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Article: Olympic guru gives the Games `passing grade' Daily talk show guest gives event a C-plus or B-minus so far
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- July 30, 1996
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Move over, Rush Limbaugh.
Olympic guru John Bevilaqua, who runs an international sports
marketing firm, is stealing air time from the radio talk show host.
Bevilaqua, 51, a veteran of several Olympic games, rates the
Atlanta Olympics so far with a C-plus or B-minus.
"And that's a passing grade," he says.
It's a mid-term grade, too. The Olympic party, panic, pandemonium
and police work plus prize-grabbing athletic performances doesn't
end till Sunday.
Bevilaqua is a daily guest on news radio WGST-AM, and shares his
wit and wisdom from noon to 3 p.m. daily.
The former semi-pro running back will be back Tuesday giving what
he facetiously calls "color analysis" from Centennial Olympic Park, ...