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.
The breakout season for Jarren Duran reached a major milestone on Sunday, when the 27-year-old Boston Red Sox outfielder was named an American League All-Star. Duran, who was drafted out of Long Beach State back in the 2018 draft, has become a fixture atop the Boston batting order and has been one of the best […]
It’s pulling away from the curb, but there’s still plenty of room on the Long Beach State men’s volleyball bandwagon. I had a friend tell me she enjoyed my coverage of the team last year and wanted to come out to some matches this year, but was worried about being a bandwagoner, a fair-weather fan […]