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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COLUMN: Long Beach Poly’s Willie McGinest’s NFL Hall of Fame Case

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The Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio has enshrined players and coaches with one standard above all else: can the story of football be told without them? It’s with that standard in mind that I present the case for Long Beach legend Willie McGinest’s inclusion in the 2022 Pro Football Hall of Fame […]

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COLUMN: Long Beach Should Name Main Library For Billie Jean King

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Long Beach is opening a new Main Library this Fall, and my family and I couldn’t be more excited. Last summer we went on a fun tour of the city by visiting every branch, a fun way to show our kids the city while letting them feel like their growing love of books and reading […]