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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The562’s coverage of Long Beach State athletics for the 2022-23 season is sponsored by Marilyn Bohl. You might assume Aboubacar Traore and Lassina Traore are related. The Long Beach State sophomore forwards both hail from Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire where their budding basketball skills earned them the opportunity to attend an American university. But according to Aboubacar, […]

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CIF State Volleyball: Brutal Bracket Draw For Poly, St. Anthony

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The CIF State girls’ volleyball bracket was released Sunday evening, with a cruel twist for Long Beach Poly fans. The Jackrabbits were defeated in the CIF Southern Section Division 1 quarterfinals by one of the nation’s top programs in Mater Dei, a difficult loss but one that provided a silver lining. In years past, that […]

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COLUMN: DeFalco, Tuaniga Master Plan Worked Out

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