Wayne Hughes, the man who donated more money than anyone to USC athletics, died today. He was 87. Hughes donated between $400-450 million to USC and he was usually involved in any significant project with athletics. He donated money, often when there were no other options. He made a significant donation to the construction of the McKay Center. He gave $5-10 million to name the … Continue reading USC Mega-Donor Wayne Hughes Dies

Pete Thamel of Yahoo Sports reports that USC administrator Brandon Sosna met with the Detroit Lions this week to discuss a front-office role. First, did Sosna leak it (probably). That calls into question whether it was a serious interview or courtesy interview. But’s let say it was serious. That would give Coach Bohn a problem because he pawns everything off to Sosna (The Boy Wonder) … Continue reading Is Coach Bohn Losing The Boy Wonder?

I’ve been critical of Reggie Bush for trying to revise history but I’ve always said the NCAA was wrong with its draconian sanctions of the USC football program. Now we see the double-standard at work again today: The NCAA could not conclude Baylor violated rules when it failed to report/address allegations of sexual assault committed on campus. The school got four years of probation and … Continue reading Don’t Try To Make Sense Of NCAA

USC and UCLA put out statements within four minutes of each other today: The Trojans won 21 Olympic medals. The Bruins won 16. And this chestnut from USC: “If USC athletes had competed as a country at the 2020 Olympics, they would be seventh in the gold medal standings and tied for 12th in overall medals.” But this is fuzzy math because individual medals won … Continue reading USC v. UCLA: Olympics Edition

Allyson Felix, who graduated from USC, is leaving the Olympics as “most decorated American Olympian in track and field” with 11 medals, surpassing the 10 medals won by Carl Lewis. Some bandwagoners are also saying she is “USC’s greatest Olympian.” Here is my problem with that: Felix has won 11 Olympics medals but only one gold medal in an individual event (gold medal, 200 meters, … Continue reading Time For An Olympics Mini-Rant

Former USC sprinter Michael Norman had a disappointing 400-meter final and finished fifth. Norman started strong but wilted as the race continued. The U.S. finished the men’s sprints, flats and hurdles without a gold medal. Here is the race: Steven Gardiner in 43.8! Michael Cherry & Michael Norman 4th/5th pic.twitter.com/B8HDRvObhy — Travis Miller (@TravisMillerFlo) August 5, 2021 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js Continue reading Michael Norman Fifth In 400 Meters