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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CIF Girls’ Basketball: Jordan Closes Out Roosevelt Behind Lorn’s Second-Half Outburst

Tyler Hendrickson

The562’s coverage of Jordan Athletics is sponsored by former LBUSD superintendent Chris Steinhauser and the Timu Foundation. When the Jordan Panthers saw their lead disappear midway through the third quarter against Roosevelt on Thursday night, they just had to remember who they were. J-Town got back to their style of play, and leaned on senior […]

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Boys’ Basketball: Long Beach Jordan Beats LA Jordan In Battle Of Brothers

Eli Aquino

The562’s coverage of Jordan Athletics is sponsored by former LBUSD superintendent Chris Steinhauser. It’s not a true brotherhood growing up without competition, especially when it comes to sports. The saying goes that the older brother always wins, and that’s exactly how it went for Jordan’s coach Chris Francis and his older brother Timothy “Hamma” Francis […]

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VIDEO: Long Beach Poly vs. Millikan, Football

Tyler Hendrickson

The562’s coverage of football in 2023-24 is sponsored in part by the MemorialCare Long Beach Medical Center Foundation and Miller Children’s and Women’s Hospital Foundation. The562’s coverage of Long Beach Poly is sponsored by Bryson Financial. The562’s coverage of Millikan athletics in the 2023-24 school year is sponsored by Curtis Boyer.