Category: Sport
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Despite receiving nearly 2,000 more freshman applications for the 2008-2009 school year, USC set a record-low 21-percent admission rate, according to university admission officials. The rate dropped more than 4 percent from 2007’s admission rate of 25.3 percent, said associate dean and director of undergraduate admission Tim Brunold.
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USC redshirt freshman Broderick Green arrived last summer as Trojans’ biggest tailback, but hardly the most mature. After being bothered by the typical ribbing of his teammates, especially his fellow tailbacks, Green said he learned to ignore their comments. “There’s been times when a couple guys and I had situations,” Green said. “They would say,…
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In this video, check out some of the warm-up action prior to the scrimmage as well as post-scrimmage interviews with Luthur Brown, Allen Bradford and Christian Tupou.
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USC recruit Leonard Washington, a 6-foot-6 forward from Lake Charles, La., met NCAA entrance requirements and will be eligible to enroll for the fall semester. Washington originally signed with USC in 2006 but was academically ineligible. He spent the past year attempting to gain his eligibility.
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USC used quite a bit of shotgun today, a few days after practicing it extensively. The offense also used a “silent count” when snapping the ball. This is a way to keep the defense off balance, because they are so used to the offensive snap count from practice. It sometimes got the best of the…
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The Trojans held their first scrimmage of the spring and it was highlighted by the big plays of Mitch Mustain, Ronald Johnson and Allen Bradford. SCPlaybook was there and brings you photos of all the action from USC’s Sunday scrimmage.
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Starting pitching determined the winner of the annual weekend series between the USC and UCLA baseball teams with the Trojans taking two out of three from their crosstown nemesis. The Trojans (15-15, 4-5 Pac-10) scraped together just four hits Sunday en route to a 4-2 loss at the hands of the No.
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After a week that saw each quarterback competing for the starting position make his share of mistakes, USC coaches gave their signal-callers the chance to sling the ball in the first scrimmage of the spring. Mark Sanchez led the first-team offense on several methodical scoring drives on Sunday’s 80-play scrimmage.
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Kansas and Memphis play for the national championship tonight in what is, by all accounts, a premier matchup. But in Los Angeles, something seems a little off. As the college basketball nation collectively drools over the two teams’ recent performances, one knowledgeable group has reason to be unfazed by any Packerisms or Nantz poetry lauding…
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Mustain throws for three touchdowns in Trojans’ first spring scrimmage but struggles against first-string defense. Sanchez leads three scoring drives. USC’s quarterback competition ramped up Sunday, though not to the extent that statistics from the Trojans’ first scrimmage might indicate.
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<!–start image–><!– end image–>It was a mercurial Sunday afternoon on Howard Jones Field, with fortunes changing between the offense and defense as quickly and often as the weather both were hot and cold, windy and calm. Inside: Extensive scrimmage notes and quotes from Allen Bradford, Damian Williams, Taylor Mays and David Ausberry
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