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 youth soccer will be forever changed after the U.S. Soccer Federation terminated its nationwide developmental academy league this month because of the COVID-19 pandemic financial impact. “We know that suddenly discontinuing a program that has been with U.S. Soccer for many years is shocking, but these unprecedented times required taking action now,” the […]

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Long Beach Poly Sits Atop Moore League Boys’ Tennis

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The Moore League boys’ tennis team and individual title go through Long Beach Poly this season. The Jackrabbits are trying to win a third consecutive team title with defending singles champion Felippe Dacudao (pictured) leading the way. Poly is 8-4 overall and 7-0 in league play after a 12-6 win over Millikan last week, and […]

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All-City Athletes of the Year: Jue, Adams, Ho-Ching Bring Home Top Honors

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Our All-City Athletes of the Year awkward has been running for more than a decade now, more than 10% of the 120 year history of youth sports in Long Beach. In the last 13 years we’ve honored Long Beach kids who went on to be NFL Pro Bowlers, Olympians, NCAA Freshmen of the Year, NCAA […]