John Canzano Bio, Age, Net Worth, Podcast, Spouse, Married,
American sports writer and radio talk show presenter John Canzano can be heard on Portland’s 750 AM “The Game” talk program. Additionally, Klamath Falls
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John Canzano Biography
American sports writer and radio talk show presenter John Canzano can be heard on Portland’s 750 AM “The Game” talk program. Additionally, Klamath Falls, Oregon, and Eugene, Oregon, syndicate the program. He was Portland’s NBC station KGW-TV’s sports commentator and The Oregonian’s chief sports writer from 2002 to 2022. He now presents The Bald-Faced Truth, a daily radio program, and writes a column for JohnCanzano.com.
John Canzano Age/ Birthday
How Old Is John? In Medford, Oregon, on November 28, John was born in the United States. November 28 is John’s birthday, which he observes annually. Regretfully, he had not disclosed to the world any information about his age.
John Canzano Height/ Measurement
How Tall Is John? John is roughly 1.88 meters (6 feet 2 inches) tall. On the other hand, his bodily size is unknown.
John Canzano Parents
Canzano has maintained a low profile when it comes to his parents and siblings.
John Canzano’s Wife/ Married
Canzano is blissfully engaged to Anna Song Zanzano, his wife, who works as a broadcast journalist and hosts the “an Expert” program in collaboration with The Oregonian. His wife used to work in Portland, Oregon at KOIN-Television. The adorable pair was married in July 2010 and have three children together, Dakota, Graziana, and Sojourner.
John Canzano Education
Upon the completion of his elementary and secondary schooling. A Bachelor of Arts in English was awarded to him by California State University Chico after he enrolled.
John Canzano Leave Oregonia
Canzano has held positions at six daily newspapers over his career, including The Fresno Bee and The San Jose Mercury News. As the beat writer for Indiana University basketball and University of Notre Dame football under head coach Bob Knight, he covered both schools. He used to write for the San Jose Mercury News as a national writer covering both the NFL and Major League Baseball. Additionally, he has covered five Olympics.
In 2002, Canzano started working for The Oregonian as a lead sports columnist. Additionally, he may be seen on KGW-TV, where he provides sports commentary and analysis. Canzano is the host of a radio program on Portland’s 750 AM “The Game” called “The Bald-Faced Truth”. Weekdays, the radio program airs in the Portland metro region from 3-6 p.m. Additionally, the program airs syndicated on Fox Sports Eugene (95.7-FM and 1050-AM) in Eugene, Oregon, and KLAD (104.3-FM and 960-AM) in Klamath Falls, Oregon.
He is a member of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America and was a columnist for the San Jose Mercury News covering Major League Baseball and the NFL. He is a voter for the Heisman Trophy and possesses a vote for the Baseball Hall of Fame. Canzano’s writing has also been published in The Sporting News and GQ magazine.
After working for the newspaper for 20 years, Canzano departed The Oregonian in March 2022 to launch his own writing career at JohnCanzano.com. He started “Canzano & Wilner: The Podcast,” a college football podcast, in August 2022, co-hosting it with Jon Wilner of The San Jose Mercury News.
John Canzano’s Net Worth
John makes his living as a sports analyst for KGW-TV, a radio host on 750 Am, and a sports columnist for The Oregonia. He has managed to accumulate a net worth of between $856, 667 to $1.5 million as a result of this.
John Canzano The Bald Faced Truth Foundation
In 2009, Canzano co-founded The Bald Faced Truth Foundation, a 501(c) nonprofit organization funding extracurricular activities for children.
John Canzano Awards / Accolades
- Canzano has won 14 awards from the Associated Press Sports Editors (APSE). His most recent victories were in the investigative category in 2022, 2019 and 2018, and in the column writing category in 2016 and 2017. He has won APSE awards in four separate writing categories: column, enterprise, projects, and investigative reporting. Canzano was chosen by the APSE in 2008 as America’s top sports columnist among large-circulation publications. Canzano placed second in the same category in both 2006 and 2007, losing to Los Angeles Times’ Bill Plaschke.
- John won National Sports Columnist of the Year from the Society of Professional Journalists in 2010 and again in 2015.
- Canzano was awarded the National Headliner Award for national sportswriter of the year by the Press Club of Atlantic City in 2004, 2010, and 2014. Brenda Tracy is the survivor of an alleged gang sexual assault by four college football players. Canzano’s investigative work and reporting on Tracy won first prize in the National Headliner Awards 2014 for best sports writing.
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- For his portfolio of columns, which included a piece on a soldier who was killed in action in Afghanistan and his personal account of coaching a fourth-grade girls volleyball team that had a player with Down syndrome, Canzano won first place in the Special Topic Column Writing category in the Best of the West competition in 2013.
- The Associated Press News Executives Council recognized Canzano as the best investigative sports reporter in the country in 2002 for his feature on Carlos Rodriguez, a 21-year-old basketball standout from the Dominican Republic who was passing for a 17-year-old high school player.
- The National Sports Media Association (NSMA) has recognized Canzano the 2006, 2013, 2014, 2005, and 2021 Oregon Sportswriter of the Year. Canzano was awarded the title of “Broadcaster of the Year” for the state of Oregon by the NSMA in 2016.
