Mike Guardabascio
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.
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California native Alexander Rossi capped a perfect weekend at the 45th Acura Grand Prix Of Long Beach by winning Sunday’s race by a record margin, and becoming the first repeat champion on the downtown street course in 12 years. WATCH trackside video with quotes from Rossi Rossi is the eighth multiple champion in Long Beach […]

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Long Beach State Weekly Notebook

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Check on everything that’s happened with the Long Beach State 49ers over the last seven days. Men’s Volleyball Long Beach State Sweeps Hawaii For Big West Title; NCAAs Up Next VIDEO: Long Beach State vs. Hawaii, Men’s Volleyball Women’s Golf LBSU completed a dominant performance at the Big West Championship at Strawberry Farms Golf Club […]

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COLUMN: Long Beach State Doesn’t Need A Mascot

JJ Fiddler

The ancient tale of Siddhartha is about a man who sacrifices materialistic pursuits in order to find a more sustainable spiritually, and he ends up succeeding by finding peace in nothingness. Long Beach State needs to apply that lesson to its search for a new mascot. After years of phasing out the 49ers mascot, and […]