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.
Mike Guardabascio 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. Give the Long Beach Poly football team some bonus points for honesty. After their grudge match win over rival Serra, nobody on the Jackrabbits was pretending that it was a […]
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A last-second layup from junior transfer Ron Freeman gave Long Beach State men’s basketball an 86-85 win over Iona on Monday afternoon as part of the MGM Resorts Main Event at Cox Pavilion in Las Vegas. The562.org on X (formerly Twitter): “What a win for @LBSUhoops! pic.twitter.com/lJgtmtDtCL / X” What a win for @LBSUhoops! pic.twitter.com/lJgtmtDtCL […]
