USC’s shoddy pitching leads to defeat against Pepperdine


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The numbers are disturbing, to say the least. In USC’s last six games heading into its matchup Tuesday night with Pepperdine, the Trojan pitching staff had amassed an abysmal 6.12 ERA. Make that a 6.41 ERA in their last seven games. USC suffered another bullpen implosion Tuesday evening against Pepperdine, surrendering eight runs out of […]

Trojans make quick work of Longhorns


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Looking to extend its winning ways, the USC women’s tennis team took down the University of Texas at Marks Stadium with a 7-0 victory on Tuesday afternoon. The Women of Troy opened up the match in strong fashion during the doubles point against a better-than-advertised Longhorn team. “This has to be the most under-ranked team […]

Sunday’s melee gives USC black eye


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Let’s put it this way: If you notice athletes prominently featured on Deadspin on a Sunday, they probably aren’t featured for any philanthropic reasons. It isn’t because they visited a downtown Boys & Girls Club. And it isn’t because they hosted an anti-crime campaign insisting people should “shoot baskets, not guns,” or anything like that. […]

Trojans’ bullpen falters in loss to Bruins


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When freshman outfielder Vahn Bozoian smacked a sixth-inning solo home run in USC’s Sunday matinee against No. 12 UCLA at Jackie Robinson Stadium in Westwood, the Trojans were suddenly tied in a game that shouldn’t have been close. Bozoian’s homer was just USC’s second hit of the day, while the Bruins had already left nine […]

Kiffin gambles with moving Tuerk to center


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For all of his detractors who grumble about his predictable, cautious play-calling, no one can accuse USC head coach Lane Kiffin of not thinking outside the box in other ways. Of course, a great deal of that thinking has been controversial and not exactly aboveboard. News broke just last week that NCAA will institute, for […]