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Paul Slater
- Apr 6, 2018
- 1 min
Shoot Your Shot with Alden Darby at Straw Hat Pizza
HAPPY MASTER’S WEEK! We sat down with former Millikan football star and Grey Cup champion Alden Darby to talk about his professional football career thus far and how it compares to beating Poly (not to brag) in 2009 (7:44-34:17). In 'Iron Sharpens Iron' we talked about former Long Beach State basketball stud Casper Ware and his success playing overseas (2:54-5:30). We debut our newest segment ‘Actors and their Movies’ (37:44-43:56). As always we ended the show with the 908 At
Paul Slater
- Mar 16, 2018
- 1 min
Shoot Your Shot with Rob Shock at Naples Rib Co.
HAPPY MARCH STILL! We sat down with Long Beach Poly High School athletic director Rob Shock at Naples Rib Company to talk about the unbelievable history of Poly athletics (8:36-41:10). Moore League baseball snuck up on us in 'Iron Sharpens Iron' (4:43-7:19). We talk about about some of the hottest topics in society today in 'Shoot Yours Hot Topic (48:41-54:11). As always we ended the show with the 908 Athlete of the Week. This week is Providence guard Kyron Cartwright (54:31-
Paul Slater
- Mar 9, 2018
- 6 min
Shoot Your Shot with Joel Bitonio at On the Rocks Bar & Grill (PODCAST)
HAPPY MARCH! We sat down with Cleveland Browns offensive lineman and former Wilson standout Joel Bitonio at On The Rocks to talk about his career so far and what it takes to be one of the best players in the world at his position (15:14-49:41). Since March is the greatest month in history, we ranked the months in order from best to worst (3:44-8:10). In 'Iron Sharpens Iron' we talked about Long Beach State basketball and its 1,000th win in program history and broke down our c
Paul Slater
- Feb 14, 2018
- 6 min
Shoot Your Shot with BI Mais at Joe Jost's
We sat down with St. Anthony, Cal football, and Joe Jost's legend BI Mais at Joe Jost's and asked him about the good old days in Long Beach (15:42-40:58). In 'Iron Sharpens Iron' we talked about league championships in multiple high school sports in the 908 (3:23-8:50). We shared some of the things that were bothering us this week in our 'Grind My Gears' segment (8:54-14:31). Kendall Jenner came up in our favorite segment Good JuJu/Bad JuJu with our favorite Long Beach athlet
Paul Slater
- Feb 5, 2018
- 2 min
Todd Gurley and the Los Angeles Rams Surprise One of Their Youngest Superfans with Super Bowl Ticket
Sports can be a way to help cope with some of the adversities that life might throw. Since 2017, five-year-old, Long Beach native Hector Sandoval has been battling stage III Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. Sandoval is one of the biggest Los Angeles Rams fans around and when his favorite player, star running back Todd Gurley, surprised him with two tickets to Super Bowl LII in Minnesota, it made a difference. (Click to Visit Website) “Little Hector is the strongest person I’ve been around
Paul Slater
- Jan 29, 2018
- 5 min
The Names Behind Our Fields and Stadiums
Gene “Skip” Rowland Field
Wilson High School
On the corner of Seventh Street and Park Avenue, the Wilson Bruins baseball team plays at Gene “Skip” Rowland Field. The late Skip Rowland was an icon and a legend in the entire Long Beach sports community.
“Everyone was scared to even say a word to him because he was such a legend,” Rowland’s long time friend, Dan Gooch said. “It took me years to get the courage to say something, but he was like a father figure to me.”
Rowl
Paul Slater
- Dec 19, 2017
- 3 min
Howard Lyon Gymnasium & Dick DeHaven Stadium
Howard Lyon Gymnasium
Millikan High School
Long Beach basketball fans need to know the late Howard Lyon. There’s a reason his name is tied to the Millikan High School gymnasium. During Lyon’s 12-year tenure as Millikan’s head basketball coach, the Rams never had a losing season and reached the post-season seven times. He went 234-97 during that span and led Millikan to the 1970 CIF championship past Monrovia High School. In the 1970 CIF title game, Millikan held Monrovia t
Paul Slater
- Nov 10, 2017
- 1 min
Shoot Your Shot with Johnny Buksa V
#johnnybuksa #saintanthony #football #cif #highschool #sports #908sports #poly #jserra #quarterback #longbeach #kaitlinfregulia #908 #shootyourshot #shootersshoot #playoffs #usc #ucla #adamsstate #champion #saints #millikan #bars #colorado #ejmalloys
Paul Slater
- Oct 13, 2017
- 1 min
Shoot Your Shot with Justin Utupo at Straw Hat Pizza (PODCAST AND VIDEO)
We sat down with former Lakewood/Notre Dame football star and current Millikan Rams head football coach Justin Utupo at Straw Hat Pizza off of Spring and Palo Verde. He told us what's been going right for his up and coming Rams football team as we gave a bold prediction for the rest of this season (10:03-32:21). We talked high school football and breaking news for Long Beach State athletics in "Iron Sharpens Iron" (2:54-9:31) and as always we ended the show with the 908 Athle
Paul Slater
- Sep 21, 2017
- 1 min
Shoot Your Shot with Jeff Severson (PODCAST & VIDEO)
We sat down with nine-year NFL veteran Jeff Severson at Naples Rib Company to talk about his playing days and music career. He answered all our tough questions, including "how to make sports fun again?" (10:49-31:52). We also talked about this week in sports during "iron sharpens iron" (1:47-9:15) and as always we ended the show with the 908 Athlete of the Week. This week is former Poly Jackrabbit and current Pittsburgh Steeler JuJu Smith-Shuster (33:26-35:27). #jeffseverson
Paul Slater
- Sep 12, 2017
- 1 min
St. Anthony Football Shoots Its Shot with 908 Sports (VIDEO)
Paul Slater and the St. Anthony Saints shoot their shot after their win over Wilson in the Battle for 7th Street. "Shoot Your Shot" presented by 908 is available on Apple Podcasts and lb908.com Song Credit: www.bensound.com #shootyourshot #shootersshoot #longbeach #stanthony #football #sports #funny #video #paulslater #908 #908sports
Paul Slater
- Aug 31, 2017
- 1 min
Millikan Rams Shoot Their Shot with 908 Sports (VIDEO)
Paul Slater and Millikan Rams football team shoot their shot about last week's win against West Adams and the upcoming game against Gahr. 908 Sports' Shoot Your Shot podcast with Paul Slater and John Grossi debuts September 14th, 2017 on lb908.com Song Credit: www.bensound.com #millikan #football #highschool #sports #eastlongbeach #longbeach
Paul Slater
- Aug 28, 2017
- 1 min
Shoot Your Shot with Jerrell Bradford (PRACTICE PODCAST)
We interview former Millikan High School and Eastern New Mexico State football star Jerrell Bradford and ask him about his experiences under the Friday night lights. He also gives us a prediction for his Millikan Rams (7:55-17:57). Jake Armstrong, the Gambling Gamechanger, is the most trustworthy source on all high school betting needs and he sets the lines for the opening week of high school football (18:34-34:34). As always we finish with our 908 Athlete of the Week (34:34-
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