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Tevin Carter taking his time
Original at Rivals.com
• Thu, Nov 5
On most days, Los Angeles (Calif.) four-star receiver Tevin Carter can run faster to the University of Southern California than drive. While that statement says a lot about L.A. traffic, it also illustrates how close the Santee Educational Complex is to USC. Furthermore, it coveys how covet...
SunEdison Appoints Kerinia Cusick Director Government Affairs, Mid-Atlantic
Original at PR Inside (Pressemitteilung)
• Fri, Oct 9
SunEdison, North America's largest solar energy services provider, named Kerinia Cusick Director Government Affairs, Mid-Atlantic. Ms. Cusick will lead the effort to create solar-friendly policies in the states of Maryland, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Ohio, North Carolina, and the D...
Basketball: Collinsworth to visit USC this weekend
Original at Salt Lake Tribune
• Wed, Sep 2
By www.sltrib.com(noreply@blogger.com) Kyle Collinsworth, the best high school player in the 2010 class, will visit the University of Southern California this weekend, according to his father, Jeff. USC then will come back for a home visit on September 14th. Collinsworth, a four star recruit from Provo High, who is amongst the t...
An assignment for journalists and students: Talk with an entrepreneur
Original at OJR
• Fri, Aug 14
By Robert Niles: Last spring, OJR helped present a boot camp for entrepreneurial journalists at the University of Southern California. We selected and brought about a dozen journalists to USC's Marshall School of Business, where they spent five days learning some of the skills - and the...
Top 2011 DE visits USC
Original at Rivals.com
• Thu, Aug 13
By Zack Lehatto The excitement surrounding fall camp bring many fans to the University of Southern California, but it also draws many of the top prospects in the country. A chance to see the Trojans in their natural environment is the draw, for Greg Townsend Jr. and his father, they got to see exactly that on...
Football season is nearing...how LGBT-friendly is your team?
Original at lgbtu (WordPress)
• Wed, Jul 29
By msewall With college football season close to beginning, you’ll likely see teams such as the University of Southern California and Ohio State University ranked in the top 10. But did you know they also might rank in the top 10 of LGBT-friendly football atmospheres?
Straight from the Gator's Mouth: USC is the Team of the Decade
Original at TrojanWire
• Mon, Jul 27
It's not often a fan from the SEC shows the University of Southern California some respect. It is even less often that the Florida media gives credence to the Trojan football machine. That is why it so poignant that Gatorbait.net, Rivals' source for Florida football has posted an article chr...
Park Wins 200 Free Gold
Original at Korea Times
• Sat, May 23
South Korea Park hit the turn at the 50-meter mark at 25.93 seconds, and then took control of the race for good against his training companion at the University of Southern California (USC) where both have trained under coach Dave Salo. Park won a silver medal in ...
Park Eyes Repeat at Worlds
Original at Korea Times
• Thu, May 14
South Korea As I won a gold medal in the 400 meters in the 2007 championships, I am targeting another gold in the race,'' Park told reporters at the University of Southern California (USC) on Thursday (Seoul Time). The 19-year-old, who also won a gold medal in ...
Carroll's new USC assistants are the best recruits
Original at Trojans Football
• Fri, Feb 13
By Casey S(noreply@blogger.com) USC compiled another top-five recruiting class this week, but that will not affect the Trojans nearly as much next season as the revamped coaching staff put together by head coach Pete Carroll. The USC-Washington game in September will be interesting even if the Trojans rout the Huskies...
Carver linebacker Jarvis Jones signs with USC Trojans
Original at Trojans Football
• Thu, Feb 5
By Casey S(noreply@blogger.com) Ultimately, his course of action was to choose the school that felt the most right. The Carver linebacker felt that school was the University of Southern California. USC coach Pete Carroll has turned the Trojans program into a perennial power again.
Opinion: 64-60 in 1971
Original at Bruins Nation
• Tue, Jan 13
By ucla7477 The first UCLA-USC basketball showdown I ever attended was my freshman year, 1971. Younger folks will find this absolutely bizarre, but USC was undefeated and, imagine this, ranked #1 in the nation. Defending NCAA champ Bruins had lost to Notre Dame (incredible Austin Carr performanc...
Taylor Mays to return for senior year
Original at Trojans Football
• Tue, Jan 13
By Casey S(noreply@blogger.com) Mays has started the past 3 seasons (2006-08) at free safety for the Trojans, recording 180 tackles and 4 interceptions in his career. He was a consensus All-American first teamer as a junior in 2008 and among 3 finalists for the Thorpe Award as he made 53 tackles and a team-best 9 deflection...
America Deserves a USC vs. SEC Title Game
Original at Trojans Football
• Sun, Jan 11
By Casey S(noreply@blogger.com) Home of the last three National Championships, four of the last six, and an Auburn team that was robbed in 2004, the Southeastern Conference is widely regarded as the best conference in all the land. While SEC dominance is virtually unquestioned in this day and age, there is still one thing...
Oh, if only Florida were to play USC ...
Original at Trojans Football
• Sat, Jan 10
By Casey S(noreply@blogger.com) Pete Carroll’s West Coast Empire against Urban Meyer’s emerging dynasty in Southeast. From Carson Palmer to Matt Leinart to John David Booty to Mark Sanchez. Next to enter the machine: California high schooler Matt Barkley. The nation’s top quarterback prospect is expected on campus by f...
Opinion: BCS Again Shows Fatal Flaw: USC Is Really the National Champion
Original at Trojans Football
• Fri, Jan 9
By Casey S(noreply@blogger.com) Let's take a look at the team that should have been in the title game the University of Southern California. In terms of defense USC only allowed 7.8 points per game, which was first in the nation, allowed a total of 206.1 yards per game which again was first.
Carl Smith named USC QB coach
Original at Trojans Football
• Tue, Jan 6
By Casey S(noreply@blogger.com) Smith, 60, has been hired as the quarterbacks coach and the assistant head coach of the offense. He will have playcalling responsibilities. He was USC’s quarterbacks coach in 2004 when Matt Leinart won the Heisman Trophy and the Trojans won the national championship.
Sanchez throws for 413 yards, 4 TDs in latest Rose Bowl rout
Original at Trojans Football
• Thu, Jan 1
By Casey S(noreply@blogger.com) PASADENA, Calif. -- Overwhelming from the start, Southern California put on a championship performance. Too bad for the Trojans, they weren't playing for the national title. And not soon, either. There's no playoff in sight for major college football.
Podcast: Rose Bowl history fourth coming for USC linebacker Cushing
Original at SGVTribune.com
• Wed, Dec 31
USC linebacker Brian Cushing was about to get on a bus back to the Trojans' hotel in Century City after practice when he was informed he was about to make history.
Former Trojan coming to MU
Original at Columbia Daily Tribune
• Tue, Dec 9
By Dave Matter Missouri could find some immediate help for its defensive struggles. Former USC Trojan linebacker and blue-chip recruit Joshua Tatum plans to transfer from City College of San Francisco to Missouri, the Rivals.com Web site Powermizzou reported Monday night. Tatum was...
BCS Selection Show: USC vs. PSU Reaction
Original at Trojans Football
• Mon, Dec 8
By Casey S(noreply@blogger.com) The USC Trojans gathered at Galen Dining Hall Sunday evening to view the BCS selection show, void of it's usual suspense and excitement. Having coached plenty of great linebackers in his career, Joe Paterno had this to say of the current trio of backers across the country at USC.
Podcast: Smith could be Sarkisian's replacement as USC offensive coordinator
Original at SGVTribune.com
• Sat, Dec 6
Former USC quarterbacks coach Carl Smith is the top candidate to replace the soon-to-be-departing Steve Sarkisian, according to sources. Smith, 60, spent the past week in Los Angeles and attended several practices along with the USC-Notre Dame game.
Podcast: USC not looking back at 2006 UCLA victory for motivation
Original at SGVTribune.com
• Sat, Dec 6
The unthinkable in this crosstown rivalry occurred just two years ago, so the blueprint exists. That could be why USC coach Pete Carroll tried to dismiss his only loss to UCLA this week.
Podcast: UCLA-USC rivalry sure to hit sore spot - Rift between Bruins offensive coordinator Chow, Trojans coaches Carroll and Sarkisian add to dramatic flair this weekend
Original at SGVTribune.com
• Thu, Dec 4
The master of his domain will survey the field from his press box lair. It will be a familiar sight to USC football fans. And more than one will be greeted by a wistful, wishful feeling. Oh, what might have been if Norm Chow was not the enemy.
Opinion: Vote for Utah (Seriously.)
Original at Motown Sports Revival
• Mon, Dec 1
By Jake(noreply@blogger.com) The vast majority of college football fans want a playoff. An increasing lot of college football coaches want a playoff. The President of the United States wants a playoff. The only reason we don’t have a playoff is because the OICs (Officers in Charge) don’t know how to count. They foolishly b...
Podcast: PAINTER: 1988 USC-UCLA matchup was a measly game
Original at SGVTribune.com
• Mon, Dec 1
The Measles Game. Those three words have vastly different meanings if you're a UCLA or USC fan. No matter what part of town you're from, people know just what you're talking about. They might not remember the year - 1988 - or all the details.
Home Cookin': Prep rivals meet in USC-Notre Dame game
Original at Sacramento Bee
• Tue, Nov 25
The skinny: One of the ace runners for national power Oregon, Kosinski placed eighth Monday in the NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships in Terre Haute, Indiana, covering the 6-kilometer course in 20 minutes, 4 seconds in windy, cold conditions in earning All-American honors. Sh...
Bruins Avenge Last Season's Loss With Win Over Trojans
Original at Bruins Nation
• Sun, Nov 23
By ryebreadraz The UCLA women's soccer team saw their season come to a bitter end last season when they lost to USC in the College Cup. Despite having dominated the Trojans for years, USC broke through when it mattered en route to the national championship. This season the top seeded Bruins went undefeated...
On bowls, the game and more
Original at Salt Lake Tribune
• Sat, Nov 22
By www.sltrib.com(noreply@blogger.com) On who Johnson would like to play in the BCS: "It doesn't matter, it would be cool to play the Gators though." Paul Kruger on his interception and tripping afterward: "I thought I was more athletic than that. I got tripped up and over my feet. I did a twist, came off the edge, saw his eyes and wanted...
Hold the presses! USC's BCS scenarios ain't half bad.
Original at TrojanWire
• Tue, Nov 18
A few hours ago I posted about the possible scenarios that would take USC to the BCS National Championship game and calculated that the Trojans could only make it in 0.24% of the possible outcomes. The scenarios were correct. The math? Not so much. Turns out that in a land of hypotheticals and co...
One Man's Opinion: Stanford review
Original at Trojans Football
• Sat, Nov 15
By Casey S(noreply@blogger.com) USC overcame one of the poorest first quarters of football that I have seen a USC Football Team play in some time to defeat an over matched Stanford team going away, 45 to 23. Maybe not everyone will admit it, but for the majority of the first half of this game, there seemed to be reason to wonder...
Podcast: USC coach Carroll: Don't count us out
Original at SGVTribune.com
• Mon, Nov 10
For a guy who says he never cares about the BCS rankings, USC coach Pete Carroll was quick to point out Sunday the sixth-ranked Trojans are not out of the national title picture. "A lot of stuff happens down the stretch," Carroll said.
Podcast: USC out of style in win over Cal
Original at SGVTribune.com
• Sat, Nov 8
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USC probably turned in its best defensive performance in a season of masterpieces Saturday night, but it got outplayed by its coach afterward. With so much focus on the BCS rankings and whether the No.
Fired Up Beavers: Oregon State Notes
Original at Bruins Nation
• Wed, Nov 5
By Nestor Sammie and the Rodgers brothers will exorcise Mike Riley's UCLA curse and make life easy for QB Sean Canfield: Riley is 0-5 vs. UCLA as Oregon State's coach and was also 0-4 while offensive coordinator at USC (1993-96). He's beaten every other Pac-10 team at least twice, including USC. But Ha...
Style sells, but USC might make case with D
Original at Trojans Football
• Tue, Nov 4
By Casey S(noreply@blogger.com) Carson Palmer cemented his Heisman Trophy with a season-ending 31-point demolition of the Irish in the Coliseum in 2002. Tyrone Willingham sealed his fate with a season-ending 31-point loss to the Trojans in the Coliseum two years later. Come Nov. 29, the stakes for both USC and Notre Dame m...
Calif. Voters to Review Gay Marriage RulingOriginal at Bright Hall
• Mon, Nov 3
By Joshua Sharp While conservative groups market the proposition as a judicial matter and classroom issue, supporters of gay marriage are also using different tact. They have been careful to warn against "flamboyant" weddings, and ads against Prop 8 simply ask voters to "not eliminate marriage for an...
Opinion: USC football: Steve Sarkisian’s self-critique
Original at TrojanWire
• Wed, Oct 29
Sarkisian is in his second season as USC’s primary play-caller. His offense ranks 14th in the nation in yards per game (456.6) and 13th in points (38.0) but sandwiched a pair of subpar performances around a 69-point outburst at Washington State. The Trojans scored a season-low 17 points last...
Opinion: The Game That Will Be: USC Open Thread
Original at Buckeye Commentary
• Sat, Sep 13
By Massey Can the Buckeyes dull some of USC’s swagger? The Trojans feed on emotion and if they smell blood they kill better than any program in the country. Ohio State needs to deliver that proverbial punch in the mouth early on, whether is a sack and fumble or a big hit across the middle. The Buckeyes nee...
The fate of the Big Ten will be decided on Saturday
Original at Fanblogs
• Thu, Sep 11
The fate of Big 10 football for the 2008 season (and beyond) rests squarely on the shoulders of the Ohio State Buckeyes. If they lose, the BCS will be out of reach for years to come for Ohio State. And Big 10 football... well, welcome back to the dark ages.
Opinion: Keep Your Friends Close, And Your Enemies Closer: Ohio University
Original at Buckeye Commentary
• Tue, Aug 19
By Massey Weakness: Secondary. We’re not very fast, and we often have trouble tackling. But, who knows. With Ohio football, we might have a great defense and a horrible offense. We have a good marching band. It’s called the Marching 110. I bet he didn’t say that. You TBDBITL people probably wouldn’t believ...
Opinion: USC Is ScaryOriginal at Buckeye Commentary
• Fri, Aug 8
By Massey Reason for Optimism: This is a new team that has to play its biggest game of the year after playing 1 lowly team (Virginia) compared to OSU’s 2 lowly games (YSU, Ohio). That means Ohio State gets to play in the weeks up to a big game. USC has been beatable; witness Oregon State, UCLA, Stanford, an...
Opinion: Using New Media Tools To Boost Winners: Need To See Urgency From Morgan CtrOriginal at Bruins Nation
• Tue, Aug 5
By Nestor When the University of Southern California (USC) won the 2008 Rose Bowl, the contest was significant for more than one reason: Not only was the university’s football team making its third straight appearance in the annual match-up, but USC’s Athletics Department used its new Apple-ba...
Opinion: Bicycle Policy
Original at web-app.usc.edu
• Mon, Jul 7
All applicable sections of the California Motor Vehicle Code pertaining to bicycle use are to be observed on the properties of the University of Southern California. Any person operating a bicycle on USC property implicitly accepts responsibility for adherence to all state and local l...
Opinion: Legendary Publisher
Original at www-cntv.usc.edu
• Thu, Nov 15
By John Zollinger Hugh Hefner, the multi-media entrepreneur and longtime supporter of the University of Southern California, has donated $2 million to the USC School of Cinematic Arts to fund the central exhibition space in the heart of the school’s new 137,000-squarefoot headquarters complex, as we...
Podcast: The Dust SettlesOriginal at TrojanWire
• Tue, Oct 2
USC vs. Washington John Walters from NBC Sports predicted a 33-31 upset. He was probably alone, but he certainly wasn't far off.USCFootball.com Publisher Ryan Abraham crafted my favorite slug: Sloppy in Seattle. Unfortunately I can't link to Jonathan Kay's article because it's part of the...
Podcast: Community-Based Solutions for Chronic Disease
Original at MedGenMed Weekly Editorials from Medscape.com
• Fri, Aug 3
Anne Peters, MD, Professor of Medicine, USC Keck School of Medicine, explains how to build communities to combat diabetes.
Podcast: USC the best ever?
Original at AZ Central.com
• Fri, Jul 27
Pardon UCLA defensive end Bruce Davis for not taking part in the Southern California lovefest at Thursdays Pac10 Football Media Day.
Podcast: Brilliant final projects from Cory's class
Original at Boing Boing
• Tue, May 22
By Cory Doctorow Cory Doctorow: This year, I had the immense privilege and pleasure of teaching an undergraduate course at the University of Southern California called PWNED: Everyone on Campus is a Copyright Criminal. The class was open to anyone on or off campus, and we podcasted the lectures. The stude...
Podcast: Lil Romeo to jump from hip-hop to USC basketball court
Original at AZ Central.com
• Mon, Apr 23
LOS ANGELES Lil Romeo says hes bound for the University of Southern California, where, if all goes according to plan, the teenage hiphop star would become Romeo Miller, basketball player.
Introducing the Action News Pac-10 Power Rankings
Original at TrojanWire
• Wed, Aug 30
2.) Cal - Wes Mantooth Just when you think the Beavers are going to get something going, somebody comes along and cuts one of their arms off. Story of Oregon State's entire football history. 8.) Washington - Ed Harken 9.) Stanford - Public TV News Anchor 10.) Washington State - Garth Holliday