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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The COVID-19 shutdowns have stolen so much joy from everyone. The sports community of Long Beach felt that the most this summer when fields and courts across the city were left unused. For the last decade, we have provided in-depth coverage of the incredible achievements of the elite Long Beach youth sports teams. We respect […]

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Long Beach City College’s men’s soccer team starts the playoffs today in Oxnard at 2:00 p.m.  This is the fifth time in the past six years that the Vikings have made the playoffs, each year against Oxnard.  The Vikings hope to avenge last year’s home defeat.  The Vikings are currently ranked No. 18 in the […]