One of NHL’s best is underperforming

Josh Cohen

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As March winds down to a conclusion, one of the NHL’s most talented teams is being forced to cope with some reasonably disappointing news. The Montreal Canadiens have been eliminated from playoff contention. The Habs’ demise started when goaltender Carey Price got hurt exactly a month before Christmas. Arguably the best netminder in the game […]

Trojans basketball is on the right path


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As it seems to every year, March Madness took the absurdity to an even higher level. Last year’s first weekend of hard-fought battles and buzzer-beaters was trumped by double-digit comebacks in less than 60 seconds and tip-ins and bank shots galore. USC had the privilege of joining in on the madness this season, facing off […]

Cravens’ thoughts highlight CTE risk

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In the media scrum after USC’s Pro Day wrapped up on Wednesday, junior linebacker Su’a Cravens was asked whether he was concerned about his health entering the NFL, a league marred in a concussion crisis with more and more deaths of retired players being linked to chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a degenerative brain disease. His response […]

Pac-12 has been a big letdown


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Selection Sunday rolled around a week ago and based on the draw, I would imagine that Pac-12 Commissioner Larry Scott was in a room somewhere jumping for joy and dishing out high-fives to his colleagues. A record seven teams were tapped by the selection committee to join the 68-field team that made up the 2016 […]

The NBA is worth the wait


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Please don’t go. I know USC “expects to return all its starters,” but in this world of one-and-done and million dollar rookie contracts, who could blame a 19-year-old for jumping ship? I am a wholehearted supporter of collegiate basketball players staying in school and not leaving early for the NBA. The NBA and the NCAA […]

Syracuse is a Sweet 16 sleeper

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The little guys of March have all been eliminated from the NCAA Tournament. Thanks for the memories, Stephen F. Austin, Middle Tennessee and Arkansas-Little Rock. In many ways, this postseason fiasco is all about the little guys. Their magic against the powerhouses never fails to appease college basketball fans’ morbid fascination with seeing their brackets […]

QB contest is positive for Trojans


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USC football kicked off spring practice on Tuesday, and for the first time in three years, the Trojans will be hosting a quarterback competition that is expected to turn some heads not only going into the summer, but also potentially into the fall. With the departure of Cody Kessler, it appears that head football coach […]

Potential for sweep of UCLA is epic


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I am giddy with excitement — a ruthless, vengeful, maniacal excitement. I haven’t felt this much evil excitement since I was probably 13, in the stretch of puberty and teenage angst. I’ve been blessed to grow up with some great years of USC sports. But I’ve never seen what could potentially happen today. It’s never happened […]

Trojans wrap up surprising season


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If I had been told entering the 2015-2016 basketball season that USC would win 20 games, go .500 in conference play and sweep UCLA, I would have been ecstatic. With the regular season in the books following the loss to Oregon, USC has accomplished all three of those things, putting together a resume that should […]