LOS ANGELES — Mirjam Swanson arrived for coffee Sunday on Sunset Boulevard with her boarding pass still tucked inside a book.
The Los Angeles Times sports columnist had just flown back from Oklahoma City on Friday, covered the Lakers’ Game 3 loss to the Thunder in LA on Saturday and would head back to the arena Monday to put a bow on the 2026 playoffs for one of the biggest sports stories in the city.
It’s busy. It’s stressful. And it’s a long way from when Swanson, now 48, was passed over for staff positions at the Daily Emerald nearly 30 years ago…