Category: Sport
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The former USC star and Heisman Trophy winner is not living up to expectations with the Saints, and his inability to run between the tackles is a problem. If you saw all of Reggie Bush’s commercials — and never watched him play — you would conclude he is one of the NFL’s best players.
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From RiseMag.com: Four years ago, Frank DeRozan was going for a walk in his Compton, Calif., neighborhood and spotted six gang members hanging out on a street corner when they should have been in school. Against his better judgment, DeRozan asked why they weren’t in class. It’s a question that would have gotten most people…
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Dennis Erickson and Pete Carroll have crossed paths before. But when they meet on Thanksgiving night, it will be Carroll’s Trojans who are chasing Erickson’s Sun Devils in the Pac-10, writes Ted Miller.
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Forbes: In the past few years, there’s been a big push by major college football teams to increase revenue through massive stadium expansions, lucrative premium seating and rich sponsorship and broadcast deals — the same blueprint the National Football League used for decades to create billion-dollar franchises.
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<!–start image–><!– end image–>The next two games are gigantic for USC, and it all starts with this one against Arizona State. A loss in one of these games likely means the Holiday Bowl, if not worse. This is the only opportunity that the Trojans are going to get to beat a ranked team. UCLA will…
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Eric Neel, ESPN Football coaches are hard-ass barkers with scowls on their faces and poly-blend shorts pulled up high. Great football coaches run boot camps. They break your will and slowly, if they deem you worthy, piece you back together in their image. They put the fear of God in you, humiliate you, lord over…
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Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times USC’s defense, ranked first in the Pacific 10 Conference and third nationally, will try to stop Arizona State with two starters relegated to backup roles because of injuries. Junior Kaluka Maiava will start in place of Keith Rivers at weak-side linebacker and freshman Everson Griffen will start in place of…
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Paul Oberjuerge, San Bernardino Sun It’s time for John David Booty to step up in the pocket. It’s time for John David Booty to make a play – or 20. It’s time for John David Booty to lead the Trojans to victory, and not just point them in the general direction. For J.D.B. to make…
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Mark Saxon, Orange County Register After a year of watching the two silent teenage boys wander the halls and parlors of her Louisiana home, Lydia Curtis had seen – or, actually, had not heard – enough. She started a new house rule. Every once in a while, Joe McKnight and Jonathan English had to speak…
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Kansas and Missouri are hunting for a national title while USC is out to let every other team know the Pac-10 still is theirs.
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Injury no longer the problem, but Floyd doesn’t want to play freshman simply for ‘entitlement minutes.’ Davon Jefferson has waited two years longer than he originally expected to play college basketball, so what’s a few more days?
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