John Canzano

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John Canzano

John Canzano in 2010
Show The Bald-Faced Truth
Station(s) 750AM Portland, Oregon
Time slot 12 p.m. to 3 p.m. PST
Station(s) KGW-TV, Portland, Oregon
Time slot No set timeslot
Style Sports radio
Country United States
Spouse(s) Anna Canzano
Website Canzano's website
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John Canzano is an American sports columnist, radio talk show host on Portland's 750 AM "The Game" and sports columnist at The Oregonian newspaper in Portland, Oregon. He is also a sports commentator on KGW-TV, Portland's NBC affiliate. He hosts a daily radio show called The Bald-Faced Truth.

Career

In his career,[1] Canzano has worked at six daily newspapers including The San Jose Mercury News and The Fresno Bee. He covered University of Notre Dame football and Indiana University basketball as the beat writer during the tenure of coach Bob Knight. He is a former national Major League Baseball writer and national NFL writer at the San Jose Mercury News as well. He has also covered five Olympics Games.

Canzano began writing for The Oregonian in 2002.[2] He currently serves as the paper's lead sports columnist. He appears twice weekly on KGW-TV, where he offers commentary and analysis on sports. Canzano also hosts a daily afternoon-drive radio show called "The Bald-Faced Truth" on Portland's 750 AM "The Game".

He is a 10-year member of the Baseball Writers Association of America and holds a Baseball Hall of Fame Vote, is a voter for the Heisman Trophy, and has made TV appearances on ESPN2, ESPN News and ESPN's SportsCenter. Canzano's work has also appeared in GQ magazine and The Sporting News, among other publications.

Awards/honors

Canzano has won numerous Associated Press Sports Editors (APSE) awards. In 2010, the Society of Professional Journalists named Canzano the National Sports Columnist of the Year for his work the prior year.[3] In 2009, Canzano was voted America's No. 1 sports columnist by the APSE, for 2008.[4][5] In 2007 and 2008, the Associated Press named Canzano the nation's No. 2 sports columnist among large-circulation newspapers, with Canzano finishing second to the Los Angeles Times’ Bill Plaschke both times.[6] Canzano was recognized by The Press Club of Atlantic City as national sportswriter of the year in 2004.[7][8]

In 2013, Canzano won first place in Special Topic Column Writing in the Best of the West contest for his portfolio of columns that included a column on a soldier who died in action in Afghanistan and Canzano's own experience coaching a girls fourth-grade volleyball team with a player who has Down Syndrome.[9]

In 2002, Canzano was named the nation's top investigative sports writer by the Associated Press News Executives Council[10] for his enterprise piece on Carlos Rodriguez,[11] a 21-year-old Dominican basketball star who was masquerading as a 17-year-old high school basketball player.

Canzano is a three-time Oregon Sportswriter of the Year winner.

On July 7, 2007, the Portland Beavers' Triple-A baseball team held "John Canzano Bobblehead Night."[12] Also, on Aug. 29, 2009, the LPGA Safeway Classic featured "John Canzano Bobblehead Day," as part of the tour event held at Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club in Oregon.[13]

Canzano graduated from California State University, Chico, in 1995 with a B.A. in English.[14]

The Bald-Faced Truth Foundation

In 2009, Canzano co-founded The Bald Faced Truth Foundation, a 501(c)3 non-profit, all-volunteer organization that aims to fund extracurricular activities for kids. The foundation offers grants to children who hope to participate in the areas of arts, music, drama, education, athletics and other enriching extra-curricular activities.

Personal

In July 2010, Canzano married Anna Song, weekend anchor for Portland television station KATU.[15] Song subsequently changed her name to Anna Canzano.

References

  1. ↑ Oregonlive.com, Canzano biography
  2. ↑ "Writer from San Jose to join The Oregonian" (November 16, 2002). The Oregonian, p. D2.
  3. ↑ "The Oregonian," May 3, 2010
  4. ↑ "APSE's best writing of 2008". Associated Press Sports Editors. April 1, 2009. Retrieved November 10, 2013. 
  5. ↑ The Detroit Free Press, April 2, 2009, p. B2
  6. ↑ "The Associated Press," April 1, 2008
  7. ↑ The Oregonian, March 7, 2004, p. B3
  8. ↑ "2004 National Headliner Award Winners, Print Division". National Headliner Awards/Press Club of Atlantic City. Retrieved November 28, 2012. 
  9. ↑ "2013 Contest Results". Best of the West: Journalism contest and grants program. First Amendment Funding, Inc. Retrieved November 10, 2013. 
  10. ↑ The Fresno Bee, June 30, 2002, p. B1
  11. ↑ The Fresno Bee, June 3, 2001, p. A1
  12. ↑ The Oregonian, July 3, 2007, p. B2
  13. ↑ The Oregonian, Aug. 28, 2009, p. B2
  14. ↑ "Alum Notes". Chico Statements (alumni magazine, online edition). California State University, Chico. Fall 2004. Retrieved November 28, 2012. 
  15. ↑ Editorial staff (August 4, 2010). "More Engaged Than Bristol And Levi". Willamette Week ("Murmurs" column). Retrieved 2010-08-12. 

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