Recruiting the future never stops with Kiffin


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In the midst of an up-and-down campaign on the field for his football team, USC coach Lane Kiffin is quietly doing what he does best off of it: recruiting. With scholarship reductions set to kick in once the NCAA decides on USC’s sanctions appeal, this year’s recruiting season might be the Trojans’ last chance to […]

It’s time to break the curse of Corvallis


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These days, nobody is immune from curses. There’s the Curse of the Bambino, which affected the Boston Red Sox for 86 years. Then there’s the Unforgivable Curses, which did not come from Harry Potter but actually that YouTube guy who just wanted a chicken sandwich and some waffle fries. Anybody in theater knows about the […]

Vucevic used to adapting to change


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As a child, he watched his father run up and down the court, unaware of the sights and sounds that passed him by. When he grew old enough to appreciate the significance of sports, it was soccer — not basketball — that first caught his eye. But for USC’s junior power forward Nikola Vucevic, whether […]

USC comes full circle in Arizona win


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It took almost 14 months to the day for USC to extract revenge from one of the four opponents it lost to last season. For the Trojans, that moment couldn’t come soon enough. As sophomore quarterback Matt Barkley knelt the ball to expire the clock and secure a 24-21 advantage over Arizona late in the […]

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 […]