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  • 21 August 2012 So @MattBarkley is on the cover of SI and SI for Kids this week.
  • 02 November 2011 Staples Center on NBA Opening Night.
  • 23 November 2011 The last taping of The Soup before it moves to Wednesday night. I think this guy will do just fine in his new time slot.
  • 22 January 2012 Sorry Clippers. I'm not buying this. Not today.
  • 03 January 2012 If you're wondering why your Twitter is quiet, even @bryandfischer has to take a break once in awhile.
  • 07 November 2011 The L.A. Galaxy will be playing for this in two weeks. #MLSCup
  • 02 April 2011 Here's Kate Upton teaching me how to Dougie while Damaris Lewis looks on.
  • 04 April 2012 "You're welcome, Jordan Farmar."
  • 02 October 2011 Now this is a more appropriate look for Tony Romo.
  • 03 September 2011 Traveler looks excited for the start of the college football season. #USC
  • 10 January 2013 The @lakings are back at Staples Center.
  • 14 February 2012 Will this end up being the Dodgers' response to the Angels' "El Hombre" billboards in L.A?
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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