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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In her 33 seasons coaching the Millikan girls’ basketball team, Lorene Morgan has had many more memorable wins than Friday evening’s 70-13 victory over Compton. Morgan won the school’s only CIF-SS girls’ basketball championship, in 2014, and several other tournament and league crowns. Friday’s game, in a reduced-capacity gym due to COVID-19 restrictions, did not […]

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PHOTOS: Long Beach State vs. Stanford, Women’s Volleyball

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Long Beach State opened the 2025 season with a 3-1 loss to Stanford on Friday night at Walter Pyramid, as the Beach took the opening set but came up short by a score of 18-25, 25-19, 25-16, 25-20. The Beach will be back in action on Sunday at 4 p.m. against Oregon State.

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LB In NBA: Jordan Bell, James Ennis Make Headlines

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A pair of young NBA players with ties to Long Beach have been making moves and headlines this summer. Long Beach Poly alum Jordan Bell won a championship two years ago as a rookie with the Golden State Warriors, and signed a free agent contract with the Minnesota Timberwolves worth $1.6 million for one season. […]