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.
After the first month of the Major League Baseball season, there’s plenty of great news to report on Long Beach’s former ballplayers. From red hot starts to early season call-ups, it’s been an enjoyable 2022 campaign on the diamond. The shining star so far has been Seattle Mariners shortstop J.P. Crawford. The former Lakewood Lancer […]
Luke Johnson didn’t get the chance to graduate from Wilson High with his 2018 classmates this month, but his presence was felt. Johnson, who was a golfer at Wilson, lost his battle with Leukemia in June 2016. In a dedicated effort to maintain his legacy, the Johnson family formed the Luke Tatsu Johnson Foundation last […]
