Mike Guardabascio
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.
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The562’s coverage of football in 2024-25 is sponsored by The Terry Donahue Memorial California Showcase. Jordan has offered its football coaching position to Alfred Rowe and he’s accepted, Rowe confirmed. “I’m extremely excited,” he said in an interview this week. “Maybe it’s just fate. This is where I belong–I’m happy to finally get the opportunity and […]

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As we celebrated February’s two-year anniversary of the562.org’s launching, we had plenty to be happy about. The runaway growth of the website meant we were reaching hundreds of thousands of people each month, and we’d published more than 500 photo galleries and 450 highlight videos, as well as more than 1,000 articles. None of that […]

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PHOTOS: Long Beach Poly vs La Serna CIF Water Polo

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The562’s coverage of Aquatic sports in Long Beach is sponsored by the Aquatic Capital of America Foundation. The562’s coverage of Long Beach Poly is sponsored by Bryson Financial.