Episode Description: This week on Legends Of Sport Friday, Arash sits down with Andy to talk about his show's latest guest, journalist and fellow Naismith Hall of Fame Curt Gowdy Award honoree, Jackie MacMullan! Jackie has worked for the Boston Globe, Sports Illustrated and ESPN covering the NBA, as well as co-wrote autobiographies and sports novels with athletes such as Larry Bird, Magic Johnson, and Shaquille O’Neal. Hear Jackie discuss her recent retirement, why she decided to hang it up, how access to players has changed over the years, how she approached covering difficult topics & subjects, Kobe Bryant's relationship with Michael Jackson, Michael Jordan's speech at Kobe's memorial, covering the NBA bubble in 2020, players standing up for social justice issues, her hooping bonafides, her path to the Boston Globe, being the first female sports columnist for the Globe, paving the way for female journalists, and so much more!

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Arash Markazi, Ji Hae Wiley, and Armani Buckets are joined by THE legend Sonny Vaccaro to talk about the premier of the movie Air based on how Sonny got Michael Jordan to become the face of Nike starring Matt Damon and Ben Affleck.

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Arash Markazi, Armani Bucket and Brandon Deutcsh discuss with Grant Mona the Lakers vs Bulls tonight and what the Clippers need to do in order to stay where they are and make it further down the playoff road.

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Arash Markazi, Ji Hae Wiley, and Brandon Deustch talk to Josef Newgard about the CW's 100 days of Indy, the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach, and we talk Lakers play-in tournament chances pretty much being a done deal.

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Arash Markazi, Ji Hae Wiley, Armani Buckets, and Brandon Deutsch deep dive into what the Clippers need to do in order to be the joke of the NBA and who will win the NCAA Championship?

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On this week’s Legends Of Sport Friday, Arash sits down with Andy to discuss his 2020 conversation with 2x WNBA All-Star Chiney Ogwumike, which was originally recorded at the start of the pandemic.  The No. 1 overall pick in the 2014 WNBA Draft, Chiney talks to Andy about the ongoing shutdown of sports and its impact on the WNBA, her Nigerian roots and growing up in Houston, her early basketball inspirations, memories of Kobe Bryant, NBA Africa, the WNBA's groundbreaking CBA deal in January 2020, how she’s impacting the future of women’s sports and much more! Chiney is currently a forward for the Los Angeles Sparks and has built a second career as an NBA analyst for ESPN. Original Air Date: April 24, 2020.

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Arash Markazi, Ji Hae Wiley, Armani Buckets talk to Nick Hamilton about the Clippers chances at the playoffs without Paul George, UCLA vs Gonzaga, and more.

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Armani Buckets and Brandon Deutsch are joined by Grant Mona to talk the Paul George injury and of course the Lakers making the playoffs.

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Arash Markazi and Brandon Deutsch are joined by Jake Dicker to talk WBC, March Madness and of course the Lake Show.

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Arash Markazi, Armani Buckets, and Brandon Deustch are joined by The Sports Tribune and San Diego's own Fernando Ramirez to discuss the tragedy that are the Lakers, the excitement of Vegas, and more.

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To Live and Die in L.A. by 2Pac

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