# Lia Assimakopoulos: Dallas Stars and SMU beat writer, Dallas Morning News

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Podcast: [Two Writers Slinging Yang](https://stenobird.com/podcast/two-writers-slinging-yang-662001)
Published: 2026-02-17T14:49:00+00:00
Episode link: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jeff-pearlman9/episodes/Lia-Assimakopoulos-Dallas-Stars-and-SMU-beat-writer--Dallas-Morning-News-e3f6gvu
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