The Morning Column

SoFi Stadium was built to be the epicenter of the football world. Beginning this weekend, the YouTube Theater, which rests under SoFi Stadium's roof, wants to be the epicenter of the esports world.
Two years ago, the Lakers at 30-41 would be out of the playoff race with just 11 games left in the season but they are now seemingly locked into playing the 9-10 matchup of the play-in tournament.
Cleveland Browns tight end David Njoku couldn’t stop smiling as he watched his brother, Evidence, in the ring during the final day of the WWE’s three-day talent tryout in Dallas.
Two years after stay-at-home order, Las Vegas is back, and judging by the lines at airports, hotels and rideshare pick-up locations, so is the tourism industry.

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Not everyone can have a storybook ending to their career but that’s exactly what Andrew Whitworth got when he officially retired on Tuesday.
The Lakers fail to show up in Sunday's blowout loss to the Phoenix Suns.
LeBron James’ time with the Lakers appears to be coming to an end. What do the Lakers do now?
Wednesday’s parade in downtown Los Angeles provides an opportunity for the Rams to align themselves with the Lakers and Dodgers; the two most popular…
The Los Angeles Rams are Super Bowl champions. That’s a factual sentence that had never been written or uttered prior to the end of Super Bowl LVI.
The Rams lost a generation of fans in L.A. No one under the age of 40 years old grew up an L.A. Rams fan, but with a win on Sunday, the Rams will take a…
Super Bowl LVI is on track to have the most expensive average ticket price in NFL history.
Super Bowl LVI will represent the most important game the Rams have played since they moved to L.A. If they win, they will join the Lakers and Dodgers…
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The Morning Column

Columns from Arash Markazi, former sports columnist at the Los Angeles Times, ESPN and Sports Illustrated.

The Morning Column

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