Basketball in Long Beach

Long Beach has produced some of California's best teams and players, from the NCAA success of Long Beach State to the CIF dominance of Long Beach Poly. Starting with the early hoop dreams of the 1900s, lace up your kicks, step in the gym and prepare for an unforgettable lesson in California basketball history. Explore the city's most celebrated athletes and teams, including local pioneers of women's basketball, who found an early home on the city's hardcourts. Complete with exclusive photos and interviews, authors Mike Guardabascio and Chris Trevino give a play-by-play of the sport's illustrious past in the city of Long Beach.

About the author

Long Beach native Mike Guardabascio has been writing professionally for twelve years and has published in over two dozen magazines and newspapers. For the last seven years, he's been a sportswriter covering high school and college sports in Long Beach as the co-editor of the Grunion Gazette sports section, and the co-prep sports editor of the Press-Telegram. He is the author of Football in Long Beach.

Product details

• Authors: Mike Guardabascio, Chris Trevino
• Publisher: The History Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2015
• EAN: 9781609499754
• ISBN: 978-1-60949-975-4
• No. of pages: 176
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 226 mm x 5 mm
• Weight: 386 g
• Series: Sports History; Sports; Sports and History
• Subject: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous