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.
Billie Jean King (right) recently became a part owner of the Dodgers; she’s joined by fellow Poly and Hughes alum Chase Utley (left). Photo courtesy LA Dodgers. It looks like Hollywood is becoming “Poly-Wood.” It was announced last week that Long Beach Poly alum and American sports legend Billie Jean King is a new minority-share […]
A 17-2 start for Long Beach Poly (6-1, 5-0) did not accurately foretell how Friday night’s game against visiting Wilson (5-1, 4-1) would play out. The Jackrabbits won their previous four Moore League games by an average of over 62 points, but Wilson was unwilling to go quietly and cut Poly’s lead to single digits […]