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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The562’s coverage of girls’ flag football is sponsored by the Los Angeles Chargers. The first ever CIF-SS flag football brackets were released on Saturday morning, and the draw was kind to Long Beach’s playoff teams. With four playoff teams coming out of the Moore League–along with St. Anthony–Long Beach has a rooting interest in four of […]

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Long Beach Poly Alum Marcedes Lewis Signs For Historic 19th NFL Season

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The562’s coverage of Long Beach Poly is sponsored by Bryson Financial. At the recent Marcedes Lewis Appreciation Day hosted at City Hall in Long Beach, the legendary Long Beach Poly alum said he felt great and planned on continuing his NFL career. Those were big words from anyone, but even bigger words from a man who […]

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PREVIEW: Long Beach Poly vs Clovis Football

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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.  We’ll have live updates including frequent video posts from the game tonight so come back this evening to check in on the game! There are no legit livestreams available. Long Beach Poly […]