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.
The562’s coverage of Jordan Athletics is sponsored by John Ross, Class of 2013. Long Beach Jordan has something special brewing on the Northside as the Panthers are off to a 3-0 start under first-year coach Jon Nielsen. Jordan is looking to get off to their best start in more than 15 years when they welcome Irvine […]
When John Ross stepped into one of the newly-constructed classrooms in the northeast corner of the Jordan High School campus, it was as if he’d never left. Wearing a black long-sleeve t-shirt with Jordan High School written on the front, he was as nondescript as one could expect from a 24-year-old professional athlete. As he […]
On this special episode we talk to Lakewood High alum and Long Beach native J.P. Crawford less than 24 hours after he won the American League Gold Glove at shortstop with the Seattle Mariners.
