{"id":8417,"date":"2022-02-14T09:11:01","date_gmt":"2022-02-14T17:11:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/?p=50000003031"},"modified":"2022-02-14T17:38:18","modified_gmt":"2022-02-15T01:38:18","slug":"long-beach-super-bowl-snoop-tams-poly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/news\/long-beach-super-bowl-snoop-tams-poly","title":{"rendered":"Long Beach was all over the Super Bowl"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Long Beach isn&#8217;t LA, but LA definitely needed Long Beach last night.<\/p>\n<p>When all eyes were on Inglewood to watch the Rams beat the Bengals, everyone watching got a healthy dose of Long Beach\u2014whether they realized it or not.<\/p>\n<p>LBC&#8217;s Snoop, of course, stole the show at halftime, but the game also kicked off with another super famous Poly High School grad. Billie Jean King\u2014who <a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/hi-lo\/billie-jean-kings-remarkable-journey-comes-full-circle\">reps her hometown as hard as anyone<\/a>\u2014handled the coin toss.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10000062534\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10000062534\" style=\"width: 1110px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/14082531\/AP22044847977443-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-10000062534\" src=\"https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/14082531\/AP22044847977443-1110x740.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1110\" height=\"740\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10000062534\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tennis great Billie Jean King tosses the coin as Los Angeles Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford (9) looks on prior to the NFL Super Bowl 56 football game against the Cincinnati Bengals, Sunday, Feb. 13, 2022, in Inglewood, Calif. AP photo by Elaine Thompson.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>And maybe you missed it, but Poly alum Gracie Sprout was the one playing the harp during Jhen\u00e9 Aiko&#8217;s performance of &#8220;America the Beautiful.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CZ8re70r20q\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CZ8re70r20q\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by Gracie Sprout (@grey_seaa)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>And even though <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/entertainment-arts\/story\/2022-02-13\/super-bowl-halftime-show-compton-landmarks-tams\">Tam&#8217;s #21 is a little out of town at Rosecrans and Centra<\/a>l in Compton, we&#8217;re going to claim it because Long Beach has two Tam&#8217;s of its own.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Dancers crip walking. Eminem kneeling. Mary J! Snoop\u2019s outfit. And this recreation of the Tam\u2019s Burger joint. Gotta \u2764\ufe0f the Super Bowl halftime show! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dqQlgmnLF9\">pic.twitter.com\/dqQlgmnLF9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Elon Husk (@elinashatkin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elinashatkin\/status\/1493257784372064259?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 14, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s only one other burger joint that would&#8217;ve actually improved the halftime show.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Put Poly Burgers in the halftime show cowards <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NFL?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@nfl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; \ud83c\udf83 Mike GuardaBOOscio \ud83c\udf83 (@Guardabascio) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Guardabascio\/status\/1493036310969286658?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 14, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Lastly, probably the biggest role Long Beach played didn&#8217;t actually get any airtime during the game, but it was the most crucial. Poly&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the562.org\/2022\/02\/13\/football-long-beach-poly-serves-as-super-bowl-scout-team\/\">Jackrabbits took the field before the Rams or the Bengals<\/a> so production crews could essentially do a practice run for the real Super Bowl.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">STORY: The Long Beach Poly football team got to serve as NBC&#39;s scout team for the Super Bowl. The Jackrabbits went through a whole simulated Super Bowl Friday to help NBC lock in their camera angles and production process<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yEWzOYh3Ox\">https:\/\/t.co\/yEWzOYh3Ox<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rzU2Q8G3id\">pic.twitter.com\/rzU2Q8G3id<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The562.org (@562sports) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/562sports\/status\/1492964824145272832?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 13, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>So, take a lesson from Billie Jean King. Go tell people you&#8217;re from Long Beach, California.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I love this!\ud83d\udc30 Proud of everyone representing <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LongBeachCity?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@LongBeachCity<\/a> at the Super Bowl.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Billie Jean King (@BillieJeanKing) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BillieJeanKing\/status\/1493171257369632771?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 14, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It wasn&#8217;t just Snoop. 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