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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Millikan Basketball Coach Curtis Boyer Stepping Down Due to Parent Issues

Mike Guardabascio

A second Long Beach high school basketball coach has resigned in the midst of the 2023-24 season citing ongoing issues with parents in their program. Millikan boys’ basketball coach Curtis Boyer, who led the team on a historic state playoff run in 2022 that included the program’s first-ever state playoff win, confirmed on Thursday evening […]

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VIDEO: Long Beach Poly vs Wilson Volleyball

Mike Guardabascio

The562’s coverage of high school volleyball in 2023-24 is brought to you by the MLP’s Bay Area Breakers. The562’s coverage of Long Beach Wilson Athletics is sponsored by Joel Bitonio, Class of 2009. The562’s coverage of Long Beach Poly is sponsored by Bryson Financial Subscribe to the562 on GiveButter to make a recurring donation and […]

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COLUMN: Pride at Former Interns Having On-Field Success

Mike Guardabascio

When we started our student internship program at the562.org, we noticed an immediate trend in the applicants we were receiving from Long Beach Unified School District students. Most of the kids who applied for the paid internship program were athletes, and most of them were…well, they weren’t star athletes. They were athletes like JJ, Tyler […]