Baseball’s old school rules are too old

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It is Opening Week for Major League Baseball, and with it comes all the pageantry of America’s pastime: the loud crack of the bat, the sliding catches, the peanuts and cracker jacks and the “unwritten rules” that lead to the dumbest controversies in all of sports. If you haven’t heard of these “unwritten rules,” it’s […]

Women’s athletics deserves attention


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The unforgettable ending to Monday night’s NCAA men’s basketball title game had everyone buzzing. Everywhere I went in the ensuing 24 hours, people, basketball fans or not, wanted to talk about it — Uber drivers, baristas, professors and even my mother, who texted me after the game. And it was truly incredible, but something has […]

In hoops, to the victor go the spoils

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Monday night something incredible occurred. By now, surely most people reading the sports page have seen it, even many who do not read the sports page as well. The ending of the NCAA championship game will go down in history as one of the most dramatic endings to a basketball game. ESPN will make a […]

Sooners couldn’t finish off success

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Oklahoma was dismantled by eventual champion Villanova in the Final Four of the NCAA Tournament. It was a shocking performance from the Sooners, who now find themselves in the college basketball history books for undesirable reasons. Lon Kruger’s seemingly incredible team lost by 44 points in the most iconic round of the sport’s most iconic […]

Success rides on spring practice


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With the NCAA tournament almost over, and March Madness giving way to April and spring practice, college football is back at the forefront of everyone’s minds. USC football is off to a strong start in the first spring sessions under new head coach Clay Helton. With an incredibly taxing early season schedule next fall, spring […]

UConn women should be respected

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Last Saturday morning, I was scrolling through the ESPN app when I came across the score of the UConn-Mississippi State women’s basketball game. I thought it had to be an error: The Huskies were leading 32-4 at the end of the first quarter. A quick Twitter search confirmed that yes, it was indeed the correct […]

Lakers need to forgive Russell and move on


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  The future of the storied Los Angeles Lakers franchise stands in jeopardy — more than it ever has during my lifetime. Tensions  are high in the Lakers locker room upon the public release of tapings taken by  Lakers rookie D’Angelo Russell of a controversial conversation with teammate Nick Young. In an effort to assert […]

Enfield earned contract extension


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It’s still hard to wash that taste out of my mouth. Almost two weeks later, the overwhelming feeling from the USC basketball season is what could have been and how the Trojans let one slip away against Providence in the first round of the NCAA tournament. It still hurts a little bit to see that […]

One of NHL’s best is underperforming

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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 […]