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 Long Beach State men’s basketball team pulled away late at UC Irvine on Wednesday night to win 80-70 and improve to 2-0 in the Big West. LBSU (8-10) has won five of its last six games, and this is its first win at UCI since 2015. BOX SCORE LBSU seniors Deishuan Booker, Bryan Alberts, […]