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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PREVIEWS: Long Beach Football Week 8

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We’ve got previews for all of the games in the eighth week of Long Beach high school football. Come back tonight for LIVE score updates. Long Beach Poly vs. Compton at Veterans Memorial Stadium Wilson vs. Lakewood Jordan vs. Cabrillo St. Anthony vs. La Salle Avalon vs. ACES (Saturday) BYE WEEK: Millikan, LBCC COLUMN: High […]

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COLUMN: Pride at Former Interns Having On-Field Success

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When we started our student internship program at the562.org, we noticed an immediate trend in the applicants we were receiving from Long Beach Unified School District students. Most of the kids who applied for the paid internship program were athletes, and most of them were…well, they weren’t star athletes. They were athletes like JJ, Tyler […]

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Feature: Jordan Bell’s Charity Basketball Game Had Special Meaning

Mike Guardabascio

Jordan Bell is known for many things.  The Long Beach Poly alum, NBA champion, and Minnesota Timberwolves forward has been an elite basketball player and shotblocker for many years, dating back to his playing days in his hometown. He’s always been known as a talker, too–he talked back in class, he talked trash to opponents, […]