Arash Markazi

Arash Markazi is a Los Angeles-based staff writer for SI.com.

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  • 12:14 PM ET  07.26
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SI.com recently ran a special section on the favorite venues of some of its writers. I had written one awhile back for the section, here's what I wrote about my favorite venue: Dodger Stadium.  Everything about Dodger Stadium is distinctly Los Angeles. The multi-colored beach ball flying over your head, the topless sun bather with his feet propped up on an empty seat in front him getting grilled like Dodger Dog, the bleach blonde beauties swigging back long necks as they squeal when Russell Martin come up to bat and, of course, the sprawling views everywhere you turn.…
  • 03:09 AM ET  07.21
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The easiest edit that ESPN made during Sunday's tape-delayed ESPYs came fairly early in the broadcast when Justin Timberlake was teasing Paul Pierce about his "injured" knee in Game 1 of the NBA Finals during his opening monologue. In describing how Pierce quickly came back after being taken off on a wheelchair, Timberlake joked that Pierce was back on the court, "shucking and jiving." The comment, which was cut out of the broadcast that aired Sunday night, was met with silence from the crowd when the show taped on Wednesday before Timberlake transitioned into…
  • 12:57 PM ET  06.30
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Here's a note from one of our moles in Sin City:  Wayne Rooney has been honeymooning in Las Vegas with new bride Colleen McLoughlin and on Saturday night went to the Blush nightclub inside the Wynn hotel. While he was there Rooney heard LeBron James was also hanging out at the club and asked a staff member to take him over to James for a photo. James was shocked and gladly took the picture (see below).  James was in town for a Team USA Basketball commitment and has been spending a lot of time between Jay-Z's 40/40 Club and other hot…
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