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.
Wednesday night in Idaho was a special one for Long Beach State men’s basketball coach Dan Monson. The Idaho alum watched the Vandals honor father Don Monson, a former Vandals head coach, as part of the pregame festivities and then he watched his team open the season with a 95-89 overtime win. LBSU (1-0) trailed […]
After 12 months full of peaks and valleys on the playing surface and in the administrative offices, the Long Beach State athletics department finds itself at a crossroads. The Beach has a budget deficit, has had an interim athletic director for a year, and is in desperate need of facility upgrades. Yet, LBSU has also […]
