Category: Sport
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Dan Weber, Riverside Press-Enterprise What a long way Matt Spanos has come. Not in the five years since he left Corona for USC but just this fall. The 6-foot-5, 300-pounder went from starting center the last week in August to who knew where after tearing his right biceps at the end of preseason practice. He…
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Here’s the answers to questions that didn’t get answered yesterday.
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<!–start image–><!– end image–>Sam Baker has played through injuries this season and will not have much time to nurse his sore ribs and hamstring before the draft. Although his draft status has fluctuated, Baker and line coach Pat Ruel insist the senior made the right move in returning. “You don’t get your degree, you don’t…
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<!–start image–><!– end image–>Tailback Marc Tyler has now overcome his devastating leg injury while redshirting his first year at USC. As difficult as rehab has been for the talented Tyler, his current challenge could prove to be even tougher. Now the freshman has been asked to simulate the power and elusiveness of Rashard Mendenhall in…
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This installment is brought to you by AEG, which cannot field a winning pro sports franchise, so it did the next-best thing and brought USC down to the Home Depot Center.
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Illinois quarterback Juice Williams runs the spread-option offense and is drawing comparisons to other quarterbacks the Trojans faced, but no one wants to compare him to Oregon’s Dennis Dixon. “He’s not like Dennis Dixon, he’s more of a running-back quarterback,’’ defensive end Lawrence Jackson said. Carroll compared Williams to Washington quarterback Jake Locker. “They have…
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Linebacker Clay Matthews on practicing at the Home Depot Center where the Galaxy play soccer. “Who are the Galaxy besides David Beckham?’’
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USC linebacker Brian Cushing bruised his knee and probably sit out tomorrow’s practice. Wide receiver Patrick Turner will not practice until next week to rest his bruised thigh. Tailback Chauncey Washington is still recovering from a hip-pointer.
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Always the bridesmaid never the bride Well that was quick, Per Dohn: Ducks’ Bellotti rebuffs UCLA By Brian Dohn Article Last Updated: 12/21/2007 12:01:11 PM PST Mike Bellotti has rebuffed overtures from UCLA and will remain head coach at Oregon, leaving Rick Neuheisel as the apparent front-runner to become the Bruins’ next football coach. An…
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With Oregon coach Mike Bellotti remaining with the Ducks, it harkens back to 2000 when Bellotti met with USC. Bellotti presented USC with a list of incredible financial demands for his coaching staff, which pretty much precluded coming down. But that was pretty much the point, to get more money out of Oregon.
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Here’s the third installment of the Open Forum answers.
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