Category: Sport
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Plagued by a nagging ankle injury all of last year, Colbert still started and was able to compete but fell way short of his outstanding rookie season. “He’s a different player already,” said quarterback Jake Delhomme. “You can just see the way he runs his routes. He has explosion. He has separation. The kid was…
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(Terry Pierson / The Press-Enterprise) Chauncey Washington, or the General, as some are calling him — as in the successor to the President (I guess there was a military coup). Whatever, C Dub is not taking anything for granted after sitting out the past two seasons, and is raring to go: A member of the…
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The veterans took over for the rooks in the afternoon session. (David Sprague / Staff Photographer) Photo Gallery: Trojans Practice (8/03) [LA Daily News]
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From a cardinal & gold strong safety to a silver & black outside linebacker: Bing, a two-time All-American safety at USC, is making the transition to linebacker at the Raiders’ training camp in Napa. And in other “Trojans in the NFL” news… Reggie’s first practice… Bing may be a natural at outside linebacker [San Francisco…
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Speedy #17. Travon Patterson turns up field. Everyone will be in full pads on Monday, August 7th. 2006 Fall 8/3 morning [USCFootball.com] Thursday morning practice report [USCFootball.com]
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Less than a month before kickoff now…. and here is what Pete has to look forward to this season…. The entire team, with the exception of walk-on safety Justin Hart (tonsillitis), reported Wednesday. “The Coliseum is sold out for every game for the first time ever.” “What is unique about this team is that we…
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On Reggie Bush arriving at the Jackson-Evers International Airport in Jackson, Mississippi: “Man, you never see something like that, especially here in Mississippi,” said Stewart, 27, a Jackson native. “I’m being real. I thought it was the President of the United States coming down that gate.” Saints’ Bush finally in Jackson [The News Star]
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USCFootball.com interviewed Pete Carroll following Pac-10 media day: “I don’t need too much to get me jacked up,” Carroll said. “This year, particularly, there are a lot of issues.” Those issues are why USC will most likely not start the season ranked No. 1 like it had been the previous two seasons and why they…
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( David Bauman / The Press-Enterprise) On September 2nd, John David Booty will get his first start in Fayetville, where his dad played at Arkansas. Center Ryan Kalil said, “People are going to be shocked at how good a quarterback he is.” Mister New Booty [PE.com]
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Arkansas starting tailback Darren McFadden dislocated his toe in a bar fight and is now out for the opener against USC. Despite the prediction by some prognosticators that McFadden was set to run wild, I think Arkansas’s new offense will have a difficult time just getting on the scoreboard. McFadden Hurt [Heisman Pundit]
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In a suprise annoucement, twin brothers Ryan and Brandon Ting (#38 and #39), will be leaving the USC football team to focus on their medical studies. Petros Papadakis’ dream has come true. But what recurring subject will he have to bitch about now? Ting brothers to leave USC football team [USCFootball.com]
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It turns out Vince Young’s $58 million deal is filled with not-likely-to-be-earned incentives that really put it in the neigboorhood of $48 million. So the Saints essentially used the contracts of the #1 and #3 picks to make Reggie Bush an offer in between. Mario Willliams 6-year, $54 million ($26.5 million guaranteed) Reggie Bush 6-year,…
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