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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Long Beach Poly’s Jason Robinson Jr. Commits to USC

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The trend lately among elite high school football recruits has been to collect scholarship offers, take as many recruiting visits as possible, gradually narrow down the top NCAA suitors in a series of social media posts, and then commit in a ceremony of some sort, usually televised. Long Beach Poly sophomore wide receiver Jason Robinson […]

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Long Beach State Women’s Soccer Upsets No. 8 Pepperdine

JJ Fiddler

Long Beach State women’s soccer won it’s first ever NCAA Tournament game at Pepperdine in 2011, and on Thursday the Beach returned to Malibu for the first time since that historic victory on Thursday. Not only did LBSU improve to 2-0-0 this season with a 2-1 upset win over No. 8 Pepperdine, it’s also their […]

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ROUNDUP: Four Long Beach Football Teams Reach CIF-SS Semifinals

Tyler Hendrickson

The postseason success continued for Long Beach’s football teams on Friday, as all four Moore League/Long Beach squads picked up quarterfinal victories on the road. Long Beach Poly, St. Anthony, Jordan and Compton are all moving on to the CIF-SS semifinals, and we’ve got coverage from all four wins at the links below. CLICK HERE […]