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.
The Dirtbags didn’t have a hit in the first six innings of their game against No. 10 Vanderbilt (10-4) on Wednesday night at Blair Field, but that didn’t stop them from pulling off their second upset in five days. LBSU (5-8) beat No. 9 Ole Miss over the weekend. “It wasn’t a very clean game […]
The562’s coverage of Long Beach State athletics is sponsored by Marilyn Bohl. Long Beach State women’s soccer has been trudging through an injury-plagued and heartbreaking season. The 3-2 loss to visiting UC Davis on Thursday night at George Allen Field was this year in a nutshell. The shorthanded Beach led 2-1 in the 75th minute after […]
Going into this year’s Big West Women’s Basketball Tournament, Long Beach State already knew they’d gotten an unfavorable draw. As the No. 3 seed in the bracket, the Beach were opening up the tournament against the two-time defending conference champions, No. 6 seed UC Davis. The Aggies have been a tough nemesis for LBSU lately, […]