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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The Long Beach State men’s volleyball team is six months removed from their national championship win and the team is already back working on another one. Last week marked the team’s first official week of practices for this school year, and they held an offseason tuneup in the Pyramid on Sunday, hosting CSUN, Grand Canyon, […]

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Long Beach State Wins National Championship!

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It was a night they’ll be talking about for a long time. Inside their home arena, the Long Beach State men’s volleyball team became the first program in school history to win back-to-back NCAA championships, taking down Hawaii in the Pyramid in a battle of the two best teams in the nation. Hawaii took the […]

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The562’s coverage of football in 2024-25 is sponsored by The Terry Donahue Memorial California Showcase. The562’s coverage of Long Beach Wilson Athletics is sponsored by Joel Bitonio, Class of 2009.