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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The winter playoffs begin in earnest tonight for a ton of Long Beach teams with opening round contests for boys’ basketball, girls’ soccer, and girls’ water polo. Boys’ Basketball Division 4AA: Jordan vs. Montclair, 7 p.m. Division 1: St. Anthony at Damien, 7 p.m. Division 1: Long Beach Poly at Mater Dei, 7 p.m. Division […]

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Massive Long Beach Football Preview 

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The562’s coverage of football in 2024-25 is sponsored by The Terry Donahue Memorial California Showcase. Words by Mike Guardabascio, JJ Fiddler, Tyler Hendrickson, Eli Aquino, Nina Fife, and Matt Simon; photo by Joseph Kling. It’s football season in Long Beach, and we couldn’t be more excited. The city has the most talent it’s had in […]

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PHOTOS: Long Beach Poly vs Cabrillo Boys’ Soccer

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The562’s coverage of Long Beach Poly athletics in the 2022-23 school year is sponsored by Poly alum Jayon Brown and PlayFair Sports Management. The562’s coverage of Long Beach Poly athletics in the 2022-23 school year is sponsored by JuJu Smith-Schuster and the JuJu Foundation. The562’s coverage of Cabrillo Athletics is sponsored by the Cohn Family.