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.
The Long Beach State men’s basketball team waited 23 days between their last game and their contest against Westcliff Wednesday night at Walter Pyramid. After facing USC on Dec. 12, the Beach (4-7) had six straight cancellations including two back-to-back contests where the team was on their opponents’ campus before having to head back home. […]
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