Category: Sport
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USC coach Kevin O’Neill is only practicing for an hour or so each day as the season winds down to keep his team fresh. The Trojans only use 7-8 players so that makes short practices even more logical.
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Among the many conspiracy theories and outlandish rumors making the rounds re: the NCAA’s pending reaction (or lack thereof) against USC when the long-awaited Reggie Bush illegal benefits case finally goes before the Infractions Committee this weekend, none has been as persistent as the suggestion that the NCAA wouldn’t dare drop the hammer on one…
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While you were jogging, making breakfast, getting ready for church or catching a few extra winks Sunday morning, Florida defensive tackle Gary Brown — a top-ranked, blue-chip recruit in 2009 expected to move into the Gators’ defensive tackle rotation this fall after a redshirt year — reportedly wasn’t about to let the party die just…
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PBS will show a documentary on March 31 titled, `The Street Stops Here,” which focuses on well-known high school coach Bob Hurley Sr. The documentary features USC guard Jio Fontan, who transferred here from Fordham. Fontan is described by the filmmakers as, “a co-captain of the (St. Anthony High School) team and is often seen…
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One of the soft spots in recruiting with Caesar was his lust for big-name recruits and disdain for those who did not fit the profile he wanted at certain positions. The prime example is Stanford tailback Toby Gerhart. USC’s baseball coaches begged Carroll to recruit Gerhart. But he was not from the cookie-cutter mold of…
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Here’s some reaction from USC’s victory over UCLA last night.
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In case you missed my Q&A with USC coach Lane Kiffin from Friday — because, unlike me, you have some semblance of a life — here are the links: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Meantime, I selected top quotes from each section and reprised them here — a “best of,” if you will. Enjoy.…
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Jimmy Kimmel featured a Valentine's Dating Game segment with the Octomom on Friday night. There is, of course, a college football hook to this. Bachelor No. 1 is Yogi Roth, who was a receiver at Pittsburgh from 2000-03. In recent years, he held a variety of jobs at USC and was once featured in a…
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Dwight Lewis scored 23 points and Southern Cal swept the season series from UCLA with a 68-64 victory Sunday night.
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USC recorded a season-high 11 steals tonight.
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I asked Kevin O’Neill if USC set a school record tonight for fouling an opponent taking 3-pointers at the end of a game. “Honestly, I think we were excited because we knew we had the game,” USC point guard Donte Smith said.
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