An LBC native, Mike Guardabascio has been covering Long Beach sports professionally for 13 years, with his work published in dozens of Southern California magazines and newspapers. He's won numerous awards 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.
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Live by the run, die by the run. Long Beach State men’s basketball has thrived on uptempo play this season, but fell victim to another big run in the second half and lost 93-72 at BYU in the first round of the NIT on Wednesday. The Beach (20-13) had a five-point lead in the first […]
We’ve got our first basketball highlight of the year, thanks to our video partner Beach City Hoops for the footage. High School Basketball: Millikan vs. Fountain Valley It’s our first high school basketball highlight of the year as the Rams went to 1-0 on the season with a win over FV. Thanks to Beach City […]