Women of Troy falter at last-place Colorado


The Women of Troy were unable to muster a comeback Sunday on the road as Colorado recorded its first conference win of the season in a 66-63 nail-biter.   Colorado (6-15, 1-9) junior Haley Smith scored a game-high 18 points and grabbed 7 rebounds in the victory over USC (16-6, 4-6).  Freshman Kennedy Leonard scored 17 points, including […]

Trojans fall flat in fourth set in loss to Stanford


The USC Trojans fell to the No. 6 Stanford Cardinal in four sets (20-25, 25-19, 19-25, 8-25) at Galen Center Sunday night.  Despite battling and emerging victorious over Pepperdine last week, the Trojans (1-7, 1-5 MPSF) fell flat in the fourth set against the Cardinal (7-1, 5-1 MPSF), costing them a chance at another 5-set match. Sophomore opposite […]

Future of football based on recruiting


The USC football team has shined on National Signing Day in the last few years. Two years ago it was securing the commitments of wide receiver and cornerback Adoree’ Jackson, wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster and offensive lineman Damien Mama all on the final Wednesday. Last year, USC made major improvements to its defense, closing on […]

What SAG and Sundance taught me about diversity

Minnie Schedeen

Any discussion of the #OscarsSoWhite campaign at this point probably sounds like a broken record. The issue has been so heavily debated in the past seven days, but it still bears discussion. Last week, I wrote about the Academy’s possibility of inflaming industry veterans with their hasty decision to cut off members’ voting privileges if […]