The ESPN Reporter Who Beat Cancer, Twice
Heading into the Christmas holiday, Voice of America reporter Tara Hadavi found the perfect subject for an uplifting journalist profile—31-year-old ESPNLA.com writer Arash Markazi.
The Iranian-American sports reporter (pictured) has beaten cancer on two separate occasions, coming out of his arduous recoveries with a positive outlook on life. In the article and accompanying video piece, Markazi explains how he came to know about his condition:
“I had done a story about a basketball player that had Hodgkin’s. I didn’t even know what it was.
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