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.
Seven Long Beach State programs have signed student-athletes to National Letters of Intent during the fall signing period. Men’s Basketball Coach Dan Monson reached outside of California for three of the five players in his 2019 signing class that includes guards Max De Geest and Rodney Rhoden, forward Romelle Mansel and big men Trever Irish […]
The562’s coverage of Long Beach State athletics is sponsored by Marilyn Bohl. Kailey Supa’s header in the 86th minute earned Long Beach State a 1-0 victory over Cal State Bakersfield Sunday night at George Allen Field. Long Beach State (6-7-2, 3-3-1 Big West) resumes action next Sunday when LBSU hosts Cal State Fullerton (4-8-3, 2-2-2 Big […]
It’s a new day for the Long Beach State women’s basketball program, and a baller shall lead them. Last year in his first season as head coach, Jeff Cammon guided Long Beach to an 8-23 record. That sounds bad, but Cammon inherited a team late in the recruiting cycle that had a heavily depleted roster […]
