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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LB In MLB: Top 5 Stories Of The Season

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It has been another eventful year for Major League Baseball players with ties to Long Beach, but it’s easy to narrow it down to five top story lines from this season. Careers Come To A Close A year after Jered Weaver hung up his cleats after an All-Star career, Chase Utley is the latest local […]

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CIF Track: Millikan, Lakewood Send Four To Masters

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Millikan and Lakewood share the same blueprint for their campuses, and the two schools had very similar days on Saturday at the CIF-SS Division 1 Track & Field Finals, with young talent showing that the future is bright for the Rams and Lancers. Millikan’s Samarra Monrroy finished second in the 400 and eighth in the […]

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Long Beach Athletes Play In LA Chargers’ Flag Football All-Star Game

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The562’s coverage of girls’ flag football is sponsored by the Los Angeles Chargers. The Los Angeles Chargers hosted their second annual girls’ flag football all-star game on Monday morning at Sofi Stadium, where several Long Beach representatives were selected to participate.  Lakewood coach Leilani Utupo was nominated as head coach for the Los Angeles team, where […]