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.
As the icewater from the Gatorade bucket hit Compton football coach Calvin Bryant, it looked like a scene from a movie. How else to describe a scene of triumph for Compton, a team mourning the deaths of longtime athletic director Maxine Kemp and assistant coach Webster Peters? A team that has suffered injuries to more […]
Photo by Thomas Cordova A legend in the Long Beach soccer world and a coaching icon at Millikan High, longtime Rams boys’ soccer coach Rod Petkovic has confirmed he will retire at the conclusion of this season. It’s his 38th year coaching the Millikan boys’ soccer team and 40th year at the school as a […]