Donovan Morris will be packing up and bringing his game overseas to Hungary. The former Long Beach State men’s basketball guard agreed to a professional contract with Falco KC-Szombathely, he announced via Facebook. He is expected to leave for the team Aug. 17. The 6-foot-3, San Bernardino-native signed a nine-month[Read More…]
Sports
Summer league in session for 49er men’s hoops
Some members of the Long Beach State men’s basketball team are using the summer to fine-tune their skills for the upcoming season as they are taking part in the Nike Say No Classic summer league. The Say No Classic is an NCAA approved summer league that takes varying levels of[Read More…]
Women’s volleyball adds volunteer assistant
The Long Beach State women’s volleyball team added former 49er men’s volleyball player Gavin Christensen to its coaching staff on Tuesday. Christensen will help out head coach Brian Gimmillaro as the program’s volunteer assistant coach for the 2009 season. He previously worked as an assistant with the Cal Juniors club[Read More…]
Midseason Review: Sizing up the Daily 49er’s picks at the break
With baseball’s midsummer classic in the rearview mirror and the second half about to start I thought – despite the 70 or so games remaining – it would be a good opportunity to preliminarily evaluate the Daily 49er sports staff preseason MLB picks. AL East While Toronto surged early before[Read More…]
Grady earns Academic All-America honor
Long Beach State senior Hannah Grady was named an Academic All-America by ESPN The Magazine and College Sports Information Directors of America on Tuesday. Grady became the first women’s tennis player in LBSU history to earn the distinction. The native of Coventry, England was the four-time Big West Player of[Read More…]
Kiteboarding offers an alternative for summer fun
Not two miles away from campus in Belmont Shore, you will see great, colorful kites swaying a hundred feet above the beach. They are kites designed for a new board sport called kiteboarding. Kiteboarding, or kitesurfing as it is often called, was invented in the 1980s but gained notoriety in[Read More…]
RAMIREZ: Contenders make splash in free agent market
Someone could let the NBA and its players know that roster moves don’t have to resemble a game of musical chairs. But what fun would that be? Just when it seems that one team has the edge over the rest of the league, there is a change made involving a[Read More…]
Former 49er finds career in WNBA front office
Images of WNBA legends hang outside Long Beach State alum Virginia “Penny” Toler’s office in Downtown Los Angeles. Toler, who works as General Manager and Vice President of the Los Angeles Sparks, is most widely known for being the player who scored the first basket in WNBA history, but she[Read More…]
Longoria named to All-Star team
Tampa Bay Rays third baseman and former Long Beach State player Evan Longoria was named the American League’s starter at third base for the 2009 MLB All-Star Game. Longoria became the second LBSU player to receive a starting nod at the mid-summer classic, joining 2000 AL Most Valuable Player and[Read More…]
McAtee named to All-American Scholar Team
Junior Lindsey McAtee was one of 410 women’s collegiate golfers nationwide named to National Golf Coaches Association All-American Scholar teams for NCAA Division I, II and III. To qualify as an All-American Scholar, athletes must hold a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.50 and compete in at least 50 percent (Division[Read More…]