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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Baseball Long Beach State

UPDATE: Troy Buckley Out As Dirtbags Manager

Mike Guardabascio & JJ Fiddler

Troy Buckley is out as head coach of the Long Beach State Dirtbags after being fired Thursday evening.  UPDATE (April 12, 11:05 p.m.) Multiple sources familiar with the university investigation into Buckley confirmed that he was terminated after a reported incidence of workplace violence. Following a recent baseball game Buckley is alleged to have gone after […]

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Long Beach State Volleyball

No. 1 Long Beach State Men’s Volleyball Sweeps No. 2 UCLA

Matt Simon

It looked like No. 1 Long Beach State men’s volleyball was in for a slugfest when they hosted No. 2 UCLA on Friday night at Walter Pyramid. But that wasn’t the case at all as the Beach swept the Bruins 25-22, 25-23, 25-13 in front of a near sellout crowd. LBSU hit .400 in the […]

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Basketball Jordan Long Beach Poly

Boys’ Basketball: Jordan Beats Long Beach Poly, Clinches Share of League Title

Tyler Hendrickson

The562’s coverage of Jordan Athletics is sponsored by John Ross, Class of 2013. 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. The562’s coverage of Long Beach Poly athletics in the 2022-23 school year is sponsored by JuJu Smith-Schuster and the JuJu Foundation. The […]