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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The562’s coverage of Jordan Athletics is sponsored by former LBUSD superintendent Chris Steinhauser and the Timu Foundation. The Jordan Panthers know what it feels like to score a game-winning basket just before the final buzzer sounds. They did it twice late in the season to climb into third place in the Moore League and secure […]

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VIDEO BY MATT SIMON High School Basketball: Wilson vs Millikan For full coverage visit the562.org