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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The562’s coverage of Long Beach State Volleyball is sponsored by Naples Island Car Wash. Visit NaplesIslandCarWash.com to learn more. Virtually since the moment Alex Nikolov took the court for the Long Beach State men’s volleyball team this year as a star freshman, there were been questions swirling in the volleyball community about how long he’d be […]

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The562.org’s Athletes of the Week

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The562’s Athletes of the Week is sponsored by the Long Beach Century Club. Congratulations to our Athletes of the Week and thanks to the Long Beach Century Club and Naples Rib Company for their support. HIGH SCHOOL Nate Berumen, Long Beach Poly Baseball It was another walk-off win for Long Beach Poly as they beat […]

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Women’s Basketball: Long Beach State Drops Home Finale to UC Irvine

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Long Beach State (18-6, 11-5)  played its final home game of the season on Saturday evening and couldn’t keep up with visiting UC Irvine (17-10, 12-4) in a battle of two of the Big West’s top three teams. The Anteaters used a 21-0 run across the second and third quarters to run away with a […]