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.
Millikan’s football program has been on the rise the last two seasons and the Rams had another senior sign a college scholarship on Wednesday during National Letter of Intent Day. Lineman Damian Hernandez has been a force at Millikan and signed a scholarship with Black Hills State, a Division 2 program in South Dakota. Hernandez […]
Photo by Stephen Carr Last month’s announcement that the new Long Beach Main Library would be named in honor of Billie Jean King got me thinking: what else out there is in need of a name? Or, to look at it from a better angle, who else out there is deserving of a major honor? […]
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.
