Courtside: The Trojans need to help Reggie help them right back
If USC football wants to become the elite program many Trojan fans are accustomed to, and if it wants to let Reggie be a part of that transformation, it’ll allow Bush to become one of the most impactful recruiters the school, the conference and the country have ever seen.

Courtside: We can learn from Curt Flood in more ways than one
This war between MLB and its players, this squabble that might prevent baseball from coming back this year altogether, isn’t just about dollars and cents. 

Courtside: Newest proposal is the wrong answer to NFL’s diversity problem
A system in which people of color are treated as tokens is absolutely the wrong way to go about increasing diversity.

Courtside: USC football could stand to benefit from fanless games in 2020
It’s a reality we might have to accept, and from a purely wins-and-losses standpoint, it might not be the worst thing for USC.

Courtside: Caution yourself with JT Daniels slander
It was a perfect storm that allowed Kedon Slovis to take over the driver’s seat for the starting role, and very little of that storm is due to Daniels’ play.

Courtside: MLB’s bizarre plan to save its season might just save America’s pastime
Despite all of MLB’s shortcomings when it comes to spreading the game, it might get bailed out by the unlikeliest of catalysts: the coronavirus pandemic.

Courtside: The NCAA actually did something right — for the most part
I never thought I’d say this, but the NCAA actually made the right call.

Courtside: In an election year, a non ideal sports shutdown comes at an ideal time
You miss sports and no matter how many 1993 NBA playoff games you watch, you’ll still miss sports. Accept this reality. Watch the news.

Courtside: In an election year, a non ideal sports shutdown comes at an ideal time
You miss sports and no matter how many 1993 NBA playoff games you watch, you’ll still miss sports. Accept this reality. Watch the news.

Courtside: Andy Enfield could have a lot riding on USC’s Saturday game
One thing about this game that shouldn’t fly under the radar of USC fans is how Saturday could change the fate of head coach Andy Enfield.

Courtside: Politics is not the problem in the modern world of sports
I’ve noticed a popular refrain — a call to action of sorts — in the world of sports these days, and it goes as such: Keep politics out of sports.

Courtside: Presenting the Democratic candidates as sports figures
For all you sports fiends out there faced with this predicament, fear not — here’s each relevant candidate described as a sports figure in a half-assed attempt to make things easier to understand.

Courtside: Rob Manfred knows what fans really want: drama
MLB has struggled mightily with growing the game of baseball among younger generations, in part due to its slower pace of play and in part due to its bizarre unwillingness to market its players.

Courtside: Pressure is on the Dodgers now more than ever with Betts
One thing about this game that shouldn’t fly under the radar of USC fans is how Saturday could change the fate of head coach Andy Enfield.

Courtside: Chiefs’ fan culture forces my hands in Super Bowl
I can’t root for a team whose fans constantly appropriate Native American cultures and collectively do the tomahawk chop at home games.