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.
The COVID-19 outbreak and resulting economic shutdown has had a crushing impact on Long Beach’s small businesses. Recently, as some store owners began preparations for re-opening, months after they’d closed their doors to the public, civil unrest added to the challenges for beleaguered business owners. Some businesses, however, have been spared from the impacts of […]
The Long Beach Poly boys’ basketball team is in the midst of a five games in seven days slog in the middle of the season. At times during Wednesday evening’s road trip to Millikan, that was obvious, with head coach Shelton Diggs subbing liberally and trying to keep his starters fresh. The Jackrabbits weren’t their […]
The Lakewood softball team wants to make every swing count this season, and the Lancers did just that Tuesday afternoon as they had 16 hits in their 11-8 win over Long Beach Poly at Joe Rodgers. Catcher Kendall Lundberg led the way for the Lancers (4-4, 2-0) with two triples, an inside-the-park home run and […]
