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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The562’s coverage of St. Anthony athletics is sponsored by Jane & B.I. Mais, Class of 1948. St. Anthony’s CIF-SS Division 1 playoff opener was simply about who could make more shots, and the Saints were unable to take advantage of their opportunities against a lights-out Santa Barbara team in a 62-57 loss. “First and foremost, […]

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Long Beach State Men’s Basketball Wins Big At Home

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Long Beach State men’s basketball got a much needed confidence boost with a 93-62 victory over Fresno Pacific at Walter Pyramid on Friday night. LBSU (2-3) set season highs in points scored, rebounds, assists and field goal percentage in the victory over Division II Fresno Pacific (0-5). “We’ve been working on not running so many […]