Jake Olson https://jakeolson.me/ Jake Olson Fri, 22 Aug 2025 15:10:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 https://jakeolson.me/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/cropped-32x32-1-32x32.png Jake Olson https://jakeolson.me/ 32 32 It’s incredible he’s playing the U.S. Adaptive Open. He’s ‘pissed’ he’s losing https://jakeolson.me/its-incredible-hes-playing-the-u-s-adaptive-open-hes-pissed-hes-losing/ Fri, 11 Apr 2025 09:46:43 +0000 https://jakeolson.me/?p=783 PINEHURST, N.C. — Cindy Olson was relieved. After a rough opening day at the U.S. Adaptive Open, she slipped into her son Jake’s cart and looked down at the scorecard affixed to the steering wheel. Finally, she saw some good … Continue reading →

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]]> Swanson: Jake Olson, USC’s blind long snapper, remains driven to succeed https://jakeolson.me/swanson-jake-olson-uscs-blind-long-snapper-remains-driven-to-succeed/ Fri, 11 Apr 2025 09:26:46 +0000 https://jakeolson.me/?p=771 Always up for a challenge, the Huntington Beach native wows the crowd with a 283-yard drive at Sunday’s World Long Drive MB Celebrity Shootout Jake Olson, center, a former USC long snapper, cancer survivor, and 2019 U.S. Blind Golf Association … Continue reading →

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]]> How adaptive golf champion Jake Olson finds beauty in the game https://jakeolson.me/how-adaptive-golf-champion-jake-olson-finds-beauty-in-the-game/ Fri, 11 Apr 2025 09:17:49 +0000 https://jakeolson.me/?p=765 Jake Olson was eight months old when doctors told his parents he had bilateral retinoblastoma, and they would need to remove his left eye. For the next 12 years, Olson lived as normal a life as possible – playing golf … Continue reading →

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]]> How Jake Olson is using USC’s pro day to fight cancer https://jakeolson.me/how-jake-olson-is-using-uscs-pro-day-to-fight-cancer/ Wed, 09 Apr 2025 09:57:45 +0000 https://jakeolson.me/?p=657  BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — Speaking to a crowd of about 200 commercial bankers inside the historic Beverly Hilton, Jake Olson was on a roll. He had given hundreds of these types of speeches over the past decade, and it showed: The … Continue reading →

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]]> Jake Olson, 1st blind CFB player, takes shot at Georgia over speeding, reckless driving issues https://jakeolson.me/jake-olson-1st-blind-cfb-player-takes-shot-at-georgia-over-speeding-reckless-driving-issues/ Wed, 09 Apr 2025 09:48:41 +0000 https://jakeolson.me/?p=902 What might’ve been murmurs about the off-field issues for Georgia’s football program have graduated to full-blown chatter in recent days with another arrest of a player. And the continuing nature of these problems, particularly those around dangerous driving and speeding, have made head … Continue reading →

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]]> Jake Olson: The journey to my first snap https://jakeolson.me/jake-olson-the-journey-to-my-first-snap/ Wed, 09 Apr 2025 09:46:18 +0000 https://jakeolson.me/?p=650 Editor’s note: Jake Olson was born with retinoblastoma, a form of eye cancer, and lost his sight at age 12. In early September of last year, in USC’s season-opening game against Western Michigan, Olson fulfilled a dream to play for … Continue reading →

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]]> Unhinged Oklahoma Fan Accuses Inspirational USC Long Snapper Jake Olson Of Faking Blindness https://jakeolson.me/unhinged-oklahoma-fan-accuses-inspirational-usc-long-snapper-jake-olson-of-faking-blindness/ Wed, 09 Apr 2025 09:26:09 +0000 https://jakeolson.me/?p=643 Former USC long snapper Jake Olson is one of the most inspirational stories in sports over the last decade. One Oklahoma fan does not buy it. Olson, who played for the Trojans from 2015-18, lost sight in his left eye … Continue reading →

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]]> Beloved guide dog of inspirational blind USC long snapper Jake Olson dies https://jakeolson.me/beloved-guide-dog-of-inspirational-blind-usc-long-snapper-jake-olson-dies/ Tue, 01 Apr 2025 08:05:43 +0000 https://jakeolson.me/?p=415 A lot of barking goes on in a college football locker room. Coaches barking at players. Players barking at each other. The entire team barking and howling just before bursting onto the field to begin a game. An actual dog … Continue reading →

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