Category: Sport
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Seems the only ones surprised by the fact that O.J. Mayo received money from an agent runner were Tim Floyd and the athletic department at USC. And on the heels of the Reggie Bush debacle, USC should be crushed by the NCAA, the Pac-10 and its own administration, writes Pat Forde.
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Ronnie Lott is about to follow in the footsteps of Mister Rogers, Dr. Seuss and the puppeteer behind Big Bird. To put that in terms the Sesame Street crowd might understand: One of those things is not like the other. As a Hall of Fame football player, Lott wasn’t exactly warm and fuzzy. He was…
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fustian FUHS-chuhn, noun: 1. A kind of coarse twilled cotton or cotton and linen stuff, including corduroy, velveteen, etc. 2. An inflated style of writing or speech; pompous or pretentious language. adjective: 1. Made of fustian. 2. Pompous; ridiculously inflated; bombastic. Jimmy Clausen’s fustian announcement that he would play for Notre Dame didn’t result in…
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Stat geeks have had plenty of fun since the NCAA issued an Academic Progress Report this week. Check out this list of USC sports in order of APR (based on an average of the past four years). Remember that a perfect score is 1000 and a 50% graduation rate equates to a 925. USC had…
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Q: You faced an elite defender day in and day out in Sedrick Ellis, who was a top 10 pick this year. How did that help prepare you for this level? A: Aw man, if I didn’t bring it, he was going to bring it and embarrass you. At SC, Coach pretty much records every practice…
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USC-bound shooting guard DeMar DeRozan took the SAT for a second time on Saturday and should receive his results in a few weeks, Compton High Coach Tony Thomas said Wednesday evening. "He said he’s confident and feels good about everything," Thomas said. "Hopefully, it works out." Thomas said DeRozan described his first SAT score as…
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Another recruit just confirmed that UCLA coach Rick Neuheisel pushed the USC walk-on video for its negative connotations. It’s now an official trend. The link to the video can be found on Monday’s posts.
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There’s one thing I hate more than being lied to! Wrong Assholes who don’t admit that they are wrong! Even more than that, I hate jerks who are blatantly wrong(Alderson, Bush & Cheney) who try to make you feel stupid when you call them out for making HUGE mistakes! Since Sandy has…
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Click here to read the article in it’s entirety, but this is the good part! Charger fans have helped the Bolts sell out their last 30 regular season and postseason games. What’s the current status on tickets for the 2008 season? “I think a lot of people don’t realize that there are tickets…
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“I was brought here to teach this team how to win a championship” -Jim Edmonds Courtesy of the UT – Batting in the No. 5 hole despite a .181 average with one home run 83 at-bats, Edmonds torpedoed the offense Tuesday night by making three harmless outs with runners in scoring position. His final at-bat…
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The NCAA released the APR today, the Academic Progress Report, the NCAA’s opportunity to seize the spotlight and do what it does best: issue press releases. The NCAA’s Academic Performance Program (APP) is creating positive behavioral change among Division I institutions, according to new four-year data released May 6. The multi-year Academic Progress Rate (APR)…
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