Mike Guardabascio
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.
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I’ll be perfectly blunt: usually when I go to a football game, I’m there for the football game. Yes, I recognize the value of pageantry in sports and especially in football. I make sure to include the marching band, the drumline, and the cheerleaders in my highlight videos and I enjoy having some music in […]

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VIDEO: Long Beach City College Beach Volleyball

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Long Beach City College women’s beach volleyball (13-1, 4-0) won their tenth and eleventh consecutive matches by defeating Mt. San Antonio College (5-0) and El Camino College (3-2) on Friday morning at Granada Beach. Long Beach City College Beach Volleyball Visit The562.org to subscribe and support local sports coverage.

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Feature: Long Beach Poly’s Tyson Ruffins Leading By Example

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The562’s coverage of Long Beach Poly athletics in the 2022-23 school year is sponsored by Poly alum Jayon Brown and PlayFair Sports Management. The562’s coverage of Long Beach Poly athletics in the 2022-23 school year is sponsored by JuJu Smith-Schuster and the JuJu Foundation. Before every Long Beach Poly football game for the last few decades, the […]