Mike Guardabascio
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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The562’s coverage of Long Beach Poly is sponsored by Bryson Financial Friday was a historic day for Long Beach football. Antonio Pierce, a Compton native who played high school ball at Paramount, college ball at Arizona, and pro ball with the Giants and other teams, became the first former Long Beach or Moore League football […]

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