Arash Markazi

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  • 11 May 2012 After Wayne Gretzky led the @lakings to the 1993 Stanley Cup Finals he gave a shoutout to @jimrome.
  • 12 April 2012 Blake Griffin even flops when he hits himself.
  • 08 April 2012 An opening week tradition unlike any other.

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  • 06 April 2012 Visiting @Max_Kellerman and @marcelluswiley at Downtown Disney.
  • 05 April 2012 If a picture is worth a thousand words, this one is worth 2 billion words. #Dodgers
  • 05 April 2012 Nice ad @Angels but that's the view from Dodger Stadium not Angel Stadium.
  • 05 April 2012 The @losangelesrams fans let Tim Leiweke know they want their team back. #NFLinLA
  • 05 April 2012 Tim Leiweke at City Hall in front of the 10,000-page EIR for @FarmersField.
  • 04 April 2012 "You're welcome, Jordan Farmar."
  • 03 April 2012 Charlize Theron and Elmo on Sesame Street.
  • 03 April 2012 Hanging with a familiar guy on a familiar street today.
  • 02 April 2012 The Freeway Series between the Dodgers and Angels. I celebrated by spending 2 hours on the freeway.
  • 27 March 2012 Chris Kaman's picture at Clippers HQ has been replaced with this. How many of these guys will be here in two years?
  • 26 March 2012 I know the Clippers don't have a rivalry with the Celtics but this shirt is still wrong.
  • 26 March 2012 Heading into the fourth quarter, ESPN gets Mike Brown and FSN gets Quin Snyder.
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  • 23 December 2011 The new Kia NBA Countdown show from ESPN's studios at L.A. Live.
  • 12 April 2012 Blake Griffin even flops when he hits himself.
  • 12 November 2011 I offered $5 to Sports Arena security for this scoreboard. He said its mine if I can carry it. Help?

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  • 11 May 2012 After Wayne Gretzky led the @lakings to the 1993 Stanley Cup Finals he gave a shoutout to @jimrome.
  • 07 November 2011 The L.A. Galaxy will be playing for this in two weeks. #MLSCup
  • 09 February 2012 Mike Brown kissing Andrew Bynum during a timeout.
  • 18 February 2012 Andrew Goudelock's welcome message on his shoes to Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping, who's at the game.
  • 24 March 2012 Jack Nicholson to Ramon Sessions: "I've been around for awhile and you're the missing piece."
  • 31 October 2011 Spike Lee supporting his USC Trojans on Saturday.
  • 06 April 2012 Visiting @Max_Kellerman and @marcelluswiley at Downtown Disney.
  • 10 March 2012 Goodbye Pac-12 Tournament. Hello L.A. Sparks basketball.
  • 10 February 2012 The Knicks have a blue carpet where celebrities are interviewed before the game. This is what Walt "Clyde" Frazier wore.
  • 28 December 2011 A must stop on the drive from San Luis Obispo to Los Angeles.
  • 27 November 2011 Matt Leinart and his #Movember mustache start for the first time since 2009 today.
  • 22 October 2011 Pau, his girl and Puyol at the Barcelona-Sevilla match.
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Arash Markazi Snapshot
Arash Markazi is a columnist for ESPNLA.com and a regular contributor to ESPN Radio 710 in Los Angeles. He has covered everything from the Super Bowl and the NBA Finals to the World Cup and the Oscars.

Markazi, who was born in Oklahoma City and raised in Los Angeles, was a staff writer for Sports Illustrated for five years before joining ESPN to help launch ESPNLA.com in December 2009.

He has also written for Slam, King, Vibe and Playboy and is on the board of directors for the Jim Murray Memorial Foundation.

After graduating from Notre Dame High School in Sherman Oaks, Calif. Markazi attended the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism at Arizona State University and later the Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism at the University of Southern California. He wrote a regular column for the Daily Trojan and also had his work published in several magazines and newspapers while at USC, including the Los Angeles Times and the Los Angeles Daily News. He graduated with a degree in Print Journalism from USC in 2004.

Markazi was hired by Sports Illustrated out of college and appeared on the cover of the March 31, 2005 issue of Sports Illustrated on Campus. He soon began writing a weekly column for Sports Illustrated's website, SI.com. Markazi's intimate and quirky portraits of Wayne Gretzky, Ronaldo, Matt Leinart and Reggie Bush caused the Los Angeles Times to name him one of the "Faces to Watch" in 2006.

He is a two-time cancer survivor and a cancer advocate. He is a Global Ambasador for Quest 40 Cure, which seeks to eradicate pediatric cancer and register new bone marrow donors.
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