USC safety Knight returns as graduate assistant Former USC safety Sammy Knight was hired by Trojans coach Lane Kiffin as a graduate assistant coach and will work with the secondary. Knight spent 12 years in the NFL after he left USC, playing for New Orleans, Miami, Jacksonville, Kansas City and the New York Giants. He made the Pro Bowl... more »
The Wiz is back with the most classless acts of the 2009 season. What is a classless act, you ask? It's any attempt to degrade an opponent, player or the game. It's the stuff that isn't in the summary but often gets mentioned years later after somebody extracts retribution. As they say, what goes around comes around. At the... more »
Even though USC and the NCAA released precious little information about their meeting in Tempe, Ariz. — to the extent that “Less Than Zero” replaced “A Few Good Men” as the du jour movie analogy – the three-day affair still provided much to digest. (And from the sound of things, it resulted in more than a few upset stomachs.)... more »
Taking a look at what to watch for as teams head into spring practices, officially ringing the bell on preparations for the 2010 season. Arizona Spring practice starts: March 5 Spring game: April 10 What to watch: The new coordinators: The Wildcats lost two outstanding coordinators -- Sonny Dykes on offense and Mark Stoops on defense -- and decided... more »
TEMPE, Ariz. -- USC's hearing in front of the NCAA infractions committee got started at 8:30 a.m. local time. Trojans running backs coach Todd McNair joined the meeting, so the focus still may be on football. I didn't see former Trojans basketball coach Tim Floyd but he is apparently going to be present at some point. Unless he changed his mind, former football coach... more »
USC is in front of the NCAA Infractions Committee in Tempe, Ariz., today and the next two days, a reckoning four years in the making since of star running back Reggie Bush's lucrative farewell season hit the news in 2006. Fans were impatient about the NCAA's response in 2007. In four to six weeks, finally, we'll have our resolution... more »
Former USC coach Pete Carroll is at today's NCAA hearing in Tempe. So far, former basketball coach Tim Floyd has not appeared. New coach Lane Kiffin is also in attendance. So is running backs coach Todd McNair, the subject of speculation that he might have some knowledge of Reggie Bush's relationship with would-be sports marketers.... more »
In case you missed my Q&A with USC coach Lane Kiffin from Friday — because, unlike me, you have some semblance of a life — here are the links: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Meantime, I selected top quotes from each section and reprised them here — a “best of,” if you will. Enjoy. PART 1 Q: Between... more »
When Lane Kiffin bolted Tennessee for USC, it was the second biggest -- and most controversial -- story of the offseason. The biggest story, of course, was Pete Carroll leaving the Trojans for the Seattle Seahawks. Kiffin, 34, was mostly hammered by the media for spending just one year in Knoxville before leaving the Volunteers following a 7-6 season.... more »
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