An LBC native, Mike Guardabascio has been covering Long Beach sports professionally for 18 years, with his work published in dozens of Southern California magazines and newspapers. He's won numerous state and national honors 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.
The562’s coverage of Long Beach State athletics for the 2022-23 season is sponsored by Marilyn Bohl. Back on January 7, Long Beach State was a .500 basketball team. They’d just lost to conference rivals UC Irvine at home, dropping their record to an even 7-7, with a 2-2 record against Big West teams. Less than four […]
The562’s soccer coverage for the 2022-23 school year is sponsored by Beach Futbol Club. The562’s coverage of Cabrillo Athletics is sponsored by the Cohn Family. The562’s coverage of Millikan athletics in the 2022-23 school year is sponsored by Curtis Boyer.
Long Beach State outside hitter TJ DeFalco made history at Wednesday evening’s NCAA National Collegiate Men’s Volleyball Championship Banquet, as he was named National Player of the Year for the second time. The banquet was held in downtown Long Beach at the Terrace Theater. DeFalco is just the third men’s volleyball player in history to […]