Category: Sport
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Ned Miller, who served as the official statistician at USC football games for the past 54 years, died on Sunday (Jan. 31) of cancer at his home in Northridge, Calif. He was 73. While working USC games, he recorded the statistics of 7 Heisman Trophy winners, 123 All-American first teamers and 7 national championship squads.
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Hello, is this Bodog? Great, I’d like to place a very sizable wager. It’s Super Bowl week, which means Bodog has unleashed their annual cavalcade of ridiculous prop bets. There’s something here for everyone, up to and including people with a passing interest in the game itself. Let’s take a look at some of this…
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MIAMI — A smile crossed Vernon Davis‘ face before I finished asking what Kurt Warner‘s retirement meant for the NFC West. “It means good things for the 49ers, bad things for the Cardinals,” the 49ers tight end said after the Pro Bowl Sunday night. <!–inline1–>Warner’s retirement from the two-time defending NFC West champion Cardinals will…
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Pete Carroll is gone but USC is still a force in recruiting, at least based on the list of players who landed Parade All-American honors. The Trojans have five recruits on the team: receivers Kyle Prater and Robert Woods, tight end Xavier Grimble, lineman George Uko and all-purpose athlete Dillon Baxter. UCLA had two: running back…
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As the Knoxville News-Sentinel informed readers on a snowy Saturday, five-star recruit Markeith Ambles — a strong Tennessee commitment before coach Lane Kiffin bailed to USC last month — was finally "ridin up to k-town" with a pair of UT assistants for an official visit that could decide the hyped receiver’s final destination. When quoting…
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The biggest winner among USC prospects at the Senior Bowl undoubtedly was tailback Stafon Johnson. Never mind Johnson’s numbers in Saturday’s game — four carries for a net of 3 yards. Johnson proved he could play football again. He showed he could take a hit. He’ll be a factor in April’s 2010 NFL draft. Johnson…
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Here’s more from basketball coach Kevin O’Neill on firing the student manager.
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USC to face UCLA at Dodger Stadium The Trojans will play UCLA in the first annual Dodgertown Classic on February 28th.
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Josh and I went to high school together and were on JV baseball together. We used eat seeds and play baseball trivia on the bench. Before the year started I emailed him to give him some props on the moves they were making. I really felt like we were improving on our team which finished…
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Boise State has its infamous "Smurf Turf," and Nebraska has what it likes to call the "Sea of Red" to describe the vast crowd inside Lincoln’s Memorial Stadium. As of next fall, though, neither of them will have anything on I-AA Eastern Washington, which announced plans Wednesday to install an actual field of red: Taking…
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