USC defense must blend old with new


Every year, across the country, the same thing happens: Schools hire a new head football coach or new assistants. Once spring practice starts, the new schemes and playbooks that each new coach brings are proclaimed to be so much better than those that came before. Sure enough, early returns on new USC Defensive Coordinator Clancy […]

Trojans begin Pac-12 play against Oregon


If ever the Trojans needed home-field advantage, now is the time. USC baseball has dropped six of its last seven games (with its most recent against Pepperdine Tuesday) and has dipped to two games below .500 at 7-9. Tuesday’s game against the Waves was supposed to offer a battle-worn Trojan team a brief respite from […]