Category: Sport
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Several of you asked what tributes are planned to kicker Mario Danelo this season. Here’s a few things lined up: There will be a banner above the tunnel at the Coliseum with Danelo’s name and the goal-post pads will also pay tribute to him. Every USC player will wear a custom helmet sticker. There’s also…
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Backup quarterback hopes he can impress coaches in scrimmage. There is no starting job to be won, no chance to unseat a player regarded as a front-runner for the Heisman Trophy.
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UCLA reinstated assistant football coach Eric Scott, who’d been on administrative leave after an arrest on suspicion of residential burglary last month. Scott, who was not charged in the burglary, met with head coach Karl Dorrell and UCLA administrators Friday. Dorrell told the team after Saturday’s practice that Scott would be returning.
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USC football recently agreed to a home-and-home series with Syracuse in 2011 and 2012. The basketball teams are also discussing a series. Syracuse athletic director Daryl Gross spent 14 years working for USC, leaving as senior associate athletic director in 2005.
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Turns out wide receiver Travon Patterson separated a bone in his foot and will be out a minimum of 10 days. He will see a doctor on Monday.
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There’s a new savior in Alabama, and new head coaches at 22 other schools. New rules will mean more football in 2007 — or at least more plays — which is never a bad thing. Unless you’re playing Southern California. The Trojans are loaded, and that’s nothing new.
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The USC football team will conduct 4 days of two-a-day style practices during fall camp. On those days the team will have a morning practice at 9am and then return in the afternoon at 4pm. Saturday is the 1st two-a-day session of camp, and here are a few notes from the hour and a half…
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Dan Weber, Riverside P-E Day 1 in full pads drew a crowd of more than 750 autograph-seeking, camera-carrying fans to Howard Jones Field on Friday. But full pads didn’t seem to pick up the already competitive pace of the previous three days. C. J. Gable and Emmanuel Moody each had good runs, while David Ausberry…
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Mark Saxon, OC Register USC coaches didn’t ask Patrick Turner and John David Booty to be roommates because they both appreciate good old-fashioned Southern cooking. Turner is from Tennessee; Booty from Louisiana. ”Fried chicken and gumbo,” Turner said. The coaches are trying to develop a rapport between Booty and Turner, the only experienced receiver on the…
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Scott Wolf, LA Daily News USC offensive tackle Charles Brown filled in as a starter since training camp opened because senior Drew Radovich is out with a back injury. But as the first week closes, Brown is on the verge of winning the position outright based on his performances. “He’s really close to winning the job,”…
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Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times By most measures, tailback Emmanuel Moody enjoyed a productive first season at USC. The sophomore from Texas started four games, averaged nearly six yards per carry and finished second on the team in rushing in 2006. But after missing the last four games because of an ankle sprain and sitting…
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