Copyright 2017 NPR. To see more, visit AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Los Angeles is a city of auditions, and today LA is hoping it will make the cut with the International Olympic Committee. A team of evaluators from the IOC wrapped up a tour of the city, where they heard LA's pitch to host the 2024 Summer Games. Paris is also in the running. Joining me to talk about the competition is NPR's sports correspondent Tom Goldman. Hey there, Tom. TOM GOLDMAN, BYLINE: Hi, Audie. CORNISH: So first, what's the IOC actually saying about its visit to LA? GOLDMAN: Positive things. Patrick Baumann, head of the IOC delegation, spoke at a press conference in LA today, and here a couple of his quotes. "Los Angeles is already a great Olympic city, and after three days, we now realize that is an understatement. In Los Angeles, there is no major risk that we can highlight right now." So the IOC liked what it saw. Probably, didn't hurt either wining and dining with Kobe Bryant and Placido Domingo or hanging out at
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