{"id":315193,"date":"2026-06-22T01:44:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T01:44:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/315193\/"},"modified":"2026-06-22T01:44:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T01:44:08","slug":"port-st-lucie-man-with-autism-and-cerebral-palsy-headed-to-2026-special-olympics-usa-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/315193\/","title":{"rendered":"Port St. Lucie man with autism and cerebral palsy headed to 2026 Special Olympics USA Games"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">A Port St. Lucie man who has made his voice heard at the Super Bowl for four straight years just landed the opportunity of a lifetime.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Malcolm Harris-Gowdie, who has autism and cerebral palsy and has participated in countless Special Olympics events, will head to the 2026 Special Olympics USA Games as part of the all-access team with Team Florida.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">WATCH WPTV&#8217;S COVERAGE BELOW:<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">&#8220;I&#8217;ll be going to the 2026 Special Olympics USA Games as part of the all-access team with Team Florida,&#8221; Harris-Gowdie said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Harris-Gowdie has built a reputation as a broadcaster through his work with Special Olympics and FanSide, where his introductions have become a staple at the Super Bowl. At the USA Games, he will interview athletes and engage the crowd.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">&#8220;That moment is going to be amazing, getting the chance to interview all the team Florida athletes,&#8221; Harris-Gowdie said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The event carries deep personal meaning for Harris-Gowdie, who credits Special Olympics with shaping his love of sports.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">&#8220;It&#8217;s an amazing and prestigious honor, and I had the prestigious honor of doing this four years ago as part of the US Games Input Council,&#8221; Harris-Gowdie said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">As for nerves, Harris-Gowdie says he plans to stay in the moment and trust his instincts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">&#8220;My game plan is I&#8217;m just going to see what the athletes are going to do and just go from there and just call the action as I see it,&#8221; Harris-Gowdie said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">He also has a message for aspiring journalists.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">&#8220;Have fun doing it because if you&#8217;re not having fun, then to me it just defeats the purpose. Secondly, you need to do your research, always research on who you&#8217;re interviewing and always ask questions that no other reporter has asked before,&#8221; Harris-Gowdie said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Port St. Lucie man who has made his voice heard at the Super Bowl for four straight&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":315194,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[171,173,172],"class_list":["post-315193","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie-headlines","tag-port-st-lucie-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315193","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=315193"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315193\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/315194"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=315193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=315193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=315193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}