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Markazi was born in as a freshman before returning home to attend the University Of Southern California , where he received a degree in print journalism from the Annenberg School For Communication . He wrote for Basketball and Hip Hop magazines while he was in college, contributing to publications such as '' SLAM Magazine '', '' XXL '', '' King Magazine '', ''Rides'' and ''Tongue''. He also wrote for the Los Angeles Times , Los Angeles Daily News and Associated Press . He gained prominence, however, with a weekly column he wrote for the Daily Trojan , the school’s newspaper. His most infamous story was a column in which USC sophomore receiver Mike Williams ripped his teammates and coaches and told Markazi he planned to enter the 2004 NFL Draft . The column is still cited whenever a story is written about Williams’ premature departure from USC. While he was at USC, Markazi won many journalism awards, including the Scripps Howard Top Ten Scholarship, Freedom Forum-NCAA Sports Journalism Scholarship, Jim Murray Memorial Scholarship, Alan Malamud Memorial Scholarship, Lisa Davidson Memorial Scholarship and three Gold Circle Awards. Following his graduation in 2004 he was hired by '' magazine in May 2006. It was only the third time the magazine had ranked the best party schools in its over 50-year history. EXTERNAL LINKS |
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