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.
The562’s coverage of girls’ flag football is sponsored by the Los Angeles Chargers. The Moore League’s newest sport is back for year two, with even more teams involved! Compton is the latest school to add girls’ flag football, and for the first time ever there will be CIF-SS playoffs at the end of the season. Long […]
The playoffs continue for six boys’ basketball and soccer teams today–we’ll have live updates and coverage from the five home games. Boys’ Basketball (Second round; All games 7 p.m.) Division 1: St. Anthony vs Santa Margarita Division 2AA: Long Beach Poly vs Simi Valley Division 2A: Lakewood @ Pacifica Christian Division 3A: Millikan vs. West […]
The Minnesota Twins have invested in another former Wilson Bruin in Chase De Jong after a midseason trade with the Seattle Mariners, and De Jong delivered the best month two-month stretch of his professional career. “I kind of figured a trade was coming because (the Mariners) didn’t see me as a fit anymore,” De Jong […]
