An LBC native, Mike Guardabascio has been covering Long Beach sports professionally for 18 years, with his work published in dozens of Southern California magazines and newspapers. He's won numerous state and national honors for his writing as well as the CIF Southern Section’s Champion For Character Award, and is the author of three books about Long Beach history.
As the sun began to set at Long Beach Poly on Wednesday, the intensity was rising. The Jackrabbits were hosting Geffen Academy in the CIF Southern Section Division 4 girls’ tennis semifinals, and Poly held a narrow lead midway through the final round of play. Time was called in a singles match (Poly led 5-4) […]
Jordan Bell is known for many things. The Long Beach Poly alum, NBA champion, and Minnesota Timberwolves forward has been an elite basketball player and shotblocker for many years, dating back to his playing days in his hometown. He’s always been known as a talker, too–he talked back in class, he talked trash to opponents, […]
