Category: Sport
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The USC guard is seeing a doctor tonight about his back. Like we said earlier, he told people at USC today he would miss the rest of the season.
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From ESPN: The status of USC point guard Daniel Hackett for crucial upcoming games against No. 6 UCLA and Oregon, let alone the rest of the season, appears in question after coach Tim Floyd said Hackett’s back injury might be much worse than originally thought. Losing Daniel Hackett for any length of time would hurt…
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So now that Signing Day 2008 is over, or almost over, it’s time to flip the page because many of the top prospects in the ’09 class are already making their decisions. As usual, the QB chase is alread…
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Teddy Greenstein of the CHICAGO TRIBUNE reports that Charlie Weis is backtracking on his previous coaching approach now that the Irish program is in ashes. Among other things, Weis plans to “meet with various alumni groups he has cheesed off with his arrogance. … he’ll use the extra time to make nice with Notre Dame’s…
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Snappity snap snap! Who knew the acrimony could get thick in the Pac-10. Then again: this is Arizona, who by demographics could be in the SEC if not for the pesky facts of geography and a lack of kudzu-feeding water. They’re almost as backwards and gun-littered as anywhere in the SEC, and we mean that…
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Robert H. Spain, Bleacher Report It’s hard to do it justice—telling the story of Ricky Rosas, that is. It isn’t the easiest thing in the world to do. I interviewed him over the phone a few weeks ago and have since played back our recorded conversation several times—I just can’t get comfortable with a perfect way to convey his story.…
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We’re not sure how we missed this, but late last week Charlie Weis weighed in on the Dana Jacobson’s roast remarks and let us really know why ESPN took action against her. Weis: “I was both personally and professionally offended by her comments. And if the situation were reversed, and that were me saying them,…
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Noticed the Nike ad above on the Rivals site. That bottom left image should look familiar to you.
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From Rivals.com: PAT RUEL – USC BUZZ: Ruel was a serious candidate for national recruiter of the year with an average star ranking for his six signees of 4.17. He helped recruit five-star offensive linemen Matt Kalil and Tyron Smith, but he helped pull in one of the biggest Signing Day surprises when he…
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Judy Linn, Sacramento Bee Two Republican lawmakers are floating an idea to sell the state’s stake in the historic Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum – a move they say would generate hundreds of millions of dollars that could be used to pay state debt. As California faces a budget hole of $14.5 billion, Assemblyman Chuck DeVore…