tyler Hendrickson<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><!-- .author-name -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published updated\" datetime=\"2023-10-15T07:52:12-07:00\">October 15, 2023<\/time>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-wrapper -->\n\t<\/article>\n\n\t\t\n\t<article data-post-id=\"17691\"\n\t\tclass=\"tag-high-school-football category-sports type-post post-has-image\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/high-school-football-season-openers\" rel=\"bookmark\">Long Beach high school football is back\u2014here&#8217;s how the season has kicked off<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"byline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-prefix\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/author\/jj-fiddler\/\">JJ Fiddler<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><!-- .author-name -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published updated\" datetime=\"2023-08-24T12:25:32-07:00\">August 24, 2023<\/time>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-wrapper -->\n\t<\/article>\n\n\t\t\n\t<article data-post-id=\"17685\"\n\t\tclass=\"tag-long-beach-state category-sports type-post post-has-image\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/long-beach-state-hires-new-athletic-director-bobby-smitheran\" rel=\"bookmark\">Long Beach State hires new athletic director Bobby Smitheran<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"byline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-prefix\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/author\/jj-fiddler\/\">JJ Fiddler<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><!-- .author-name -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2023-08-18T10:37:11-07:00\">August 18, 2023<\/time><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2023-08-18T10:37:40-07:00\">August 18, 2023<\/time>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-wrapper -->\n\t<\/article>\n\n\t\t\n\t<article data-post-id=\"17661\"\n\t\tclass=\"tag-long-beach-poly tag-obituary category-sports type-post post-has-image\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/long-beach-football-world-mourns-death-of-poly-legend-herman-ho-ching\" rel=\"bookmark\">Long Beach football world mourns death of Poly legend Herman Ho-Ching<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"byline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-prefix\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/author\/mike-guardabascio\/\">Mike Guardabascio<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><!-- .author-name -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2023-08-17T06:00:05-07:00\">August 17, 2023<\/time><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2023-08-17T08:53:39-07:00\">August 17, 2023<\/time>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-wrapper -->\n\t<\/article>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\tclass=\"wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles  wpnbha is-grid columns-3 colgap-3 show-image image-aligntop ts-4 is-3 is-landscape  has-text-align-left\"\n\t\t\tstyle=\"\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div data-posts data-current-post-id=\"17319\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<article data-post-id=\"17649\"\n\t\tclass=\"tag-youth-sports category-sports type-post post-has-image\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/youth-sports-championships-summer-2023\" rel=\"bookmark\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/08\/03103712\/pony-800x600.jpg\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-medium size-newspack-article-block-landscape-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Long Beach teams claim big wins in summer youth sports championships\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/08\/03103712\/pony-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/08\/03103712\/pony-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/08\/03103712\/pony-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/08\/03103712\/pony-200x150.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><!-- .featured-image -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/youth-sports-championships-summer-2023\" rel=\"bookmark\">Long Beach teams claim big wins in summer youth sports championships<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Long Beach area youth baseball and softball leagues in and around the city have once again compiled a list of impressive accomplishments this summer. Here are just a few of them.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"byline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-prefix\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/author\/jj-fiddler\/\">JJ Fiddler<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><!-- .author-name -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2023-08-06T07:00:36-07:00\">August 6, 2023<\/time><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2023-08-04T16:49:49-07:00\">August 4, 2023<\/time>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-wrapper -->\n\t<\/article>\n\n\t\t\n\t<article data-post-id=\"17637\"\n\t\tclass=\"tag-sports category-news type-post post-has-image\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/news\/for-love-of-the-game-long-beachs-john-fylpaa-completes-tour-of-all-30-mlb-stadiums\" rel=\"bookmark\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/07\/10101448\/IMG_7082-1200x900.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"For love of the game: Long Beach\u2019s John Fylpaa completes tour of all 30 MLB stadiums\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/07\/10101448\/IMG_7082-1200x900.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/07\/10101448\/IMG_7082-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/07\/10101448\/IMG_7082-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/07\/10101448\/IMG_7082-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/07\/10101448\/IMG_7082-144x108.jpeg 144w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/07\/10101448\/IMG_7082-800x600.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/07\/10101448\/IMG_7082-600x450.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/07\/10101448\/IMG_7082-400x300.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/07\/10101448\/IMG_7082-200x150.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/07\/10101448\/IMG_7082.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><!-- .featured-image -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/news\/for-love-of-the-game-long-beachs-john-fylpaa-completes-tour-of-all-30-mlb-stadiums\" rel=\"bookmark\">For love of the game: Long Beach\u2019s John Fylpaa completes tour of all 30 MLB stadiums<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Along with a rotating group of lifelong friends and classmates, John Fylpaa went coast-to-coast on a mission to visit all 30 Major League Baseball stadiums. That journey came to a close last month, when a visit to the Oakland Coliseum completed his map of MLB ballparks.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"byline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-prefix\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/author\/tyler-hendrickson\/\">Tyler Hendrickson<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><!-- .author-name -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published updated\" datetime=\"2023-07-11T07:00:03-07:00\">July 11, 2023<\/time>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-wrapper -->\n\t<\/article>\n\n\t\t\n\t<article data-post-id=\"17557\"\n\t\tclass=\"category-news category-sports type-post post-has-image\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/homegrown-belmont-shore-rugby-club-wins-u18-national-championship\" rel=\"bookmark\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/06\/09141455\/Belmont-National-Champs-2023-800x600.jpg\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-medium size-newspack-article-block-landscape-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Homegrown Belmont Shore Rugby Club wins U18 national championship\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/06\/09141455\/Belmont-National-Champs-2023-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/06\/09141455\/Belmont-National-Champs-2023-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/06\/09141455\/Belmont-National-Champs-2023-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/06\/09141455\/Belmont-National-Champs-2023-200x150.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><!-- .featured-image -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/homegrown-belmont-shore-rugby-club-wins-u18-national-championship\" rel=\"bookmark\">Homegrown Belmont Shore Rugby Club wins U18 national championship<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The 18U Belmont Shore Rugby team handily won a few games to reach the championship and beat rival San Diego Mustangs 19-12.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"byline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-prefix\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/author\/jj-fiddler-3\/\">JJ Fiddler<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><!-- .author-name -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2023-06-11T06:00:53-07:00\">June 11, 2023<\/time><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2023-06-09T14:14:46-07:00\">June 9, 2023<\/time>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-wrapper -->\n\t<\/article>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\t\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\tclass=\"wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles  wpnbha is-grid columns-2 colgap-3 show-image image-aligntop ts-4 is-3 is-landscape  has-text-align-left\"\n\t\t\tstyle=\"\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div data-posts data-current-post-id=\"17319\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<article data-post-id=\"17551\"\n\t\tclass=\"tag-sponsored-by-memorialcare category-sponsored newspack_spnsrs_tax-memorialcare-miller-childrens-womens-hospital-long-beach type-post post-has-image\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/sponsored\/angels-baseball-players-make-a-short-stop-to-memorialcare-miller-childrens-womens-hospital-long-beach\" rel=\"bookmark\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/18114101\/Angels-with-Derrick-800x600.jpg\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-medium size-newspack-article-block-landscape-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Angels Baseball players make a short stop to  MemorialCare Miller Children\u2019s &#038; Women\u2019s Hospital Long Beach\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/18114101\/Angels-with-Derrick-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/18114101\/Angels-with-Derrick-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/18114101\/Angels-with-Derrick-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/18114101\/Angels-with-Derrick-144x108.jpg 144w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/18114101\/Angels-with-Derrick-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/18114101\/Angels-with-Derrick-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/18114101\/Angels-with-Derrick-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/18114101\/Angels-with-Derrick.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><!-- .featured-image -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/sponsored\/angels-baseball-players-make-a-short-stop-to-memorialcare-miller-childrens-womens-hospital-long-beach\" rel=\"bookmark\">Angels Baseball players make a short stop to  MemorialCare Miller Children\u2019s &#038; Women\u2019s Hospital Long Beach<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>MemorialCare has been partnering with Angels Baseball since 2019 to promote healthy lifestyles for Southern California fans.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"byline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-prefix\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/author\/long-beach-post-partner\/\">Long Beach Post Partner<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><!-- .author-name -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2023-05-19T10:00:51-07:00\">May 19, 2023<\/time><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2023-05-18T11:40:53-07:00\">May 18, 2023<\/time>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-wrapper -->\n\t<\/article>\n\n\t\t\n\t<article data-post-id=\"17544\"\n\t\tclass=\"tag-long-beach-state category-news category-sports type-post post-has-image\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/long-beach-state-volleyball-faces-ucla-in-ncaa-final-four\" rel=\"bookmark\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/04134601\/DSC_5304-1210x642-2-800x600.jpg\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-medium size-newspack-article-block-landscape-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Long Beach State volleyball faces UCLA in NCAA Final Four\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/04134601\/DSC_5304-1210x642-2-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/04134601\/DSC_5304-1210x642-2-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/04134601\/DSC_5304-1210x642-2-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/04134601\/DSC_5304-1210x642-2-200x150.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><!-- .featured-image -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/long-beach-state-volleyball-faces-ucla-in-ncaa-final-four\" rel=\"bookmark\">Long Beach State volleyball faces UCLA in NCAA Final Four<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The No. 4-ranked Long Beach State men\u2019s volleyball team will face UCLA today at 2 p.m. local time in the NCAA Final Four, with a trip to Saturday\u2019s national championship match on the line.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"byline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-prefix\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/author\/mike-guardabascio\/\">Mike Guardabascio<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><!-- .author-name -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published updated\" datetime=\"2023-05-04T13:31:51-07:00\">May 4, 2023<\/time>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-wrapper -->\n\t<\/article>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><div class=\"wp-block-newspack-blocks-wp-block-newspack-ads-blocks-ad-unit alignnone\" style=\"text-align:inherit\">\t\t<div class='newspack_global_ad block_69d4a83268929 fixed-height'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"newspack-broadstreet-ad\" style='flex: 1 1 100%; width: 100%; height: auto;'><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"155268\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\tclass=\"wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles  wpnbha is-grid columns-3 colgap-3 show-image image-aligntop ts-4 is-3 is-landscape  has-text-align-left\"\n\t\t\tstyle=\"\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div data-posts data-current-post-id=\"17319\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<article data-post-id=\"17537\"\n\t\tclass=\"tag-baseball category-news category-sports type-post post-has-image\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/wilson-baseball-shares-love-of-the-game-with-playmakers\" rel=\"bookmark\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/04\/28105854\/DSC_0326-800x600.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-medium size-newspack-article-block-landscape-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Wilson baseball shares love of the game with Playmakers\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/04\/28105854\/DSC_0326-800x600.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/04\/28105854\/DSC_0326-600x450.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/04\/28105854\/DSC_0326-400x300.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/04\/28105854\/DSC_0326-200x150.jpeg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><!-- .featured-image -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/wilson-baseball-shares-love-of-the-game-with-playmakers\" rel=\"bookmark\">Wilson baseball shares love of the game with Playmakers<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Every Saturday since early March, a handful of Bruin baseball players have been donating their time with Playmakers\u2014a local nonprofit that offers \u201csports and enrichment programs for kids and adults with special needs.\u201d<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"byline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-prefix\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/author\/staff-reports\/\">Staff Reports<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><!-- .author-name -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2023-04-30T07:00:56-07:00\">April 30, 2023<\/time><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2023-04-28T10:58:45-07:00\">April 28, 2023<\/time>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-wrapper -->\n\t<\/article>\n\n\t\t\n\t<article data-post-id=\"17533\"\n\t\tclass=\"tag-baseball category-news category-sports type-post post-has-image\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/long-beach-pony-baseball-community-supports-homeless-groundkeeper\" rel=\"bookmark\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/04\/28104500\/IMG_8599-200x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-tiny size-newspack-article-block-landscape-tiny wp-post-image\" alt=\"Long Beach PONY baseball community supports homeless groundkeeper\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/04\/28104500\/IMG_8599-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/04\/28104500\/IMG_8599-400x298.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><!-- .featured-image -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/long-beach-pony-baseball-community-supports-homeless-groundkeeper\" rel=\"bookmark\">Long Beach PONY baseball community supports homeless groundkeeper<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Parent volunteers helped set up an online fundraiser for Tom Grant, and the almost $6,000 raised is being held to help him get back on his feet.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"byline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-prefix\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/author\/jj-fiddler-3\/\">JJ Fiddler<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><!-- .author-name -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published updated\" datetime=\"2023-04-29T07:00:38-07:00\">April 29, 2023<\/time>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-wrapper -->\n\t<\/article>\n\n\t\t\n\t<article data-post-id=\"17419\"\n\t\tclass=\"tag-acura-grand-prix-of-long-beach category-news category-sports type-post post-has-image\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/photos-kirkwood-takes-1st-win-sunday-at-grand-prix\" rel=\"bookmark\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/04\/16205837\/GPSUNDAY01002-800x600.jpg\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-medium size-newspack-article-block-landscape-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Photos: Kirkwood earns 1st win Sunday at Long Beach Grand Prix\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/04\/16205837\/GPSUNDAY01002-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/04\/16205837\/GPSUNDAY01002-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/04\/16205837\/GPSUNDAY01002-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/04\/16205837\/GPSUNDAY01002-200x150.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><!-- .featured-image -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/photos-kirkwood-takes-1st-win-sunday-at-grand-prix\" rel=\"bookmark\">Photos: Kirkwood earns 1st win Sunday at Long Beach Grand Prix<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Here are some of our best photos of the day\u2019s action.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"byline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-prefix\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/author\/thomas-cordova\/\">Thomas Cordova<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><!-- .author-name -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published updated\" datetime=\"2023-04-16T17:17:16-07:00\">April 16, 2023<\/time>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-wrapper -->\n\t<\/article>\n\n\t\t\n\t<article data-post-id=\"17411\"\n\t\tclass=\"tag-acura-grand-prix-of-long-beach category-news category-sports type-post post-has-image\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/american-kyle-kirkwood-wins-48th-acura-grand-prix-of-long-beach\" rel=\"bookmark\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/04\/16181011\/GPSUNDAY01001-1-800x600.jpg\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-medium size-newspack-article-block-landscape-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"American Kyle Kirkwood wins 48th Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/04\/16181011\/GPSUNDAY01001-1-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/04\/16181011\/GPSUNDAY01001-1-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/04\/16181011\/GPSUNDAY01001-1-145x108.jpg 145w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/04\/16181011\/GPSUNDAY01001-1-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/04\/16181011\/GPSUNDAY01001-1-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/04\/16181011\/GPSUNDAY01001-1-200x150.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><!-- .featured-image -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/american-kyle-kirkwood-wins-48th-acura-grand-prix-of-long-beach\" rel=\"bookmark\">American Kyle Kirkwood wins 48th Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A crafty race strategy and great defensive driving down the stretch gives Kyle Kirkwood his first-ever IndyCar win, made all the more special for happening in Long Beach.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"byline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-prefix\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/author\/mike-guardabascio\/\">Mike Guardabascio<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><!-- .author-name -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2023-04-16T16:13:04-07:00\">April 16, 2023<\/time><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2023-04-16T20:58:02-07:00\">April 16, 2023<\/time>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-wrapper -->\n\t<\/article>\n\n\t\t\n\t<article data-post-id=\"17380\"\n\t\tclass=\"tag-acura-grand-prix-of-long-beach category-news type-post post-has-image\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/news\/photos-trucks-fly-and-tires-screech-in-48th-annual-long-beach-grand-prix\" rel=\"bookmark\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/04\/15182414\/Prix-619-1200x900.jpg\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Photos: Trucks fly and tires screech in 48th annual Long Beach Grand Prix\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/04\/15182414\/Prix-619-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/04\/15182414\/Prix-619-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/04\/15182414\/Prix-619-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/04\/15182414\/Prix-619-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/04\/15182414\/Prix-619-200x150.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><!-- .featured-image -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/news\/photos-trucks-fly-and-tires-screech-in-48th-annual-long-beach-grand-prix\" rel=\"bookmark\">Photos: Trucks fly and tires screech in 48th annual Long Beach Grand Prix<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>That&#8217;s right\u2014the 48th annual Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach brought all of the excitement that race fans have come to know and love, including the qualifying round that determined who will get the top spot for tomorrow&#8217;s big race.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"byline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-prefix\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/author\/thomas-cordova\/\">Thomas Cordova<\/a><\/span> and <span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/author\/brandon-richardson\/\">Brandon Richardson<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><!-- .author-name -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2023-04-15T18:22:37-07:00\">April 15, 2023<\/time><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2023-04-15T20:54:13-07:00\">April 15, 2023<\/time>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-wrapper -->\n\t<\/article>\n\n\t\t\n\t<article data-post-id=\"17375\"\n\t\tclass=\"tag-acura-grand-prix-of-long-beach category-city category-news type-post post-has-image\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/news\/former-champions-will-vie-for-acura-grand-prix-of-long-beach-title-sunday\" rel=\"bookmark\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/04\/12125537\/0410-GRANDPRIX03-1110x768-1-800x600.jpg\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-medium size-newspack-article-block-landscape-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Former champions will vie for Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach title Sunday\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/04\/12125537\/0410-GRANDPRIX03-1110x768-1-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/04\/12125537\/0410-GRANDPRIX03-1110x768-1-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/04\/12125537\/0410-GRANDPRIX03-1110x768-1-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/04\/12125537\/0410-GRANDPRIX03-1110x768-1-200x150.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><!-- .featured-image -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/news\/former-champions-will-vie-for-acura-grand-prix-of-long-beach-title-sunday\" rel=\"bookmark\">Former champions will vie for Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach title Sunday<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>There will be plenty of star power on the track Sunday for the 48th Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"byline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-prefix\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/author\/mike-guardabascio\/\">Mike Guardabascio<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><!-- .author-name -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2023-04-13T07:00:54-07:00\">April 13, 2023<\/time><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2023-04-12T12:55:23-07:00\">April 12, 2023<\/time>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-wrapper -->\n\t<\/article>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17288,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","inline_featured_image":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":"","_":"","_author_alias":"","cap-aim":"","cap-description":"","cap-display_name":"","cap-first_name":"","cap-jabber":"","cap-last_name":"","cap-linked_account":"","cap-newspack_employer":"","cap-newspack_job_title":"","cap-newspack_phone_number":"","cap-newspack_role":"","cap-user_email":"","cap-user_login":"","cap-website":"","cap-yahooim":"","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_email_html":"","newspack_email_type":"","newspack_featured_image_position":"hidden","newspack_hide_page_title":false,"newspack_hide_updated_date":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_show_share_buttons":false,"newspack_sponsor_byline_prefix":"","newspack_sponsor_disclaimer_override":"","newspack_sponsor_flag_override":"","newspack_sponsor_only_direct":"","newspack_sponsor_url":"","footnotes":""},"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"coauthors":[246],"class_list":["post-17319","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17319","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17319"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17319\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17809,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17319\/revisions\/17809"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"newspack_spnsrs_tax","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newspack_spnsrs_tax?post=17319"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=17319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}