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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Basketball Long Beach State

Long Beach State Women Handle Riverside By 30

Mike Guardabascio

It’s a season unlike any other for NCAA women’s basketball. Chaos, confusion, and COVID-19 have dominated the headlines, with even elite programs like Duke shutting their season down early as the pandemic spikes once again across the country.  At Long Beach State, however? So far, so good. The Long Beach State women opened up Big […]

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Dirtbags Play (Jonathon) Long Ball To Walk Off Cal Poly, Win Seventh Straight

Tyler Hendrickson

The562’s coverage of Dirtbags Baseball for the 2023 season is sponsored by P2S, Inc. Visit p2sinc.com to learn more. For the second time this week, Jonathon Long had a once-in-a-lifetime moment. On Tuesday of this week, Long Beach State’s junior slugger drilled a walk-off home run to lift the Dirtbags to a win over Cal Baptist. Then […]

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Column: Put The Long Beach Back In Long Beach State Basketball

Mike Guardabascio

When Long Beach State announced that head basketball coach Dan Monson had been signed to a five-year extension last week, the university and Monson both admitted that the last few years have been below standard. With an impressive amount of candor and openness, they said that the extension will allow for a fresh start, and […]