Category: Sport
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• EVERY DAY SHOULD BE SATURDAY can’t face up to the fact that Pete Carroll’s Facebook page is no more. (Pete’s last-known Facebook photo) • MJD of YAHOO SPORTS gets a paper cut, as he finds the form to attend Duke University Flopping Camp. • The COLUMBIA TRIBUNE shows how Missouri football is fast-becoming a…
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Kansas State seemed an unlikely choice for a high-spirited recruit with national-player-of-the-year talent, but he’s made it work – for one season, anyway. MANHATTAN, Kan. — Michael Beasley stepped off the plane to begin his new life at Kansas State last summer carrying nothing but his cellphone and a charger.
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<!–start image–><!– end image–>While graduating seniors like Lawrence Jackson, Sedrick Ellis and Keith Rivers prepare for the NFL Draft, Brian Cushing prepares for his final season as a Trojan. But at this time last year, Cushing had aspirations of joining USC’s graduating seniors on draft da
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LOS ANGELES — The USC baseball team (9-8) begins Pac-10 Conference play this weekend by hosting No. 2 Arizona (12-2) at Dedeaux Field, Thursday-Saturday (March 20-22). Thursday and Friday’s games will begin at 7 p.m. with the series finale on Saturday starting at 1 p.m. All three games will be broadcast live via video webcast,…
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When USC and UCLA tipoff today at the Staples Center it will be the first time the two programs have ever faced each other in the Pac-10 Tournament. It may also be the last time you see the school bands at a hoops rivalry game. Earlier this year, UCLA ended a long tradition by refusing…
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Arizona freshman Jerryd Bayless is wearing the Jordan XIs, perhaps the most sought-after basketball shoe ever made. We know a few folks who will be mighty jealous. –Michael Becker mbecker@pe.com
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The USC men’s basketball team (21-10, 11-7) will will take on UCLA (29-3, 16-2) on March 14 at 6 p.m. in semifinal action in the Pac-10 Tournament being held at Staples Center. USC has won 11 of 15 and six of their last seven games. USC tied with Washington State for third place during the…
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“Next question,” O.J. Mayo said when asked what that combo undershirt/protective pad was that could be seen encircling his rib cage under USC’s new skintight Nike uniform tops. Turns out it’s a new “impact” piece of undergear that has a built-in row of thin, soft, conforming protective pads built into it. With Mayo set to…
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USC defensive tackle Fili Moala will not face charges after he was arrested March 2 for resisting and obstructing a police officer outside a Newport Beach bar. The Orange County district attorney’s office declined to press charges against Moala
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The Pac-10 Conference Tournament got underway last night with 9th seeded Cal defeating 8th seeded Washington 84-81 in a very entertaining game. The Cal-Berkeley Golden Bears will now get another crack at top-seeded ucla today at about 2:30pm. In the nightcap, 7th seeded Arizona blew past 10th seeded Oregon State 87-56 and now sets up…
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Veteran Louisiana State beat reporter Glenn Guilbeau is saying that, as of Wednesday afternoon, LSU hasn’t contacted Tim Floyd and has no interest in him. A list of possible coaching candidates received by Gannett Louisiana recently, which included nine names at varying levels of LSU interest, did not even include Floyd. … the bottom line…