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.org’s Athletes of the Week

Mike Guardabascio

Congratulations to all of our Athletes of the Week, presented by Naples Rib Company.  HIGH SCHOOL Devin Samples, Long Beach Poly Football Long Beach Poly sophomore Devin Samples isn’t the biggest guy on the field, but he had the biggest performance of the first week of the season. He led Poly to a 27-21 overtime […]

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Football: Compton Scores On Final Drive To Beat Lakewood

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STORY & VIDEO BY MATT SIMON Coach Calvin Bryant usually keeps his cool after games regardless if the Compton football team wins or loses. On Friday night, he couldn’t stop himself from smiling after the Tarbabes defeated Lakewood 30-26, a come-from-behind victory that was Compton’s first win over the Lancers since 1997. With the game […]

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LB In NFL: Wilson Alum Joel Bitonio Snags Historic Win With Browns

Mike Guardabascio

It finally happened. On national television last Thursday night, the Cleveland Browns finally won a football game. It had been 635 days since the Browns’ last win, on Christmas Eve of 2016, and their 19-game winless streak was the second-longest in NFL history. For Wilson alum Joel Bitonio, a stud offensive lineman for Cleveland, the […]