Category: Sport
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Tight end David Ausberry and offensive guard Zack Heberer each missed practice after spraining their ankles last weekend. Heberer suffered a high-ankle sprain and wore a protective boot on his foot. He said he is not sure how long he will be sidelined.
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Marshall Jones sprained his neck last Saturday and is day to day. There were fears it might be more serious after he missed last season with a neck injury.
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Apparently, coaching an NFL team is not enough to fill Caesar’s plate. Note the alliance with the Home Depot Center (read: AEG), which also gives Caesar office space downtown for his organizations. And of course, AEG president Tim Leiweke’s brother is the Seahawks CEO.
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“We need a backup WILL, MIKE and SAM.” — defensive coordinator Monte Kiffin, referring to the fact USC needs to find backups to play all three linebacker positions
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Wide receiver Ronald Johnson said he switched from No. 8 to No. 83 because he wanted to wear an NFL number for his position.
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At a rally last night outside Heritage Hall, several USC football coaches (including long-time assistant Ed Orgeron) referred to USC as, “Southern Cal.”
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Discipline was the buzzword as USC opened spring drills in what looked like an attempt to distance itself from Pete Carroll.
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Although Lane Kiffin’s first spring practice at Southern California stretched nearly three hours until dusk, it wasn’t because …
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Making the morning rounds. • Don’t you remember? That bridge burned. Just in case any of them were still hanging on to some shred of hope, the L.A. Daily News’ Scott Wolf disabused USC fans Tuesday of the notion that former über recruit Bryce Brown might follow coach Lane Kiffin from Tennessee to Southern Cal,…