USC leaves little hope for rest of the season


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It’s a simple fact that most sports fans are hopeless optimists. Dodger Stadium has been packed to the brim for the opening two games of the World Series in support of a team that last won it all during the Reagan administration. Tens of thousands of people pack the Coliseum week-in, week-out every year despite […]

USC staff’s silence only adds more frustration


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I’ll be honest, it’s hard for me to be quiet anymore when I watch, read about or think about the USC football team. Most of the time, even the mere mention of the team elicits a curse or a groan from my direction. I’ve reached that point of any overhyped, underperformed season where I’m beyond […]

T-Time: Darnold needs one more year with USC


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When USC played Utah two weeks ago, I was out of town for a wedding. During the reception, my dad and I were able to sneak up to our hotel room and watch college football, right when the Cupid Shuffle was just beginning to pick up (impeccable timing if I might add). My dad, a […]

Viscarra’s Vice: Ball still in spotlight even with Dodgers


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As the Dodgers clinched the National League pennant Thursday night, there was just as much chatter on sports radio about Lonzo Ball’s debut with the Lakers that same night. Sorry, Dodgers, you’ve got no right to upstage the Big Baller Brand, apparently. Before the Lakers tipped off their 2017-18 regular season against the Los Angeles […]

Grinding Gears: Rough loss spotlights what USC is lacking


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It started with a bad snap. It only got worse from there. The final score read 49-14 in favor of Notre Dame, and it was every bit as lopsided, every bit as painful, torturous and agonizing as one might imagine. USC rolled into South Bend on Saturday night as the 11th-ranked team in the country, […]

Poe’s Perspective: ESPN must correct Barstool mistake


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It’s Thursday yet again, which means that it’s time for yet another column about yet another nationwide scandal involving sexism in sports. Again, I’m sorry. I wish I didn’t have to. But here we are, less than 48 hours separated from the debut of Barstool Van Talk, the newest show on ESPN that features the […]

Winter is still unsure for Rams and NFC


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Week 6 of the NFL season proved that a fine line between winning and losing extends to all 32 teams, regardless of current momentum. It also gave reason to believe many squads can compete at similar levels until winter comes. Granted, since we’re not yet at the regular season’s halfway point, we don’t know how […]

Viscarra’s Vice: Dodgers flipping script this postseason


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Oh yeah, something’s definitely different. The past five seasons of Los Angeles Dodgers baseball have reaped five divisional titles and three trips to the NLCS. But in each of those postseason runs, something was undoubtedly missing from those teams, hindering their pursuit of World Series glory. Dodger squads of postseasons past lacked something — something […]

Grinding Gears: Two-point stop keeps Trojans’ year alive


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Two yards. That’s all that kept USC from its season being over, its College Football Playoff hopes narrowed significantly and national championship hopes dashed. But instead, redshirt junior cornerback Ajene Harris dove and tackled Utah quarterback Troy Williams as he ran for the end zone. Williams fell two yards shy, failing to execute the two-point […]