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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No. 1 Long Beach State Men’s Volleyball Sweeps No. 2 UCLA

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It looked like No. 1 Long Beach State men’s volleyball was in for a slugfest when they hosted No. 2 UCLA on Friday night at Walter Pyramid. But that wasn’t the case at all as the Beach swept the Bruins 25-22, 25-23, 25-13 in front of a near sellout crowd. LBSU hit .400 in the […]

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VIDEO: Long Beach State vs. UC Riverside, Men’s Basketball

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Long Beach State Soccer

Long Beach State Women’s Soccer Season Preview 2018

JJ Fiddler

Sometimes college teams struggle incorporating freshmen talent into a team with veteran experience, but that’s not been the case for the 2018 version of Long Beach State women’s soccer. “All of the freshmen have a chance to start,” All-Big West midfielder Katie Pingel said. “We have so much more confidence and better leadership this year.” […]