Basketball teams given familiar Trojan voices


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Beginning this weekend, two young teams will suit up under the USC basketball moniker, with a total of four scholarship seniors on the men’s and women’s teams and multiple freshmen ready to play big roles on both squads. It is fitting then that both of the teams’ broadcasters will be young and new as well. […]

Trojans make for a good television show


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Football teams are something special. In few other places will you find a tighter-knit group of 60-70 young men, growing together, sharing victory and defeat and learning from one another. Football teams are like good TV shows: They are driven by the characters. Every team, whether it is a championship contender or a bottom-feeder, is […]

Trojans find that luck can be on their side


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With the waning minutes of the fourth quarter ticking off the clock, the Trojans line up to try and stop a field goal attempt that would put their opponent ahead with little time left in the game. The players are exhausted, having just scraped back into the lead on the previous drive. Coaches and fans […]

USC twirler makes her dream come true


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It’s halftime at a USC football game at the Coliseum, and some students are heading up the aisle to get some snacks. They stop when a fire erupts. Looking back toward the field, they see flames tossed high into the sky, standing out against the backdrop of the night. The Olympic torch that rests at […]

Joneses’ cohesion is the glue for Trojans


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After a few clicks and a short Google Maps search later, it’s easy to see how far Saginaw, Mich., is from Taft, Calif. To measure it in miles (2,304), however, wouldn’t quite tell you how far USC men’s basketball’s newest and youngest starting backcourt — freshmen Bryce Jones and Maurice Jones — have come to […]

Trojans’ issue is cohesion, not ability


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Preparation can only go so far. Teams can only condition, practice and rest up so much before hitting a wall, and any additional time to focus on an upcoming opponent has marginal benefit. At that point, out of all the things that are worked on in practice, only one factor remains in deciding the outcome […]

Ducks still have their staying ability to prove


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USC’s dynasty is over, but that’s old news. Recent news, though, is Oregon and whether or not the Ducks will follow the Trojans’ nearly decade-long dynasty with one of their own. Tomorrow’s game will go a long way toward determining whether or not that actually happens. Why? Yes, Oregon has been good for a while […]

Victory lies with Trojans’ offense


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In sports circles everywhere, it’s widely known that defense wins championships. The problem for USC is that there is no championship to be won, and the defense has played that way for a large part of this season. Sure, the Trojans’ defense is coming off its most dominating performance yet, strangling a Cal team that […]

Commitment defines Fontan’s trek to USC


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On the night of April 9, 2007, thousands of fans crammed into the aging bleachers of the Fellowship House gymnasium for what was billed to be the greatest one-act play in the history of the Albert C. Donofrio Basketball Classic. The tournament, which aims to showcase the brightest hardwood talents in the Philadelphia-South New Jersey […]