Long Beach native Billie Jean King conducted the coin toss before Super Bowl LVI today at SoFi Stadium, joined by the team captains of the California School for the Deaf in Riverside, girls youth tackle football players from the Inglewood Chargers and Watts Rams.
Ron Torbert, a 12-year veteran NFL official who has been a referee since 2014, will handle his first Super Bowl on Sunday. Torbert, 58, a Harvard Law School graduate and former lawyer, will be the third Black referee for a Super Bowl.