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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The562’s Athletes of the Week is sponsored by the Long Beach Century Club. Congratulations to our Athletes of the Week and thanks to the Long Beach Century Club and Naples Rib Company for their support. HIGH SCHOOL Giovanni Ofoegbu, Long Beach Poly Basketball Long Beach Poly picked up a big win over Jordan last week […]

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Three Long Beach boys’ basketball teams will be playing in the CIF Southern Section semifinals tonight, with a trip to the championship on the line. All three games start at 7 p.m. and we’ll have live updates and full coverage from all three. Division 1 St. Anthony is hosting league rival St. Bernard tonight in […]

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