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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Obituary: Jim Herrick, Understated and Irreplaceable

Mike Guardabascio

10/2/41-7/1/20 The Long Beach sports world lost a unique and irreplaceable figure earlier this month with the passing of baseball/softball champion and longtime Century Club volunteer Jim Herrick. Herrick was golfing at Little Rec with three friends when he passed away at the age of 78. “You don’t find guys like him very often,” said […]

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Long Beach State Sweeps Hawaii For Big West Title; NCAAs Up Next

Mike Guardabascio

Saturday night’s Big West championship match between Long Beach State and Hawaii wasn’t just a win for the 49ers. It was a full-throated, chest-beating, screaming statement from Long Beach that they’re still the best team in the nation, despite having lost to the Rainbow Warriors on the island a week ago. Long Beach dominated with […]

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PHOTOS: Lakewood vs. Villa Park Volleyball

Mike Guardabascio

We’ve got a great gallery of shots from the Lancers’ sweep win at the Steve Lewis Volleyfest, thanks to photographer Stephen Dachman.