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All-time greats John Wooden, Wayne Gretzky, Cal Ripken Jr., Arnold Palmer, Hank Aaron and Jerry West have won the Roy Firestone Award.Now you can add Pete Carroll to the esteemed list.During a star-studded gala at the Galen Center on Wednesday night, Carroll was honored by the Westcoast Sports Associates with the Firestone Award, recognizing his inspirational and effective work...
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A lot of players are missing for tonight's basketball opener. Hopefully the Galen Center's soft-serve ice cream machines are working....
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Kevin O'Neill credited Pete Carroll for some of the success of his first recruiting class. ``Our biggest recruiting tool other than the Galen Center and the university was the football games,'' O'Neill said. ``Pete really helped us and let guys go into the meetings. He did a great job.''...
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This is nothing new, but we came across these renderings on architectural firm RTKL's site.
RTKL made its name in sports by helping HOK Sport (now Populous) fit Camden Yards into inner-city Baltimore in the early 1990s, but since 1999 they've been cooking up the master plans behind LA LIVE, which reaches its completion in early 2010 with the opening of a 54-story building that houses a JW Marriott Hotel, a Ritz-Carlton Hotel, The Ritz-Carlton Residences and a 14-screen Regal Cinemas.
Back to the LA Coliseum... besides the NFL logos we can't help but see how this would be a drastic improvement to our Trojan sanctuary.
First there is respect for the original structure. The oversize jumbotrons plopped atop the Peristyle have been removed and replaced with jumbotrons exhibiting a more modern screen. The Miller Lite game clock removed to bare the Olympic rings. AT&T, Muscle Milk, and other garbage banners hanging from the colonnade are non-existent.
The roof canopy can provide shade to those in the bleeders and channel the awesomeness that is the noise of 93,607 down onto the field. Works for those fuckers up in Oregon.
The luxury boxes, eh... it's not really college football. But Ohio State's Horseshoe is a magnificent stadium. And it has suites and does a great job of balancing the modern with the classical, specifically the outer facade with the modern interior. Additionally, luxury boxes could open the way to bring booze back to the Coliseum. There's already booze at events that rent out the space below the Peristyle and just like the Founders Room at Galen Center, money would buy access to influence. And everyone lucky enough to know someone could go there at halftime and get back under the influence.
One more image of the improved Coliseum after the jump.
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A look at something a bit different in the midst of all the preseason and training camp hoopla from Football Regardless of how anyone feels about Tim Floyd, his 4 year tenure at USC was one of the most sucessful in the history of SC hoops. The three conecutive NCAA tournament sppearances had never been accomplished, and Floyd achieved...
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By ARTIE CASAS, OCREGISTER.COM,
USC
When the hall of fame comes knocking you answer the door. The Trojans will induct 22 luminaries into the ninth class of USC’s Athletic Hall of Fame on May 9, 2009, at the Galen Center. The 2009 inductees are: John Abdun-Nur Rink Babka Pete Beathard Julie Bescos Rex Cawley Al Centofante Al Cowlings Bob Falkenburg Sherman Finger TimHovland Lennox...
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The radio affiliate that reported Tim Floyd was taking the Arizona job also reported Rick Pitino and Jeff Capel would get the same job.
And from John Skinner's "The Skinny on SC Sports" this morning.
Tim Floyd arrived back in Santa Monica last night via private plane from Tucson. An acquaintance of mine bumped into him last night and he said "don't believe everything you hear".
If Tim Floyd does not take the Arizona job, taking the interview can only help him. First, he probably gets a pay raise from USC despite the program's dismal Galen Center attendance this year. Secondly, he now has a great opportunity to explain to potential recruits why why he turned down the Arizona job and that USC is the place to be.
I am not saying that Floyd will stay at USC. According to sources within the athletic department he has been somewhat frustrated by Mike Garrett, the constant questions about his recruiting tactics and he is not a big city guy. The next 24 hours will be very interesting.
Even if Mike Garrett has So Cal native and current Pittsburgh coach Jaime Dixon as a sure replacement, we still want to see Tim Floyd remain as USC head coach and really make it his "last job."
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Juniors Taj Gibson and Daniel Hackett were named co-MVPs of the 2008-09 USC men's basketball team at the Trojans' annual awards banquet held tonight (March 31) in the Founders Club at the Galen Center....
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(Jonathan Moore/jjmoorephoto.com)
The Trojans (18-12, 9-9) finished their regular season by defeating Oregon State (13-16, 7-11) 68-52 at the Galen Center on Saturday.
Daniel Hackett had 17 points and Demar DeRozan scored 16. Taj Gibson had five blocked shots and finished the regular season with 86 breaking his own USC record for most blocks in season. He set the record last year with 84.
With the win USC earned the sixth seed for the Pacific Life Pac-10 tournament. They play CAL (22-9, 11-7) in the quarterfinals Thursday at 6 p.m. at the Staples center.
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(Mike Richardson / RichPix.com)
It wasn’t pretty but USC (16-9, 7-6 Pac-10) took care of business last night beating Washington State 61-51. USC is 14-1 at the Galen Center this season.
TrojanWire game balls go to Taj Gibson and Dwight Lewis. Double teamed all night by the ugliest team in the Pac-10, Gibson scored 16 points and pulled down eight rebounds. Lewis came up big in crunch time and finished with a game-high 17 points.
The Trojans take on a tough Washington team at 4 p.m. at the Galen Center on Saturday.
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Tonight the 15-7 Trojans (6-4 in the Pac-10) travel to Tucson to play the 16-8 Wildcats (6-5 in the Pac-10) to start the second half of conference play. The Trojans are currently 5th in conference standings and face a tough road ahead. With a win tonight and a win on Sunday vs. Arizona State the Trojans have great opportunity to move up the standings.
USC beat the Wildcats in their last meeting at the Galen Center 65-64. Daniel Hackett sealed the win with a last second free throw. USC won the last two contests against Arizona in the desert but face a hot Wildcats team on a five game winning streak. During that stretch Chase Budinger is averaging 20.2 points per game.
Taj Gibson is expected to play after injuring his pinkie against UCLA. Senior Marcus Johnson is doubtful with an injured right shoulder. Johnson did not practice Monday or Tuesday.
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Linebacker Manti Te'o and defensive end James Boyd, who started their official campus visits earlier than usual, are scheduled to have lunch at the Galen Center today. So if you are on campus, you can have the rare privilege of seeing Te'o during his recruiting visit and ask him where he really will go to school....
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