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 Jordan Athletics is sponsored by John Ross, Class of 2013 The Jordan track and field team made history on Wednesday with a 63-41 victory over the Long Beach Poly boys.  Head coach Sharaud Moore was ecstatic. “It’s a long time coming, the boys are happy, really happy,” he said. “It’s Poly. To […]