Mike Guardabascio
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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The Beach defeated San Jose State to improve to 5-2 on the season. Long Beach State out the Spartans .208 to .063 in a dominant effort that saw them prevail 25-15, 25-21, 23-25, 25-13. Next up for the Beach is a home match against LMU on Sunday at 4pm.

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The St. Anthony boys’ basketball team has had plenty of run-and-gun teams under head coach Allen Caveness. This year’s Saints team is not one of them. St. Anthony proved Monday in their Bosco Tournament opener that the identity of the squad this year is its defense, allowing just eight second-half points in a 45-37 win […]