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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CIF Beach Volleyball: Wilson Falls Just Short to Oaks Christian in Semis

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The562’s coverage of Long Beach Wilson Athletics is sponsored by Joel Bitonio, Class of 2009. A terrific season for the Wilson Bruins came to an end on Saturday morning at LBCC, as the Bruins dropped a narrow decision to Oaks Christian, 3-2, in the CIF-SS Division 2 beach volleyball semifinals. Things didn’t start out great […]

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DeSean Jackson Hosts Free Football Camp in Long Beach

Mike Guardabascio

As usual, Long Beach was host to an NFL player putting on a free summer football camp for local youth last weekend. That’s become regular in Long Beach, where the kids have had plenty of opportunity to hear from local guys made good over the past several years. What was unusual was the NFLer at […]

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CIF Basketball: Jordan Boys Beat Liberty, Will Host Quarterfinal

Mike Guardabascio

The562’s coverage of Jordan Athletics is sponsored by John Ross, Class of 2013. Jordan’s quest for a boys’ basketball CIF-SS championship took another big step forward on Friday night, as the Panthers took down Liberty on the road in the Division 4A second round, 76-69. The Panthers were led by Kane Young and Franklyn Chambers, who […]