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.
This week we explain why the Moore League football rivalry between Long Beach Poly and Wilson is considered the “Big Game” because of all of its history. 3:00 Question O’ The Week: Where, What Is The Big Game? 5:30 Athletes O’ The Week 8:00 Game O’ The Week: Moore League Volleyball On Thursday 10:00 Players […]
The562’s coverage of Long Beach State athletics for the 2024-25 season is sponsored by Marilyn Bohl. We sit down with Long Beach State men’s basketball guard Ramel Lloyd Jr. and his dad Ramel “Rock” Lloyd Sr. Ramel Lloyd Jr. transferred in from Nebraska where the 6’6” 210-pound guard sat out last season with a serious knee […]
The562’s high school soccer coverage for the 2025-26 season is sponsored by Long Beach Poly soccer alum Kennedy Justin The562’s coverage of Lakewood Athletics is sponsored by J.P. Crawford, Class of 2013. Lakewood advanced in their CIF-SS opener against Hemet after a thrilling 2-2 tie resulted in a 5-4 penalty kick tiebreaker that fell the Lancers’ way.
