Category: Sport
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USC will start All-America offensive tackle Sam Baker, after two weeks out with a strained hamstring, against Arizona State Thanksgiving. But linebacker Keith Rivers, also a senior All-American, will not start. Junior Kaluka Maiava will step in at weakside linebacker with Rivers backing him up.
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The USC men’s basketball team (2-1) will face San Diego (2-2) at the Anaheim Convention Center on Nov. 22 at 8:59 p.m. in the inaugural Anaheim Classic. The game will be televised live on ESPN2 and all three games USC plays in the tournament will be on either ESPN2 or ESPNU. The Trojans next game…
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USC sophomore guard Daniel Hackett, who missed six weeks with a broken jaw and returned to practice full-time on Nov. 12, was named The Sporting News National Player of the Week as he helped lead the Trojans to two road wins while averaging 21.5 points, 6.5 assists and 5.5 rebounds for the week of Nov.…
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Arizona State by the Numbers The “by the numbers” previews have been conspicuous by their absence of late, so there’s no time like the penultimate game of the season to revisit. Rather than individual stats, this version is a look at the results that USC and Arizona State have against the conference teams that they…
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So who goofed on this rumor? Pete has to know So the way Hans hears it from Scheibe , both guys working in the office here, there’s this Cardinal & Gold bigwig who says Pete Carroll will be the next coach of the San Diego Chargers.
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<!–start image–><!– end image–>Kaluka Maiava has started before — sort of. Thursday, however, should be his first time remaining in the game after the first snap. The two-time special teams player of the year will deal with several new challenges. Also inside: Updates on Keith River, Sam Baker and Kyle Moore. Plus, Will Collins takes…
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Above, Pete Carroll previews Thursday’s showdown with Arizona State. Below is the audio from Carroll’s segment on the weekly Pac-10 media call (about 10 minutes): This next audio clip is from ASU Coach Dennis Erickson’s segment of the call (about 5 minutes): For more multimedia fun, USC just released highlight videos of some of its…
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Kaluka Maiava starts at linebacker for the ailing Keith Rivers, who is officially available. Sam Baker starts at tackle and will be backed up by Butch Lewis. Everson Griffen starts at defensive end for Kyle Moore, who will play but is still bothered by a bruised nerve in his arm.
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A few weeks ago, the biggest media circus around USC was supposed to be about O.J. Mayo. Never mind that hoopla. Meet Romeo. The number provided at the start of this video (which seems to have been shot yesterday before or after he announced that he signed with the Trojans — he’s wearing the same…
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LOS ANGELES — A total of 10 high school players have signed national letters-of-intent to play for the USC baseball program in 2009, head coach Chad Kreuter announced today. The Trojans’ class includes two Aflac High School All-Americans with six players ranked in the top 200 nationally by Baseball America. The signees are: outfielder Jay…
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USC moved up to 70th in strength of schedule this week. Undefeated Hawaii remains last at No. 120.
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Arizona State averages just 3.7 yards per game, but that includes the Pacific-10 Conference-worst 43 times the quarterback’s been sacked for a loss of 292 yards. If you eliminate sack yardage, the Sun Devils average 4.3 yards per carry. It also means quarterback Rudy Carpenter’s taken a beating this season.
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