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 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 Jordan Athletics is sponsored by former LBUSD superintendent Chris Steinhauser. Whether you play your best basketball or not, the playoffs are about one thing: winning. The Jordan girls’ basketball team didn’t have its best night on Saturday evening in J-Town, but the final buzzer still sounded as sweet as ever after their […]
