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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Long Beach State Falls Short In CSU Bakersfield Rematch

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STORY BY MATT SIMON After clawing its way to an overtime victory Friday night against Cal State Bakersfield, the Long Beach State men’s basketball team found itself in an uphill battle in the series finale Saturday night at the Walter Pyramid. With a 9-man rotation the Beach (2-3, 1-1 Big West) battled early on and […]

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Dirtbags Come Back For Walk-Off Win Over UCSB

JJ Fiddler

Long Beach State trailed 8-0 to UC Santa Barbara in the sixth inning on Friday night at Bohl Diamond at Blair Field, but the Dirtbags scored four runs in the sixth and eighth innings before a bases loaded wild pitch scored the game-winning run in the bottom of the ninth. LBSU (23-26, 8-8) has won […]

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Long Beach State Women’s Soccer Draws With Cal Poly

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The562’s coverage of Long Beach State athletics for the 2023-24 season is sponsored by Marilyn Bohl. It was all good about a week ago. The Long Beach State women’s soccer team was on pace to set a single season record for goals scored while climbing up the Big West Conference standings. That was followed by three […]