Mike Guardabascio
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.
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Long Beach Poly Football To Honor David Rosa With Helmet Decal

Mike Guardabascio

Long Beach Poly football head coach Stephen Barbee announced on Wednesday that the Jackrabbits will wear helmet decals this season in honor of fallen Long Beach Fire Department captain David Rosa, who was killed while on the job in June. Rosa served in Long Beach Fire Station No. 10, which is Poly’s station. “Having that […]

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COLUMN: Wilson Basketball Coach Resignation Strikes a Nerve Nationwide

Mike Guardabascio

I have to admit that, while I put the same amount of effort into every story I write, I was not expecting a coaching update I did about the girls’ basketball team at Wilson High to be the most-read story I’ve written in 17 years as a sportswriter in Long Beach.  The story, however, touched […]

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Friday’s Long Beach CIF-SS Playoff Schedule

Mike Guardabascio

There are four Long Beach teams in action on Friday in the second round of the CIF-SS winter playoffs. Boys’ Basketball, 7 p.m. Division 1: Long Beach Poly @ Riverside Poly Division 2AA: Compton vs. Capistrano Valley Christian Boys’ Soccer, 7 p.m. Division 1: Millikan vs. Santa Ana, Veterans Memorial Stadium Division 7: St. Anthony […]