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 football in 2023-24 is sponsored in part by the MemorialCare Long Beach Medical Center Foundation and Miller Children’s and Women’s Hospital Foundation The562’s coverage of Long Beach Poly is sponsored by Bryson Financial.
It’s a “process” for the Long Beach State men’s basketball team. The Beach have stretches where they are playing great basketball, and other times where they are struggling. On Saturday, it was a tale of two halves as LBSU fell to Loyola Marymount, 77-74. “From Wednesday (72-47 loss to San Diego State) to today, we […]
The562’s Athletes of the Week is sponsored by the Long Beach Century Club. Congratulations to our Athletes of the Week and thanks to the Long Beach Century Club and Naples Rib Company for their support. HIGH SCHOOL Darius Curry, Long Beach Poly Football It says something about how consistently good Colorado State commit Darius Curry […]