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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Baseball Previews: Jordan Working To Change Culture

JJ Fiddler

Third-year coach Bryan Whitfield is trying to change the baseball culture at Jordan High, where the Panthers haven’t beaten a non-Compton team in Moore League place since 2016. Whitfield has started a year-around schedule for his players, and hopes that leads to a higher baseball IQ. “It’s been a big hurdle getting up to speed […]

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PODCAST: It’s Championship Season In Long Beach

JJ Fiddler

This week on the show we’re talking about championships all over the city from the swimming pool to the baseball diamond and beyond. 02:00 The best things we’ve seen this week 14:00 Long Beach Poly baseball wins back-to-back league titles 25:00 Moore League swimming making history 36:30 Millikan boys’ tennis hosting CIF championship 39:15 St. […]

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Feature: Lakewood’s JP Crawford Nabs Golden Glove Honor, Reflects on Journey 

Mike Guardabascio

JP Crawford is official. The Lakewood High product just finished his fourth season in the Major Leagues, and received a significant honor as well, earning a Gold Glove honor as the top defensive shortstop in the American League. Crawford committed only three errors in 53 games, while hitting a career-best .255. It’s not bad for […]