Trojans prepare for Syracuse


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Much of the hype around this weekend’s game against Syracuse has been focused on its location: MetLife Stadium, home of the world champion New York Giants and the media circus that is the New York Jets. But head coach Lane Kiffin stressed Thursday after the team’s final practice of the week that this trip was […]

College athletes deserve a fair share


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In some ways, senior quarterback Matt Barkley gets a raw deal. It’s not just the astronomical expectations he shoulders with aplomb -— expectations so high that many question why his completion percentage wasn’t higher in last week’s game against Hawai’i in which he threw for 372 yards and four touchdowns — or the reality that, […]

Women of Troy look to end agonizing skid


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The Women of Troy take a short road trip this Sunday to play Cal State-Northridge, a school that the women’s soccer program has never lost to. With USC (2-3-0) recovering from three straight comeback losses, that sounds like an ideal opponent for the Women of Troy. But according to the Matadors’ record (3-1-1) so far […]

Who continues trend of infinite plot, fanbase


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Before the USS Enterprise first voyaged into the final frontier or George Lucas created a galaxy far far away, there was a madman in a blue box. Premiering in 1963, the BBC’s Doctor Who is — by a huge margin — the longest-running science-fiction series ever created. It’s no surprise, then, that the show is […]