College Football

Manti Te'o's Girlfriend Was A Hoax Straight Out Of SoCal

Of course the most bizarre story in sports in the new year has to run through Southern California ... more than once. The website Deadspin blew the lid off Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o's fake girlfriend Lennay Kekua, a dying college student-cum-grad who inspired his play in the school's near-ch ... More >>

USC Football Billboard in UCLA Territory Torn Down by Regency Outdoor Advertising

Looks like Regency Outdoor Advertising, one of the biggest billboard companies in this land of 10,000 billboards, is choosing sides in the epic beef between USC and UCLA. At first, it appeared that Regency (which is reportedly co-owned by Brian Kennedy, a prominent USC donor) had sided with the Tro ... More >>

NFL Failures, EDM Greed and Massive Corruption: The Inside Story of the L.A. Coliseum Scandal

Brian Banks, Ex-L.A. High School Football Star, Has NFL Tryout With Seahawks After Rape Exoneration

Pete Carroll, the same football coach who recruited Los Angeles High School football star Brian Banks to the USC team one decade ago, is reportedly giving the 26-year-old a second chance after 10 years fighting a false rape conviction. Carroll coaches the Seattle Seahawks now, and has granted the N ... More >>

The Jocks of L.A.

Los Angeles loves its sports as much as any city does; there's no shortage of folks who will begin seething at a misspoken word about a favorite team or player. Say hi to the jocks of Los Angeles, who inspire that fervent brand of rage and rapture that can only come from a glance at the scoreboard.

Top 6 Ludicrous Tricks for Getting into College

By Andra Lim How far will Southern California students go, and how creative will they get, to attract the attention of a university admissions office in a viciously competitive market made worse by the fear of unemployment that grips anyone aged 16 to 26? The old joke is the student who sent a sh ... More >>

Junior Seau Dead of Self-Inflicted Gunshot Wound in Oceanside

Updated at the bottom with the San Diego County coroner confirming suicide as the cause of death. First posted at 12:27 p.m. Wednesday. Junior Seau, the hometown hero and onetime USC player who became a star linebacker for the San Diego Chargers, died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound thi ... More >>

Oscars Shmoskers: You'll Pick the Winners Thanks to Twitter Analysis

If you're a Monday morning quarterback who talks back to the television during the Oscars telecast (What were they thinking!?), then researchers at USC might just have a relief valve for you. USC's California Annenberg Innovation Lab is pairing up with IBM and the Los Angeles Times for a groundbrea ... More >>

Joe Paterno Fired: The Danger of Making Gods Out of Men

Occupy UCLA Sparks Small Campus Movement, But Bigger Backlash Could be Against Bruin Football (Really)

VideogameVisionary.comOccupying undies at UCLA.​Trojans could muster about 2 protesters to join what seemed to be a wholly tongue-in-cheek movement to Occupy USC recently. Perhaps the private schoolers identify more with the "1 percent" of America's elite billionaires. UCLA, on the other han ... More >>

USC, UCLA Muggles -- Broomsticks in Crotch -- Prepare for 'Largest Quidditch Event Ever to Occur West of the Mississippi' This Weekend

Trojans vs. Bruins, for the snitch! (Really though.)​Updated after the jump: USC's quidditch captain tells us his team has fewer players than UCLA (shocker), so their chances are slim. He also shares with us the plight of the HUMAN SNITCH. This just keeps getting better. Holy nerdball. We've ... More >>

Reggie Doucet Jr, 25-Year-Old Hollywood Model And College Football Star, Shot To Death By LAPD In Front Of Playa Vista Home

Update: A revised LAPD report says Doucet tried to take the black officer's gun during the fight -- for that, he was immediately killed. Updated after the jump: LAPD officers are out of the hospital -- they were both punched in the head by Doucet. The officer who shot him was a black male who had o ... More >>

USC Coach Kiffin Target Of 'Shoot Coach Lane's Bobble-Head Day' Event In Tennessee

Lane Kiffin in action.​Way too soon after the Tucson massacre, some fans at the University of Tennessee are marking the one year anniversary of football coach Lane Kiffin's move to USC with "Shoot Coach Lane's Bobble-Head Day." What a country. Because when you're unhappy with a personnel move ... More >>

Cisneros Siblings Plead Not Guilty In Connection With USC-UCLA Brawl, Stabbings

KTLA NewsNot guilty pleas were entered in connection with last week's USC-UCLA brawl.​That outbreak of ugly violence before last weekend's big USC-UCLA game was a family affair, at least partly, authorities allege. While the father of the Cisneros clan was arrested and released in connection ... More >>

Two Stabbed In UCLA-USC Melee In Pasadena Rose Bowl Parking Lot Ahead Of Football Game

Fans went gangsta at the Rose Bowl.​Updates after the jump with names of three additional suspect-siblings arrested (not four) and one suspect being released. See a post with video of the brawl here. First posted at 8:31 p.m. Saturday. Each year we wonder when things are going to go too far. ... More >>

Burbank Kids Bribed Into Caring About College With Reenactment Of USC-UCLA Rivalry

halloweenbearcostume.comRawwwr! I stab you in face and eat your team for lunch!​Hey kids! Did you know that UCLA is one of the top public universities in the country, with stellar undergraduate opportunities in the social sciences and a prestigious faculty that includes three professors electe ... More >>

UCLA Students Strike Back, Vandalize USC Ahead Of Football Game

In your face, USC.​We told you this week how USC seems to have drawn first blood when it comes to pranks leading up to the annual football game with crosstown rival UCLA. Someone poured red die in three fountains on the Westwood campus. It looks like UCLA students struck back overnight. UCLA' ... More >>

USC Has Best Month Ever: Obama Plans A Visit, Journalism Gets $50 Million, New Prez Steps Up (And His Name Is Chrysostomos)

Sports IllustratedMaybe even better than Obama​The sun may not be shining, but the University of [Southern] California has more than one reason to beat its WASPy chest with pride this October. 1. Amid a slew of West Coast visits from top-billed politicians, USC snagged the No. 1 man on campus ... More >>

Chris Brymer: Head Case

Ex-football players with head injuries often end up in the criminal-justice system. The former USC lineman is Exhibit A

Was Reggie Bush's Return Of Heisman Trophy A Cop-Out?

​While some have called Reggie Bush's return of his 2005 Heisman Trophy the honorable thing to do after USC was handed a two-year bowl-game ban in June for it's special, rule-breaking treatment of the star running back, at least one sports pundit thinks the move was phony. Fox Sports columnis ... More >>

USC Beats UCLA In ... Smarts?

​USC beat crosstown rival UCLA this week, and it wasn't, as usual, on the football field. No, surprisingly, the win is in the academic arena, as USC outranked UCLA in U.S. News & World Report's annual national college rankings. The Trojans ended up one step above the Bruins at 23 to 25 (there ... More >>

Catherine Opie: Figure and Landscape

USC To Challenge NCAA Sanctions On Football Program

Reggie Bush.​A USC senior vice president on Thursday said the school would challenge the severity of the NCAA's sanctions against its football program, admitting the school did violate the rules but arguing that the punishment, including a two-year ban on bowl game appearances, was too severe. ... More >>

Pete Carroll Decries NCAA Sanctions Against His Former USC Football Team

​Former USC Coach Pete Carroll on Thursday decried the recently announced NCAA sanctions against his former football program, saying via YouTube that he's "shocked and disappointed" by the body's findings in regards to the team he ran, findings that included possible special treatment -- inclu ... More >>

Food Truck Update: Sky's Gourmet Tacos Take to the Streets

A. ScattergoodSky's Gourmet Tacos, both truck and restaurant​ Sky's Gourmet Tacos has been on Pico Boulevard for eighteen years, serving tacos and burritos, tortas and vegetarian specials, in a bright green and cheery space, with tables outside and a patio in back. About a year ago, owner Bar ... More >>

Pete Carroll Leaves USC For Seahawks

petecarroll.comPete Carroll.​If it wasn't official, it sure sounded like it Sunday as several news outlets reported that USC football Coach Pete Carroll was leaving town to take over the top coaching job for the NFL's Seattle Seahawks. It wasn't the reported $32.5 million that likely sent Car ... More >>

USC Basketball Team Declares 'My Bad,' Slaps Own Wrist

nba.comO.J. Mayo now plays for the NBA's Memphis Grizzlies.​In one of the more bizarre attempts at putting a lid on bad news, USC announced over a sleepy holiday weekend that a booster gave under-the-table gifts to a basketball player and, as a result, the school would be issuing sanctions aga ... More >>

Trojans Pick Freshman as Quarterback

Orange County high school graduate Matt Barkley has been picked by USC Trojans footballcoach Pete Carroll to be the team's next quarterback. Barkley, who will follow in the immediate footsteps of Mark Sanchez, is believed to be the first freshman QB in Trojan history, reports Associated Press. While ... More >>

Muldoon's Pub: Where To Watch Football with a Side of Apple Pie

There are those who frequent bars during college football season to watch the games, and those who show up for the beer. Every so often, you find that rare place where the food is actually a compelling halftime draw. Muldoon's Pub in Newport Beach is one such place, where for 35 years, football love ... More >>

Soccer TO ME!

Unsung Heroes of Rams Football Integration

Greg Nelson seeks historic status for Washington, Strode and Harding

School's Out: Mark Sanchez to Turn Pro

As was widely expected, USC Trojan quarterback Mark Sanchez is skipping his senior year to join the National Football League, according to unidentified sources who have spoken to several news outlets, including the L.A. Daily News and L.A. Times. According to these stories, the Rose Bowl Offense MVP ... More >>

2008 Wind-down: Free and Sundry Activities

As 2008 hobbles to the finish line and telephone calls to offices across the city go unanswered, here are a few quick freebie activities to engage in.Rose Parade Route Stakeouts Beginning at noon you can start marking your territory along the Tournament of Roses Parade route. Before that time cops w ... More >>

Mark Sanchez: Latino Role Model or Not?

Yesterday's L.A. Times was all over USC's star quarterback, Mark Sanchez, hailing him as "a role model for many of L.A.'s Latinos." Sanchez, with cinematic good looks and impeccable gridiron instincts, figures to be the center of attention in his team's national face-off with Penn State at the Rose ... More >>

Et Tu, Bruins?

I'm a UCLA grad but I've got to hand it to USC (my wife's alma mater) -- they throw a wide party net when it comes to their alumni-sponsored Rival Week Activities before and during this Saturday afternoon's Big Game. In Manhattan, for example, the USC Alumni Club of New York takes over a Murray Hi ... More >>

Tunnel Vision

The Rose Bowl’s long, narrow exits aren’t ready to handle a crowd crisis in a post-9/11 world

Film Reviews

Including this week's pick, Rocky Balboa

9 Reasons UCLA Will Beat USC in 2006

Fresh Meat

9 Reasons UCLA Will Beat USC in 2006

First Call

If you’re a Trojan in trouble, see Nooch

Sacked and Sued

First he was fired, now ex-USC coach Robinson faces suit by former aide