Career
In his career, 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. 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 member of the Baseball Writers Association of America and the Professional Football Writers Association, 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.
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