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Cruz looks to bring tradition back


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Frank Cruz was sitting in his office overlooking the first base line at Dedeaux Field, squeezing a weathered, beaten up baseball in his right hand. “I’m quietly optimistic,” the Trojans’ second-year coach said of his team’s upcoming season, which begins Friday at home against Jacksonville University. He also knows he has every reason not to […]

Track and field teams prepare for indoor challenge


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With a strong performance to begin the season at the New Balance Collegiate Invitational in New York, the men’s and women’s track and field teams continue to prepare for the upcoming Texas A&M Challenge, which will take place Saturday. The teams are seeking to prove themselves against the toughest indoor track competitors nationwide. USC has traditionally […]

Trojans need a freshman sensation


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For more than 50 years, the USC men’s basketball team called the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena home. A landmark on its own, sure, but over time, the facilities were hardly up to par with other top-notch arenas around the country. To put it bluntly, if I were a recruit, I definitely wouldn’t be signed […]

Doing the math on USC’s prospects


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How much less is 15 than 25? Quantitatively, the answer happens to be the difference in new scholarships available to the USC football team for the upcoming year —compared to its previous season. The Trojans, still under NCAA sanctions will have to forfeit 10 scholarships per season over the next three years, which allows them […]