It’s awards season: time for the Kennys
The USC Sports Awards, the Kennys, are right around the corner. It's time to celebrate!
Watch for the Women of Troy
Decades ago, the Women of Troy reached the pinnacle of women’s college basketball, winning back-to-back NCAA championships in 1983 and 1984. Along with those two championships, USC captured five Pac-10 conference titles and appeared in four Final Fours, while also laying claim to some of the best women’s basketball players in the world in Cheryl […]
Glenn, Trojans look to tap in to potential
USC sophomore outfielder Alex Glenn knows all too well what it’s like to fly under the radar. After all, during the first two years of his high school career at Henry County High School, Glenn patrolled the outfield with Jason Heyward, the No. 14 pick of the 2007 MLB draft and the current right fielder […]
Volleyball lessons for men’s basketball
The USC men’s basketball team is struggling. The USC men’s volleyball team is not. Yes, the top-ranked men’s volleyball team lost its first game of what was a perfect season over the weekend, a five-set heartbreaker to Pepperdine. But the mild setback didn’t shake the college volleyball world. The Trojans are still the No. 1 […]
USC ways away from dancing this March
To begin, a brief public service announcement: The 2010-2011 USC men’s basketball team is not very good. You might have noticed this, particularly if you ventured to the corner of Jefferson and Figueroa Saturday night. USC has lost six of its last nine games. In the current calendar year, it has yet to win back-to-back […]
Initiative evidenced by hosting summit
Pat Haden is setting the right tone within the USC athletic department this year.
Show some love for the Women of Troy
Sunday was an important day. No, I’m not talking about the Super Bowl. I’m referring to another game that occurred just down the street from the Staples Center. For those of you who have no idea what I’m talking about: Yes, there actually was another game that took place at 1 p.m. that day. It […]
A Valentine’s Day love ballad for the ignorant
As Valentine’s Day approaches, I thought I would get an early start on my day-long celebration of commercialism and over-the-top flattery. This year, though, times were tough, so instead of going to the grocery store and spending my dimes on a glittery Hallmark card, I decided there was no better way to honor those who […]
NFL can’t change L.A. sports landscape
Sunday, like the rest of America, I arrived at a Super Bowl party. As I mingled with the other guests and wolfed down my second chili dog, the inevitable question arrived: Which team are you rooting for? I did what I do whenever I’m asked that question regarding an NFL game — I waffled. Yeah, […]
In my world, I would have been a recruit
In middle school, I came home one evening in the midst of a chronic shoe phase, when, for strange, stupid reasons, most adolescent boys become enamored with $150 Nike sneakers. It was wintertime, and an EastBay catalogue had been delivered in that day’s mail, packaged between utility bills and awkward postcards from relatives whose names […]