Category: Sport
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The season finale of American Idol featured an appearance by the USC Song Girls and Trojan Marching Band, backing up what otherwise might have been the most painful performance in American Idol history. "I Am Your Brother" is sung by Reynaldo Lapuz, though maybe it shouldn’t be. I don’t watch the show much, but I…
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No one knows better than Kenechi Udeze how much life can change in less than a year. In February 2007, he was in Hawaii attending the Pro Bowl as the guest of his defensive line teammates, Pat Williams and Kevin Williams, who were playing in the honorary game. While Udeze was signing autographs, a beautiful…
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Christian Ewell, a Baltimore Sun reporter and former Daily Trojan sports editor, died of brain cancer May 10 in Kansas City, Mo. He was 33. Ewell graduated from USC in 1997 with a bachelor’s degree in journalism and worked as the sports editor for the Daily Trojan in fall 1995.
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EVERY DAY SHOULD BE SATURDAY tits … er, tips us off to the tail … er, tale of a Minnesota football recruit who canceled his commitment after being taken on a trip to a strip club. The DAILY NEBRASKAN uncovers the story of Lydon Murtha, a high school all-American who was all set to go…
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ESPN is on a quest to name the "Face of the Program" for college football teams around the nation. They ask, "Is it that fabled coach? A legendary player? A memorable play? A unique mascot?" Some of the suggestions that have come up for USC: Pete Carroll John McKay Tommy Trojan Traveler #55 Mike Garrett…
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<!—-><!—->Heading into the final weeks of May, students across the country have their minds wandering towards their summer plans. High school seniors, in large part, have already begun to move on in their minds, going through the formalities until high school graduation. Jurrell Casey’s not all that different. He’s thinking a lot about his summer…
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Although not quite as ridiculous as my ridiculously early top-25 football/basketball posts, this one is admittedly a bit out there. So much can change between now and Draft Day ‘09, it’s almost not worth venturing down this path — almost not worth it. I’ve always thought… Continue reading…
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Phil Steele has ranked the 2008 College Football schedules by opponents’ winning percentage during the 2007 season (which should really only be one factor in determining strength of schedule, but I digress). So who does Phil say has the most difficult schedule? Georgia See if you can find a trend in Steele’s top 10 difficult…
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Seven Trojans were taken in first two rounds of NFL draft, but history has shown that being picked early does not guarantee success in pros. That’s particularly true for USC in recent years. The NFL draft pretty much put Lawrence Jackson through the wringer.
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