An LBC native, Mike Guardabascio has been covering Long Beach sports professionally for 13 years, with his work published in dozens of Southern California magazines and newspapers. He's won numerous awards 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.
It’s official: lacrosse has arrived. And no matter what happens in 2020, it’s guaranteed to be a historic season for the sport in Long Beach. That’s because this year, history is happening on every corner of the field. It’s the first year that the Moore League has officially added boys’ and girls’ lacrosse, as has […]
The 2021 Major League Baseball Draft wrapped up on Tuesday, with seven Long Beach area ballplayers hearing their names called during the 20-round affair. Last season’s draft was condensed to just five rounds, leaving an even larger crop of talent in this year’s player pool. One of the most notable hold-overs from last year’s shortened […]