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For the first time since 1984, the Long Beach State women’s volleyball team opens its season with a new head coach. Recently retired head coach Brian Gimmillaro didn’t miss a match in the last 32 years, and only missed one practice in that time (not due to illness but to recruit a high school player). Gimmillaro didn’t even miss practice after he had knee surgery, hobbling into the gym that afte...

MANHATTAN BEACH >> While players down on the sand Thursday were trying to qualify to get into the main draw of this week’s Manhattan Beach Open, four rather terrific beach volleyball players were up on the pier for the Walk of Fame ceremony honoring their 2016 championships at the granddaddy of them all. Jake Gibb and Casey Patterson, and Emily Day and Brittany Hochevar were the happy recipients of plaques they could take home. And they were overjoyed knowing that identical plaques would be forever embedded in the concrete deck of the pier. For Gibb, it was his third such honor, so his ...

LOS ANGELES — It has been a whirlwind several days for Carlos Vela and he still has to travel back to Spain. “It has been crazy,” Vela said . Finally, there’s some sort of normalcy as Vela was officially introduced as the first Designated Player for the Los Angeles Football Club. “This is a statemen...

The Long Beach Mizuno 17s had a weekend to remember, claiming a title in Mieapolis at the USA Volleyball Girls Junior National Championships. Competing in the National Division, the second-highest of five brackets at the touament, Mizuno swept through to the championship. The team, made up mostl...

LONG BEACH >> It wouldn’t be a championship Sunday at the World Series of Beach Volleyball in Long Beach without Phil Dalhausser. The three-time Olympian has been in the gold medal match of all five WSOBV events, and this year he won his third title along with partner Nick Lucena. The American...

LONG BEACH >> Familiar faces are navigating unfamiliar circumstances this weekend at the World Series of Beach Volleyball in Long Beach. Some of the best players in the world are adjusting on the fly to new partners, fast playing surfaces and the USA vs. The World exhibition format. The inaugu...

The plaed merger between dueling leaders of the daily fantasy sports industry, DraftKings and FanDuel, is officially off, less than a month after the Federal Trade Commission aounced its plan to block the union. “FanDuel decided to merge with DraftKings last November because we believed that thi...

LONG BEACH >> Veteran Brittany Hochevar is one of four Long Beach State alumni retuing to Long Beach this weekend for the fifth aual World Series Of Beach Volleyball and Long Beach Presidents Cup exhibition touament. The WSOBV features inteational competition for men and women and open...

Long Beach State will name Joy McKienzie-Fuerbringer as its new women’s volleyball coach, athletic director Andy Fee confirmed Monday moing. McKienzie-Fuerbringer will be the successor to legendary coach Brian Gimmillaro, who won three national titles and recently aounced his retirement after 32...

Long Beach State will name Joy McKienzie-Fuerbringer as its new women’s volleyball coach, athletic director Andy Fee confirmed Monday moing. McKienzie-Fuerbringer will be the successor to legendary coach Brian Gimmillaro, who won three national titles and recently aounced his retirement after 32...

PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Sam Lewis, Outside Hitter, Long Beach Poly, Senior If Sam Lewis had one request, it’s: Please stop asking him how tall he is. “Oh, I have a sign on me at all times that says, ‘Ask me how tall I am and if I play basketball and how the weather is up here,’” the Long Beach Poly seni...

In the volleyball wing of the Walter Pyramid at Long Beach State, Brian Gimmillaro has been doing a lot of packing. The legendary coach has helmed the women’s volleyball team at the university for 32 years, achieving unprecedented success. When Gimmillaro aounced his surprise retirement Wednesday ...

ANAHEIM >> Both the Cerritos and Katella boys volleyball teams had their dreams of wiing CIF titles dashed at different stages of the recently completed championship touament. Katella lost in the semifinals Southe Section Division 4 playoffs, while Cerritos lost in the Division 5 final. ...

A confident and more energized Long Beach Poly boys volleyball team came to play in the CIF-SS Division 2 playoffs, but it wasn’t enough on Thursday night at home. After an upset win on the road in the opening round, the Jackrabbits (10-8) gave Notre...

ANAHEIM — The beards will keep growing and the Ducks will keep playing. They eliminated the Edmonton Oilers in Game 7 of their second-round playoff series with a 2-1 victory Wednesday, ending their Game 7 curse with a smart, patient game that showed ...

The Long Beach State men’s volleyball departed the city Monday moing, bound for Columbus, Ohio and the NCAA Final Four. And they just might retu home as national champions.The 49ers are ranked No. 1 in the nation and are proud flag-bearers for the city. How proud?“Let me put it like this,” said 49ers coach Alan Knipe. “We could have gotten a direct flight from LAX or we could leave from the Lo...

The UCLA women’s basketball team poured the foundation of its season in August in Australia.The Bruins built a strong frame with nonconference matchups against top teams like Baylor and South Carolina...

It is a 26-mile test of the body's fragileness and the mind's will.Some of the world's elite marathoners will again face those two variables when they compete in Sunday's 32nd aual Los Angeles Marathon.Athletes will have to juggle both before the heat hits on the Dodger Stadium-to-Sea course....

The No. 2-ranked Long Beach State men’s volleyball team hosts two matches at Walter Pyramid this weekend as part of the aual ASICS Touament. The 49ers (17-2, 13-1) face George Mason at 7 p.m. on Friday and Loyola (10-6, 6-3) on Saturday at 7 p.m. LBSU setter Josh Tuaniga leads the nation with 11.56 assists per set and middle blocker Amir Lugo-Rodriguez is tied for first in the NCAA with 1.31 blocks. Sophomore TJ DeFalco is seventh in the nation with 4.12 kills.Beach volleyballThe No. 7 49ers (4-0) are in Manhattan Beach for four matches as part of the UCLA Invitational. LBSU starts at 10 a.m. Saturday moing against No. 2 Florida State and then face Georgia State at noon. On Sunday, the 49ers...

The joyful man sat by his locker as he scrolled through his phone and bantered with a reporter. That pregame routine stopped abruptly. Lakers coach Luke Walton indicated he would like to speak with Nick Young privately. Walton hardly berated Young, though. With Walton plaing to start Young in place of an injured Luol Deng, the Lakers’ coach simply challenged Young to take advantage of that opportunity by playing defense. Nearly two hours later, the Lakers secured a 124-115 victory over the Denver Nuggets on Sunday at Citizens Business Bank Arena in Ontario as Young provided 14 points on 5-of-8 shooting with four rebounds and two steals. The play impressed Walton so much that he described You...