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USC hires Hazelton, Sanders as football assistants
Trojans Coach Lane Kiffin fills two of the three openings on his staff.USC football Coach Lane Kiffin , who had three openings on his coaching staff, now has only one.
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21 hours ago
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USC meets Stanford only halfway in 59-47 loss
Trojans make a game of it in the first half but can't stay with the Cardinal in the second half, falling behind by as many as 20 points.In a season that has featured long stretches of losses, USC on Sunday wasted a chance to actually extend a winning streak.
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21 hours ago
Up next for USC basketball: Sunday vs. Stanford
USC, in last place in the Pac-12 Conference, hosts Stanford at the Galen Center in Los Angeles on Sunday.When: 4:30 p.m.
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2 days ago
USC defense, turnover margin could be key against Stanford
Last-place USC's few strengths — scoring defense and turnover margins — could play well against a recently struggling Stanford Cardinal on Sunday at the Galen Center.Despite the numerous problems USC has experienced this season, the Trojans can still cling to a couple points of pride: Last-place USC ranks at the top of the Pac-12 Conference in scoring defense and turnover margin.
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2 days ago
USC can't keep up with Cal in 75-49 loss
Harper Kamp finishes with 19 points and Allen Crabbe adds 18 points as the Golden Bears cruise to victory. Maurice Jones leads the Trojans with 17 points.Harper Kamp scored 19 points, Allen Crabbe had 18 and California cruised to a 75-49 victory over Southern California on Thursday night.
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3 days ago
Up next for USC basketball: Thursday vs. California
The Golden Bears, featuring former L.A. Price star Allen Crabbe, are looking for their first sweep of the Trojans since 2002-03 season.When: 7:30.
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4 days ago
Byron Wesley is a bright spot in a dim USC basketball season
Freshman guard is getting an opportunity to play because of injuries to other players and is more than holding his own.USC's struggles and injuries have put the Trojans on track for one of their worst men's basketball seasons in school history.
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5 days ago
USC loses another football assistant, receivers coach Ted Gilmore
Ted Gilmore is joining the NFL's Oakland Raiders, less than a week after linebackers coach Joe Barry agreed to terms with the San Diego Chargers. USC Coach Lane Kiffin now has three staff vacancies.Recruiting season is still open at USC . . . only now it's for coaches in addition to players.
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5 days ago
Former USC lineman arrested for domestic violence
Derek Simmons, who last played with the Trojans in 2010, was arrested Friday on suspicion of felony domestic violence.
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9 days ago
USC to stick with long-distance shooting
The Trojans made nine of 25 three-point attempts in a loss to Washington State on Thursday, and Coach Kevin O'Neill says the team will continue that approach. USC plays at Washington on Saturday.During an injury-plagued season that won't get any easier with Saturday night's game at Washington, USC Coach Kevin O'Neill has told players to keep moving forward, that better...
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10 days ago
USC can't keep up with Washington State in 60-53 loss
The Trojans manage to cut into the Cougars' lead during the second half, but their rally falls short. Greg Allen leads USC's scorers with 17 points.PULLMAN, Wash. — Brock Motum scored 26 points to lead Washington State past Southern California 60-53 Thursday night.
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10 days ago
Trojans hope small class doesn't limit their potential
Despite signing only 12 players Wednesday, USC isn't worried about depth issues going into a season with the highest of expectations.Quality over quantity. That was the catch phrase USC preached to describe the even-smaller-than-expected recruiting class that football Coach Lane Kiffin announced after the Trojans' first foray into three years of scholarship restrictions.
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10 days ago
Trojans' recruiting class isn't reduced in quality
Despite being limited to a maximum of 15 players by NCAA sanctions, USC's class of 12 (along with five early enrollees) is rated as high as seventh by one scouting service. USC stuttered at the start, gained long-distance momentum and then tailed off at the end, but the Trojans still did well Wednesday, the first day that high school seniors could sign national letters of intent.
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11 days ago
National signing day is a commitment to craziness
Sticking with a school is an issue for players and coaches alike. And several schools dealing with NCAA issues (USC, Ohio State, Oregon) still manage to bring in top-notch classes.The biggest winner coming out of college football's national signing day Wednesday had to be Thursday, the day it would finally be over.
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11 days ago
James Blasczyk tries to fill a tall order at USC
Injuries are forcing the 7-foot-1 center, the only active player on the roster over 6-7, to pick up the slack with the Trojans even though he is dealing with a bone bruise and a sprained foot.James Blasczyk is not the last man standing for injury-riddled USC, but he's the only one taller than 6 feet 7.
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12 days ago
Receiver Darreus Rogers chooses USC
The Carson High receiver, who is regarded as one of the top prospects nationally at his position, announces he had signed a letter of intent with USC. The Carson High receiver, who is regarded as one of the top prospects nationally at his position, announces he had signed a letter of intent with USC.
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12 days ago
USC football, Coach Lane Kiffin try to weather recruiting storm
Two-year bowl ban is over, but three-year scholarship reduction is just starting. With national letter-of-intent day Wednesday, the challenge for Lane Kiffin is to keep Trojans among national elite.Two years into NCAA sanctions, USC's football program now faces the toughest part.
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13 days ago
USC routs Utah, 62-45, for first Pac-12 win
The injury-plagued Trojans bounce back from their worst loss of the season with a 62-45 victory over Utah.In a season marked by injuries and struggles, the USC Trojans finally get to feel good, routing Utah, 62-45, at the Galen Center for their first Pac-12 Conference victory.
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15 days ago
USC basketball team is lost and alone
A few years ago the Trojans were a program on the rise with a shiny new arena. Now, weakened by sanctions and decimated by injuries, the team limps along in a nearly empty Galen Center.The chant suddenly engulfs the nearly empty Galen Center on a Thursday night, loudly, laughingly, a band of outsiders prodding at the open wound of a proud university.
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16 days ago
Up next for USC: Saturday vs. Utah
Trojans hope to notch their first Pac-12 Conference victory against a Utah team that is winless on the road this season.When: 8.
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16 days ago
USC's Dewayne Dedmon out for the season
The 7-foot sophomore suffered a torn medial collateral ligament in his left knee and a bone bruise during the Trojans' loss to Colorado on Thursday.Dewayne Dedmon watched film with his USC teammates at practice Friday, resigned to the fact that he won't be able to help them on the court the rest of the season.
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16 days ago
USC's struggles continue in 74-50 loss to Colorado
Sophomore 7-footer Dewayne Dedmon suffers a knee sprain early in the first half. Maurice Jones finishes with 13 points as the Trojans fall to 0-8 in conference play.If USC was wondering what else could possibly go wrong this season, the struggling Trojans got an answer Thursday night.
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17 days ago
USC's Garrett Jackson adjusts to life on a struggling team
Jackson is now a starter on a Trojans team that has lost eight games in a row. But as USC plays host this week to Colorado and Utah, it faces two teams with losing road records.Garrett Jackson has never been through something like it.
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18 days ago
USC falls quietly to Oregon State, 78-59
The Trojans had not surrendered more than 66 points in a game this season until running into the Beavers.CORVALLIS, Ore. -- Jared Cunningham had 18 points and five assists to lead Oregon State to a 78-59 victory over USC on Saturday night.
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22 days ago
College all-stars will play at Home Depot Center
Two from USC and three from UCLA are playing Saturday, but no NFL scouts will be in attendance.Two players from USC and three from UCLA are among those who will try to catch the eye of pro football scouts Saturday when they participate in the inaugural AstroTurf NFLPA Collegiate All-Star game.
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23 days ago
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