Mike Guardabascio
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.
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Feature: Behind the Scenes of Long Beach State’s Stifling Defense

Mike Guardabascio

On paper, there’s nothing particularly intimidating about the Long Beach State women’s basketball team’s defense. They don’t have a premier ball-stopper or shot-blocker and only one all-conference defender on the roster–they don’t have any national leaderboard or conference-leading players in the defensive statistical categories. Yet somehow the Beach entered last weekend’s series against UC Santa […]

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The562.org’s Athletes of the Week

Mike Guardabascio

The562’s Athletes of the Week is sponsored by the Long Beach Century Club. Congratulations to our Athletes of the Week and thanks to the Long Beach Century Club and Naples Rib Company for their support. RACING Kyle Kirkwood, Andretti Autosports Andretti Autosports’ Kyle Kirkwood won the 48th annual Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach last […]

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Long Beach State Volleyball Mollywhops Concordia in Sweep

Mike Guardabascio

The562’s coverage of Long Beach State Volleyball is sponsored by Naples Island Car Wash. Visit NaplesIslandCarWash.com to learn more. Coming off a big emotional sweep of rival No. 10 Pepperdine on Friday night, fans might have expected a bit of a letdown match from No. 3 Long Beach State on Saturday evening in the Walter […]