PHOENIX -- Last summer, all eyes were trained on the pageantry and spectacle of the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.
Fast forward eight months, and many have begun to look ahead to 2028 and 2034, when the Olympics return to American soil after a 26-year absence.
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