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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Column: Last Chance U Showcases Local Characters

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Elijah Bates, the editor at the college paper JJ and I worked at, used to say that life was like a story and the people we met were like characters. As writers, we should look for the most interesting characters to write about the same way a novelist would populate a book with characters people […]

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We’ll have live updates from the CIF-SS Division 7 boys’ soccer quarterfinals between St. Anthony and Grace Brethren when it kicks off at 3 p.m. Also, check back for full coverage later tonight! Click here if you can’t see the updates. Tweets by 562sports Support The562.org

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STANDINGS: Long Beach Boys’ Basketball, Week 10

Mike Guardabascio

After ten weeks of action here’s where things stand in the Long Beach boys’ basketball world with a list of this week’s games below the standings box. Note: Standings based on reported results. Coaches can report scores/weekly results as well as schedule listings to Mike@The562.org. — — This week’s games MONDAY Lakewood vs Wilson, 7pm […]