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 Millikan Athletics for the 2025-26 school year is sponsored by Brian Ramsey and TLD Law. The562’s coverage of Long Beach Wilson Athletics is sponsored by Joel Bitonio, Class of 2009.
Nathan Bonsteel absolutely cannot believe it. He’s celebrating his birthday with his family, and he’s just walked out of their East Long Beach home to find something impossible. Nathan turned 21 years old today. Two facts about him: Nathan has Downs syndrome, and he loves getting mail with his name on it more than anything […]
Long Beach State men’s basketball coach Dan Monson was quick to take blame for the 87-62 loss to UC Santa Barbara on Saturday at Walter Pyramid. “I apologize,” Monson said to open the post-game press conference. “We’re a fragile team right now. We broke for the first time this year (in the second half) and […]
