Casper Ware wasn’t in New Jersey for the NBA Draft like No. 1 overall pick Anthony Davis. He wasn’t with friends and family watching from a pizza parlor like 21st overall pick Jared Sullinger. In fact, Ware wasn’t watching the draft at all. “I was working out at the gym,”[Read More…]
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LBSU track and field team well-represented at Olympic trials
Eugene, Ore. is the birthplace of Nike, the home of the University of Oregon and every four years, it becomes a track and field Mecca. The Olympic trials are being held at Oregon’s Hayward Field for the fifth time, and a couple of Long Beach State athletes have made the[Read More…]
Casper Ware preparing for NBA Draft
Casper Ware’s ESPN draft profile describes him as a “super quick scoring guard” who is an “excellent ball handler” with an “unlimited shooting range.” Despite this praise, he is ranked as only the 9th-best point guard and the 68th-best prospect overall. That low ranking is almost entirely due to his[Read More…]
Three Dirtbags taken in MLB Draft
Three Long Beach State baseball players heard their names called in this year’s MLB First-Year Player Draft, including shortstop Matt Duffy, outfielder Brennan Metzger and pitcher Shawn Stuart. Duffy and Metzger were each drafted by the San Francisco Giants, going in the 18th and 22nd rounds, respectively. “I was just[Read More…]
LBSU wins second straight Commissioner’s Cup
Long Beach State won its second consecutive Commissioner’s Cup, the award given to the highest-performing athletic department in the Big West Conference. Championships in Men’s Basketball, Softball, Women’s Tennis and Women’s Volleyball contributed greatly to a record-setting points average of 140 per sport. Those were supported by runner-up finishes in[Read More…]
Dirtbags end season with loss to Fullerton
The field of 64 was chosen for the NCAA baseball tournament and the Long Beach State team was left out, as it failed to win the Big West and an automatic bid this past weekend against Cal State Fullerton. Entering the last weekend of the season, the Dirtbags (28-27, 15-9[Read More…]
LBSU falls in regionals
The Long Beach State softball team endured a weekend of exhilaration and heartbreak in Tempe, where it concluded its season in the NCAA Regionals. After a 4-2 loss to Syracuse on Friday, the 49ers (29-25, 16-5 Big West Conference) found themselves in the loser’s bracket of the Tempe Regional and[Read More…]
Dirtbags fall apart in ninth, take loss to Pacific
The Long Beach State Dirtbags dropped their Saturday match-up with the visiting Pacific Tigers, 5-3, evening the weekend series before Sunday’s finale. The Dirtbags (26-25, 13-7 Big West Conference) took Friday’s opener 5-4, but let Saturday’s affair slip away in the ninth inning. Going into the inning, the game was[Read More…]
NBC will regret firing “Community” showrunner Dan Harmon
We are currently in the middle of a television renaissance period. For a long time, the small screen was seen as a source of low budget, inferior entertainment. Now with most homes equipped with giant big-screen high definition televisions, the “small screen” is being populated with more and more high[Read More…]
Washington Nationals pitcher needs to pitch the rest of season
Washington Nationals phenom, Stephen Strasburg, may be one of the best pitchers in baseball. He may also be the only one to finish the season early, and not because of injury or poor performance. Strasburg, a former No. 1 pick out of San Diego State, is in the[Read More…]