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 Poly and St. John Bosco’s boys’ basketball teams likely expected to be playing each other on Saturday evening in the Bosco Gahr Winter Classic. The Jackrabbits and Braves were supposed to be playing in the championship game, however, and after surprising semifinal losses they ended up meeting in the third-place game. The Jackrabbits […]
On this episode we’re talking about Long Beach State’s plan to bring outdoor basketball practice back to campus Oct. 1 and how the local football players are dealing with the start/stop nature of this year. We’ll also listen to Mike revel in the LA Clippers unceremonious exit from the NBA Playoffs. 02:00 Long Beach State […]
