Poe’s Perspective: NCAA is in need of systemic change


I’m tired of hearing about the FBI investigation into the NCAA. It was good drama for the first few weeks, and it’s certainly kept pretty much every sports journalist in the country busy since last fall. But at this point, I’ve realized that this obsession over recruiting needs to end. When it comes to systemic […]

Jung Money: USC hoops is not a lost cause yet


There is a heuristic in human psychology called the peak-end rule. It’s a pretty logical, straightforward principle, which posits that people judge events based on basic criteria: the event’s “peak” — its most intense point, whether positive or negative — and its conclusion. In sports, this phenomenon is even simpler because, as fans, the end […]