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 2024-25 is sponsored by The Terry Donahue Memorial California Showcase. Just two days after Christmas, Delaware State University made a big splash with the announcement that DeSean Jackson would be their next head football coach. That news reverberated from Dover to Long Beach, and some of the city’s aspiring football talent […]
The Long Beach City College Vikings are back in action tonight at Veterans Memorial Stadium as they host San Diego Mesa. Kickoff is scheduled for 6 p.m. LBCC (2-1) bounced back from its disappointing loss to top team Riverside by going on the road and beating Chaffey last week 31-10. Vikings running back Rodney Clemente […]