Tradition is obviously in short supply at USC as I mentioned yesterday that it hasn’t inducted a Hall of Fame class since 2018. Then today, the athletic dept. barely mustered a three-paragraph obituary on Gus Williams. You can read it here. Thankfully, Williams got inducted into the USC Hall of Fame in 2009 and had his number retired in 2016. But three paragraphs? It’s a … Continue reading What Happened To Tradition?
In my annual Christmas tradition, here is my all-time favorite USC picture.Hollywood screen legend Greta Garbo was sent to USC in 1926 to pose for some publicity photos with the track team. On February 15th, 1926, C. E. Carle got a call from MGM Studios. They wanted to Garbo pose with the USC track team. Carle was the director of sports publicity at the University of Southern … Continue reading Merry Christmas!
People didn’t just go to the Coliseum in 1964 and get fireworks. First there was a parade. Then the Junior Baseball championship game between teams from Southern California and Washington. Then the daredevil “Thrill-O-Rama” auto show, which looks like a demolition derby. And somewhere in this show, Bob Hope made an appearance too. Continue reading A Fourth Of July To Remember
Here’s a photo from 1964 when the annual Coliseum fireworks show on the Fourth of July lit up the sky in Exposition Park. The fireworks show in full glory from 1957. Continue reading Happy Fourth Of July
Tommy Trojan was unveiled 94 years ago today on June 6, 1930. It was known as the Trojan Shrine back then. Here is sculptor Roger Noble Burnham creating his masterpiece. Here he is in 1956. Here is the famous author William Peter Blatty (“The Exorcist), who worked at the USC News Service, in 1958. Here’s Tommy Trojan at USC Homecoming in 1984. Actor George Arliss won the … Continue reading Big Birthday For The Trojan Shrine
USC has done it again. For the second straight year at the athletes’ graduation ceremony, it has given out the “Willis O’Hunter” Award, which is named after Willis O. Hunter. I thought last year that this was a social media error but it’s even spelled wrong on the official list of awards for athletes. I bet the plaque/trophy handed out to the athletes has his named … Continue reading Deja Vu All Over Again At USC
InsideUSC with Scott Wolf 