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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Long Beach State Men’s Basketball Wins At UC Irvine

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The Long Beach State men’s basketball team pulled away late at UC Irvine on Wednesday night to win 80-70 and improve to 2-0 in the Big West. LBSU (8-10) has won five of its last six games, and this is its first win at UCI since 2015. BOX SCORE LBSU seniors Deishuan Booker, Bryan Alberts, […]

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CIF Girls’ Basketball: Jordan Closes Out Roosevelt Behind Lorn’s Second-Half Outburst

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The562’s coverage of Jordan Athletics is sponsored by former LBUSD superintendent Chris Steinhauser and the Timu Foundation. When the Jordan Panthers saw their lead disappear midway through the third quarter against Roosevelt on Thursday night, they just had to remember who they were. J-Town got back to their style of play, and leaned on senior […]

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The562.org’s Athletes Of The Week

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Congratulations to this week’s Athletes of the Week and thanks to Naples Rib Company for their sponsorship. YOUTH Nathan Dowdell, Newcomb Track Newcomb Middle School eighth grader Nathan Dowdell won the All-City middle school championship in the 100 meter sprint last week, with a blazing time of 11.12, which would be a top 15 in […]