Mirjam Swanson

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Sports Columnist at Southern California News Group

Sports Columnist at Los Angeles Daily News

Sports columnist. 🗞️ Southern California News Group. Trying to kick something that means something. Please, do tell. 🐙🍷😭🙏🏽🔑

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Articles

Swanson: Aidan Park hopes to follow his uncle to NHL

4 days ago | ocregister.com | Mirjam Swanson

Really, what are the chances? Even Richard Park, a former NHL player, will tell you the odds of making it as a pro athlete are so small they might as well be “invisible.”And the odds of making it to the NHL from California? Real slim; hockey-reference.com tells us there have been 56 California-born players all time – from a state of nearly 40 million. So what, then, are the odds of one Southern California family possibly producing two NHL players?
Swanson: Unicorn sighting as Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani strikes out 2, drives in 5

5 days ago | ocregister.com | Mirjam Swanson

LOS ANGELES — For the Dodger fans who couldn’t believe their eyes the first time, we had a second unicorn sighting at the ballpark Sunday afternoon. I witnessed it before the Dodgers’ woke-up-with-a-jolt 13-7 victory over the Washington Nationals, hundreds of fans coaxing the mythical two-way ballplayer back into action with their cell phones, on and recording from the stands near the left-field bullpen.
The Audible: On the Lakers’ stunning $10 billion price tag for Mark Walter

1 week ago | dailybulletin.com | Jim Alexander |Mirjam Swanson

The Audible: On the Lakers’ stunning $10 billion price tag for Mark Walter Columnists Jim Alexander and Mirjam Swanson discuss this deal and what comes next
The Audible: On the Lakers’ stunning $10 billion price tag for Mark Walter

1 week ago | ocregister.com | Jim Alexander |Mirjam Swanson

Jim Alexander: How, exactly, to gauge the real impact of Wednesday’s stunning news that the Lakers (a) are being sold, after 46 seasons under Buss family ownership, and (b) are being sold to a neighbor, in a way of speaking, with Dodgers’ controlling owner Mark Walter making a $10 billion deal to buy the team? I’m still sorting it out, and I would assume people whose job is to study the business side of sports will be unpacking this for a long time.
The Audible: On the Lakers’ stunning $10 billion price tag for Mark Walter

1 week ago | sbsun.com | Jim Alexander |Mirjam Swanson

The Audible: On the Lakers’ stunning $10 billion price tag for Mark Walter Columnists Jim Alexander and Mirjam Swanson discuss this deal and what comes next
Swanson: Why Caitlin Clark

1 week ago | fresnobee.com | Mirjam Swanson

You know how I know the WNBA has officially, officially arrived? Everybody has an . And you're all right. Refs, you stink. But not because the zebras aren't doing enough to protect the league's most popular player. Because they're not doing enough to protect Caitlin Clark and Kelsey Plum and Gabby Williams and any and all of the league's most-entertaining playmakers, the women who would elevate the game even further if they had the freedom their NBA counterparts do.
J.J. Spaun's US Open win ripples in California from San Dimas to San Diego

1 week ago | gazettextra.com | Mirjam Swanson

By Mirjam Swanson - The Orange County Register (TNS) Quite likely you hadn't heard of J.J. Spaun before his come-out-of-nowhere-and-behind heroics Sunday to win the U.S. Open. But I'll tell you this: Everyone who happened to be near a San Dimas High School golfer - past or present - on Sunday likely heard about what Spaun did. Copyright 2025 Tribune Content Agency.
Mirjam Swanson: J.J. Spaun’s US Open win ripples in California from San Dimas to San Diego

1 week ago | dailyitem.com | Mirjam Swanson

Quite likely you hadn’t heard of J.J. Spaun before his come-out-of-nowhere-and-behind heroics Sunday to win the U.S. Open. But I’ll tell you this: Everyone who happened to be near a San Dimas High School golfer — past or present — on Sunday likely heard about what Spaun did. kAmq642FD6 E96 $2:?ED 92G6 <?@H? 23@FE $A2F? 7@C J62CD[ 2?5 E96J’G6 366? 7@==@H:?8 4=@D6=J[ 2== E96 H2J F?E:= 9:D ec\7@@E 3:C5:6 AFEE E92E AF?4EF2E65 9:D 72:CJE2=6 u2E96C’D s2J 7:?:D9 2E ~2<>@?E r@F?ECJ r=F3 :?
Mirjam Swanson: J.J. Spaun’s US Open win ripples in California from San Dimas to San Diego

1 week ago | thederrick.com | Mirjam Swanson

Quite likely you hadn’t heard of J.J. Spaun before his come-out-of-nowhere-and-behind heroics Sunday to win the U.S. Open. But I’ll tell you this: Everyone who happened to be near a San Dimas High School golfer — past or present — on Sunday likely heard about what Spaun did. Thank you for reading! Please log in, or sign up for a new account and purchase a subscription to continue reading.
Swanson: J.J. Spaun’s U.S. Open win ripples from San Dimas to San Diego

1 week ago | ocregister.com | Mirjam Swanson

Quite likely you hadn’t heard of J.J. Spaun before his come-out-of-nowhere-and-behind heroics Sunday to win the U.S. Open. But I’ll tell you this: Everyone who happened to be near a San Dimas High School golfer – past or present – on Sunday likely heard about what Spaun did. Because the Saints have known about Spaun for years, and they’ve been following closely, all the way until his 64-foot birdie putt that punctuated his fairytale Father’s Day finish at Oakmont Country Club in Pennsylvania.

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