Former Long Beach State standout James Ennis has signed with the Perth Wildcats of Australia’s National Basketball League, the team announced Saturday. Ennis’ rights still belong to the Miami Heat, however, and his contract includes an option to return to Miami at any time should the Heat decide to add[Read More…]
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Women’s soccer closing in on season opener
When the Long Beach State women’s soccer team returns to George Allen Field on Aug. 23 for its season opener, the majority of its players could be playing on the 49ers’ home field for the first time. With several walk-on players, 12 freshmen and a trio of transfers participating in[Read More…]
CLARK: Despite losses, LBSU will still compete for a Big West title
In most cases, when a mid-major team loses an All-American forward and an NCAA All-West region defender in the same year, it earns them a one-way ticket to irrelevance. This is not most cases. The 49ers may have lost Nadia Link, Alex Balcer and five other seniors, but an incredible[Read More…]
MORRIS: Steve Nash’s soccer tryout could help grow sport
Ron Artest was amnestied, Dwight Howard wanted to “have fun again” and Steve Nash worked out for Inter Milan? While his workout on Tuesday was something that could remove another starter from a deteriorating Lakers’ lineup, don’t expect Nash to jump ship like Howard. Inter Milan is a professional soccer[Read More…]
‘Niner Notes: Roger Kirk becomes new director of media relations
Roger Kirk promoted to Assistant Athletics Director of Media Relations Long Beach State announced Friday that Roger Kirk has been promoted to Assistant Athletics Director of Media Relations, replacing Stephanie Sampson, who was let go in June. Kirk, who was formerly the associate media relations director at LBSU, covered LBSU’s[Read More…]
Local little leaguers learn from Dirtbags at baseball camp
Long Beach State baseball may have ended its season more than two months ago, but that doesn’t mean baseball has stopped at The Beach. Dirtbag Camp has kept America’s pastime alive at LBSU, as little leaguers have taken over the campus baseball field for most of the summer. Kids armed[Read More…]
Ennis finishes NBA Summer League
Former 49er and current Miami Heat shooting guard and forward James Ennis concluded an impressive professional debut stint as the NBA wrapped up its Summer League season on Monday. Miami was the only NBA team to compete in both the Orlando and Las Vegas Summer Leagues, and Ennis joined three[Read More…]
CLARK: Braun is hopefully the beginning of the end
The steroid era was supposed to be over. It was supposed to have ended with Barry Bonds, Mark McGwire and Roger Clemens. The only traces of it were supposed to have been with veterans like Alex Rodriguez and Manny Ramirez, who grew up in the prime of the steroid era.[Read More…]
Former Long Beach State head coach Wuesthoff dies at 87
Bob Wuesthoff, a former Long Beach State baseball head coach and the co-founder of 49er Camp, died Friday after a long battle with illness at the age of 87. A member of the LBSU Athletics Hall of Fame, Wuesthoff coached the LBSU baseball team from 1964 to 1969. “The Long[Read More…]
‘Niner Notes: LBSU basketball to take on Michigan
Men’s basketball to open Puerto Rico Tip-Off against Michigan This year’s Puerto Rico Tip-Off bracket was announced Tuesday, revealing that Long Beach State will face last season’s NCAA finals runner-up Michigan in the opening round. Of the tournament’s four opening games, LBSU’s matchup against the Wolverines on Nov. 21 will[Read More…]