When Saint Thomas applied last month for a waiver from the NCAA for a fifth season of eligibility, the USC forward figured he had a compelling case. As a sophomore ...
Pete Carroll’s syllabus is as lively and star-studded as his sideline. The legendary football coach, a guest professor at USC, has brought in a parade of celebrities to speak to ...
Through her stellar sophomore season at USC, JuJu Watkins set herself apart as a singular superstar. Now she’s got the hardware to prove it. Watkins became the first Trojan to ...
SPOKANE, Wash. — The tenacious freshman stared ahead blankly, her eyes welling with tears, the losing USC locker room silent around her. Kennedy Smith gave everything she had in the wake of ...
Geno Auriemma seemed both amused and bemused. The legendary Connecticut women’s basketball coach described himself as “shocked” after ESPN’s Scott Van Pelt jokingly referred to the Huskies as “pesky underdogs” ...
SPOKANE, Wash. — The answers had run out. The worst case had caught up to USC, at the worst time. There was no more outrunning the reality looming over this entire NCAA ...
Kennedy Smith could feel her body dragging. It was late December, and she’d just returned from a month-long injury absence. She was still getting her legs back, still trying to ...
SPOKANE, Wash. — It was never a question of belief. Even in the throes of a nightmare scenario, forced to forge ahead without USC’s biggest, brightest star, Lindsay Gottlieb had done all ...
SPOKANE, Wash. — Thirty six hours after JuJu Watkins’ right knee buckled beneath her and USC’s season changed in the blink of an eye, Lindsay Gottlieb gathered her team for its first ...
SPOKANE, Wash. — The first week after Paige Bueckers tore the anterior cruciate ligament in her knee in August 2022, the unanswered questions haunted the Connecticut star most. “The first week was ...
