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‘09/10 USC Basketball Player Preview Series: Kasey Cunningham
21 days ago by
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A three star prospect arriving at USC from Cibola High School in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Kasey Cunningham was expected by many to make an immediate impact for Tim Floyd’s rising USC basketball program until injuries derailed his once promising future. Since the later months...
Rumor Mill: Vujacic on the Russian Trail
21 days ago by
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While Lakers shooting guard Sasha Vujacic may be coming off his worst season as a professional, that has not put a damper on his dating life. According to Tennis Rumor, Vujacic is on top of his other game, as he is rumored to be dating Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova:
Well the...
Urban Meyer’s “suspension” Of Gator Linbacker Spikes Sends Wrong Message
22 days ago by
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Let me set the scene for you.
All American linebacker, in a rivalry game, deliberately attempts to gouge the eyes of the opposing teams running back.
Fortunately, for all concerned, Brandon Spikes, the Florida Gator’s all American linebacker, was unsuccessful in his attempt to...
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/282828/ucla-stages-big-comeback-but-loses-fifth-straight-26-19
23 days ago by
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USC-Oregon: Trojans Rebuilding Not Reloading
24 days ago by
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There! It’s official. By the count of 47-20, the votes are in. USC is rebuilding this year not reloading like all of the media hype had suggested.
Surprised! I’m not. Back in late August I predicted that USC would lose two or three games this year. I thought Oregon would be one...
What USC Trojan Fans Must Ponder After The Scream In Eugene
24 days ago by
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A day after USC’s defense embarrassed itself against the Oregon Ducks and now the Trojan faithful must ask itself some hard questions.
What the hell happened out there?
Was the Trojan defense truly that bad or was the Oregon Duck offense that good?
Or was it a combination of...
USC Trojan Report Card: Oregon 47 USC 20
24 days ago by
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The one thing Trojan fans can take consolation in is that the best team won.
Nothing cheap, no luck involved, simply the best team won.
I am sure that many Trojan diehards will take offense at this notion, and will complain that I am giving too much credit to the Ducks but the facts...
USC-Oregon: In Defense of Pete Carroll’s Defense
25 days ago by
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The USC defense has been getting clobbered lately. No, not by Jimmy Clausen and Notre Dame, or Sean Canfield and Oregon State.
But by the Los Angeles media as well as the ever-wise college football commentators on ESPN. The E stands for The Eternal as in the See-All and Know-All Sports...
NFL Week 8 Preview
26 days ago by
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Week 8 features five fantastic games: divisional rivalry games, battles between playoff favorites, bad blood. And then there are the rest: likely blowups, bad teams playing bad teams, likely naps. Sadly, Fox and CBS are sticking L.A. viewers with probably the worst two games Saturday...
USC Picked to Finish 9th in Conference
26 days ago by
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esterday, I suggested that USC hoops fans had reason to feel optimistic about the upcoming season considering the simple fact that the release of the USA Today/ESPN coaches poll placed USC just outside their top 25 and a few spots bellow that of UCLA. But apparently Pac-10 media members...
USC Trojans-Oregon Ducks: Trojans Limp Into Autzen Stadium
26 days ago by
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he Trojans will definitely try to put their best foot forward on Saturday, but it may be somewhat gimpy. What amounts to the biggest Pac-10 game of the year comes at a time when the Trojans are bruised and banged up. First off, their leading receiver as far as yards per catch, tight...
Has The Trojan Running Back Stable Turned Into a Stall?
27 days ago by
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kay Trojan fans, before you gear up to blast me with facts about how USC’s running game is strong, resurgent and very effective, hold your horses (pun intended).
This isn’t about the running game itself per se.
With the two-headed monster of Joe McKnight (more on him later...
Lakers: One Trouble Spot Ahead
27 days ago by
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he T-shirts that the fans received read: A New Journey, Same Goal.
The ceremony celebrating last year’s journey went off without a hitch. The game against the Clippers got the new journey off on the right foot, with a 99-92 win.
But if there is one kink the Lakers’ armor, a pitfall...
Angels Get Yanked From Playoffs, Fans Suffer 5 Stages of Sports Grief
27 days ago by
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ell, it’s finally over.
After 171 grueling regular and postseason games, after all of the ups and downs, tragedies and triumphs, the Los Angels Angels of Anaheim are getting a preemptive jump on the offseason.
It’s not the Angels’ fault, per say. I cringe to even...
ESPN/USA Today College Basketball Top 25 Gives Trojan Fans Hope
27 days ago by
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arlier today, the ESPN/USA Today Top 25 coaches’ poll was released, ranking the Kansas Jayhawks, who were also atop the the Associated Press preseason poll, number one in the country. Michigan State, the 2009 NCAA tournament runner-ups, were pegged at number two, followed closely...
UCLA – Oregon State Preview: Bruins Try To Break Through In Corvallis
27 days ago by
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All right, with five games left in the season, here is the situation for the UCLA Bruins:
An overall record of three and four losses – not very good.
A record of 0-4 in the Pac-10 Conference, with only Washington State being worse – bad.
Losers of four straight games &...
Matt Barkley Lovefest 2009 Needs to Die
28 days ago by
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OS ANGELES – Being a freshman USC student, I personally like our starting quarterback Matt Barkley just as much as the guy rooming down the hall from me. In all reality, I believe that number seven has the potential to become arguably the greatest quarterback in school history...
NFL Week 7 Hangover
29 days ago by
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Big Winners
-The Arizona Cardinals (4-2) won their final regular season game at Giants Stadium, where they’d been 2-15 in history, and now sit alone atop the NFC West thanks to San Francisco’s loss.
-Odd-on favorites went 11-2 (the Giants and Panthers lost), and covered...
Two Letters to Matt Barkley
29 days ago by
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This was posted originally by an Oregon grad on The Bleacher Report. The LA Times, sensing the bulletin board potential, picked it up and posted it on their forum.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/sports_blog/2009/10/bleacher-report-a-letter-from-an-oregon-fan-to-matt-barkley.html
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Why Has UCLA Football Been So Mediocre for So Long?
29 days ago by
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his will not be an easy piece to write, being a UCLA alum and all, but…
As we approach the end of this decade, it is safe to say that this has been a frustrating 10 years for the UCLA Bruin football program and everyone in Bruin Nation.
With the exception of 2005, the Bruins have spent [...]
USC VS. Oregon: A Complete Game Will Be Required By The Trojans
29 days ago by
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This Saturday when the Trojans meet the Ducks in Eugene, national title hopes will be on the line for both teams.
The Trojans will be in a hostile environment playing a Ducks team that has improved each and every week and now finds itself ranked #10 in both the BCS and AP rankings...
UCLA-Arizona: Bruin Offense Is Offensive Again In 27-13 Defeat
October 26, 2009 by
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For the UCLA Bruins, it’s looking like 2008 all over again.
For the third time in four games, the offense failed to produce points or sustain long drives, getting only ten first downs and an anemic 65 rushing yards, as the defense generated the Bruins’ only touchdown in...
A Look at the 2009-2010 USC Basketball Schedule
October 25, 2009 by
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With the Trojans’ season opening exhibition matchup against Cal State Dominguez Hills just a week away, I felt it was more than appropriate to begin taking a closer look at the upcoming USC basketball season. So for our first installment in our preview series, we take a close...
Let the Conspiracy Theories Fly…
October 25, 2009 by
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Tonight’s Game 6 of the American League Championship series between the Angels and New York Yankees is just under thirty minutes away from getting under way, but according to the Yankees page on MLB.com, the outcome of the remaining two games of the series has already been determined...
Dennysville: Denny Hamlin Wins Tums Fast Relief 500
October 25, 2009 by
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Heading into the Tums Fast Relief 500 at Martinsville Speedway, there was one thing many NASCAR fans and Chase drivers all needed relief from: Jimmie Johnson.
After dominating last week’s NASCAR Banking 500 at “his house”, Lowe’s Motor Speedway, Johnson extended...
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