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 2018 NCAA men’s volleyball champion Long Beach State squad received their national championship rings in the Pyramid on Saturday, shortly before the school’s men’s basketball team won a Homecoming game against Menlo. The brief ring ceremony began with a highlight video of the previous season, with a heavy dose of the 49ers’ win over […]

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