By David DeGuzman: Local Sports Anchor, Global Sports Follower.
The deadline for cities to formally submit intentions to bid for the 2024 Summer Olympics is Tuesday. This race will be the first entirely under the direction of the Olympic Agenda 2020 plan, which aims to improve transparency in bidding, reduce costs in bidding and ultimately hosting the Games, and help potential host cities to …
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I've been spending a lot of time preparing for football season, so forgive me for using a football analogy with this one. The United States Olympic Committee nearly got picked off when throwing to Boston for a bid with the 2024 Olympics. Instead, the USOC decided to throw the ball out of bounds but now …
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In honor of the #OneYearToGo mark to the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, this #TBT goes back to eight years ago when Rio de Janeiro hosted the 2007 Pan American Games, with its opening ceremony called "spectacular" by the Los Angeles Times. On Friday the city inaugurated the 15th Pan American Games with a lavish and …
DISCLAIMER: I've worked as a production assistant and an intern for NBC Olympics. But all thoughts here are my own and do not reflect that of NBC Universal. The executives would be happy to know though that all my thoughts are pretty positive. It's true, one of the top complaints from the American viewing audience …
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We're a year out from the Games of the XXXI Olympiad in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil -- the first Olympic Games in South America. There's clearly a lot of work left to be done -- but when was the last time the Olympics were truly ready with 365 days to go? Still, Rio has its …
Hello Internet! Welcome to the home of DeGuzman Sports! This website was mainly used as a place for my professional portfolio. Three years ago, I graduated from Syracuse (Go Orange!), looking for a job in sports media, either behind-the-scenes or in front of the camera. Since then, I've been blessed to have done both - …
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