Women’s tourney needs change


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Like many of you reading this column, my past two weeks have been spent watching one of the best sporting events of the year: March Madness. From massive upsets in the first round — UAB and Georgia State in particular — to a No. 7 seed making the Final Four, this tournament has been fairly […]

Indiana law is harmful to athletics


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With the men’s Final Four being held in Indianapolis this upcoming weekend, I expected most of the focus to be on Kentucky’s quest to become the first team to finish a college basketball season undefeated since, ironically, the 1976 Indiana Hoosiers. I’m only an aspiring novelist, but I couldn’t think of a better story-book ending […]

Women’s lacrosse steadily improving


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The SportsCenter Top 10 plays list is one of the ultimate pinnacles in all of sports. In fact, if I had to list the 10 things I would want to accomplish in sports if I were an elite athlete, making ESPN’s Top 10 list would definitely be one of them — somewhere between striking out […]

Izzo and Michigan State are legendary


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After two weeks of competition, we finally have a Final Four. Of course, the one year I didn’t pick No. 1 seeds to be the majority in my Final Four, three of the four remaining are a No. 1 seed. Michigan State is a seven seed, but that can hardly be considered a surprise. The […]

NCAA has bias against USC


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Last week, the NCAA released a mountain of evidence related to former USC running backs coach Todd McNair’s defamation lawsuit against the NCAA. Among the 500 plus pages of documents is concrete evidence that undoubtedly demonstrate a negative bias held by members of the infractions committee toward USC. Of course, this wasn’t exactly a revelation. […]

Don’t count on the NFL in LA


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It seems that every year another “NFL to Los Angeles” headline pops up. The Los Angeles Rams and Raiders fans appear in mass numbers, the NFL dismisses the notion, and a few weeks later it’s as if the rumor never happened. This NFL offseason has produced not one, not two, but three possible teams heading […]

NCAA is real felon in McNair case


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I’m disgusted and I’m sure much of the rest of the Trojan faithful are as well. Of course, the culprit of this this bad taste in my mouth is once again, the hypocritical institution that is the NCAA. I don’t even think that ESPN analyst Stephen A. Smith has enough four-syllable words to describe my […]

Tourney still fun without Trojans


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There’s always a minor sense of relief when the USC basketball team does not make the March Madness tournament. Obviously, I want to see USC in the tournament as much as any fan. But when the Trojans aren’t in the mix, I feel a little more freedom while filling out my bracket. The times ‘SC […]

Ron, R.J. Hunter here to stay


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In addition to the fact that it was spring break and I had finally found some leisure time after a stressful two weeks of midterms, as a sports fan, this past weekend was one of my favorites of 2015 so far. March Madness began on Tuesday and did not disappoint. As a Trojan, I’m proud […]

Pro Day is not all about Williams


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The first time I encountered the NFL-bound Leonard Williams is quite the story, actually. Once upon a time, Lane Kiffin was still at the helm of the Trojans coming off the team’s embarrassing loss to Georgia Tech in the Sun Bowl, and it was the first spring practice of 2013. If I remember correctly, Kiffin […]