Mike Guardabascio
An LBC native, Mike Guardabascio has been covering Long Beach sports professionally for 18 years, with his work published in dozens of Southern California magazines and newspapers. He's won numerous state and national honors 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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Photo by Stephen Carr Last month’s announcement that the new Long Beach Main Library would be named in honor of Billie Jean King got me thinking: what else out there is in need of a name? Or, to look at it from a better angle, who else out there is deserving of a major honor? […]

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Long Beach State Notebook: Men’s Volleyball At Home This Weekend

JJ Fiddler

The No. 1 Long Beach State men’s volleyball team will be back at Walter Pyramid this weekend for a pair of nonconference matches on the new Taraflex playing surface. WATCH HIGHLIGHT VIDEO from last weekend when The Beach christened the new floor. LBSU will host No. 8 Stanford at 7 p.m. on Friday, and Saint […]

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CIF Boys’ Basketball: Long Beach Poly Drops Instant Classic at Los Al, Ruff Sets Scoring Record

Tyler Hendrickson

The562’s coverage of Long Beach Poly is sponsored by Bryson Financial. Much will be said about the new playoff format for the CIF-Southern Section and how it impacts all sports, including boys’ basketball. But any formula that produces games like we saw on Friday night at Los Alamitos High must be getting something right. Two public […]