Category: Sport
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Dave Hollander, AOL The quarterback of the nation’s top ranked college football team begins the season this Saturday expressing pride in his school’s Hellenism, registering surprise at a cross-town rival’s nickname and feeling no regret for standing up for his dad when the chips were down… continue
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Newport Beach police say he was found carrying a small amount of methamphetamine — a felony — and paraphernalia. He pleads not guilty. Former USC and Los Angeles Raiders quarterback Todd Marinovich, who has been bedeviled with drug problems, today pleaded not guilty to felony and misdemeanor charges stemming from an arrest Sunday in Newport…
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T.J. Simers, LA Times “Be nice,” said a USC publicist when the hypocrite handed me the phone to talk to Akey as if there’s any chance of the Trojans doing the same. “How do you approach a game where you have no chance to win and most likely no chance to score?” I began gently,…
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Eric Prisbell, Washington Post Photo: Reed Saxon, AP Southern California’s starting linebackers Brian Cushing, Rey Maualuga and Keith Rivers harbor dreams of becoming the country’s most dominant and feared unit this season. But their stiffest competition might not be too far away. “They have got to be the best players in our linebacker room first,”…
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Jeff Faraudo, Contra Costa Times …The rules have long since changed as they apply to coaching salaries in big-time college football. The coach’s contract no longer is compared to that of the celebrated botany professor or the physics department chair. USC’s Pete Carroll makes an estimated $4 million per year… continue
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Teddy Greenstein, Chicago Tribune During Pac-10 media day, new Stanford coach Jim Harbaugh said the 2007 USC Trojans “may be the best team in the history of college football.” USC coach Pete Carroll took it as a compliment, even if Harbaugh’s intention was to turn up the heat. “Thanks, Jim,” Carroll said during his turn…
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Associated Press The first-year head coach of the Idaho Vandal football team says he’s trying to keep his team focused, just three days before they’re due to take on national powerhouse USC. Robb Akey says, “I’m gonna make sure that we kind of keep them calmed down. We need to get that furnace turned down…
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Teddy Greenstein, Chicago Tribune The talk entering the Rose Bowl was clear-cut to the point of being cruel. Have a monster game, and USC quarterback John David Booty could expect to be a prominent Heisman Trophy candidate in 2007. Lose, and his starting job would be in jeopardy to Mark Sanchez, a kid from southern…
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The Department of Public Safety recently installed 10 new security cameras in the North University Park area in an effort to improve campus safety. DPS initially installed five cameras as part of a pilot program aimed at curbing crime on and around campus last fall.
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The first “competition Tuesday” practice offered plenty of competition with hard hits and an injury scare. Junior wide receiver Patrick Turner was hit hard by junior linebacker Rey Maualuga while trying to make a catch and remained on the ground for several seconds.
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Everyone says O.J. Mayo is a one and done player. O.J. Mayo says maybe not. “I plan on staying more than one year unless my situation changes and I have the opportunity to make a living for my family” “If coaches call coach Floyd and I have an opportunity to be a lottery pick to…
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