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.
The562’s coverage of Long Beach State athletics for the 2024-25 season is sponsored by Marilyn Bohl. The Long Beach State men’s volleyball team is in Hawaii for the Big West Tournament this weekend, and they’ll open against UC San Diego tonight in the semifinals. The pair will face off in the Stan Sheriff Center at 7:30 […]
Long Beach didn’t have a representative in the Major League Baseball All-Star Game last night for the first time in 13 years, but there are enough MLB players with local ties to theoretically field an All-Star team— if a few players were flexible with positions. PITCHERS There has been more than one elite MLB pitcher […]