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.
The562’s coverage of Long Beach State athletics for the 2023-24 season is sponsored by Marilyn Bohl. The562’s coverage of Long Beach State Basketball is sponsored by CSULB Distinguished Alumnus Nelson Farris. The562’s coverage of Long Beach State men’s basketball for the 2023-24 season is sponsored by Arline & Mike Walter. Photo of Acker from San Diego State […]
There was a time not that long ago when Long Beach State only had a handful of female coaches on campus, but that trend has been bucked on purpose by Athletic Director Andy Fee. Since arriving in 2017, Fee has hired or promoted five new coaches for women’s sports and four of them have been […]