It didn’t take long for Lynn Swann to sell his house. The former USC athletic director sold his Hancock Park house for $3.56 million. He wanted $3,595,000 after he paid $3.08 million in 2017. So what is Swann’s next move? Will he stay in L.A., where he has been invisible the past six months? Or will he go back to Pittsburgh, where he is still … Continue reading Lynn Swann Sells His House

Hiu Kit David Chong, an assistant director in USC’s Office of Graduate Admissions from 2008 to 2016, plead guilty to one count of wire fraud in an agreement signed last month that was unsealed Wednesday. He helped graduate students from China gain admittance by submitting doctored transcripts, fraudulent letters of recommendation and phony personal statements. Chong admitted three students and was paid $8,000-10,000 per student. … Continue reading Former USC Admissions Official Pleads Guilty

The Division I Council on Monday voted to allow schools to provide spring-sport student-athletes an additional season of competition and an extension of their period of eligibility. But there is a catch: The council said it will not require athletics aid be provided at the same level awarded for 2019-20.  That means schools will be able to offer less (or zero) aid if they want. … Continue reading NCAA Extends Eligibility For Spring Sports . . . With A Catch

WINNERS OF THE WEEK Andy Enfield He lands two four-star commitments for 2021 and a grad transfer from Utah Valley. This is what Enfield does best: Land recruits. The underachievement comes later. If they canceled the NCAA Tournament every year he would have a great reputation. Clay Helton “Did y’all see we landed a four-star tailback?” Helton might say today. USC had the nation’s No. … Continue reading USC Morning Buzz: Winners And Losers Of The Week

A USC research team is working on a vaccine for the coronavirus, the university announced. The team is trying to isolate human antibodies that successfully fight the viral infection in order to create working therapeutic treatments to improve recovery times for COVID-19 patients, according to researchers. Pin Wang, a professor of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science and Biomedical Engineering, is leading the research team. Wang … Continue reading USC Working On Coronavirus Vaccine

Are USC’s scandals finally catching up with admissions? USC announced today it had nearly 60,000 applicants for the Class of 2024 and accepted 9,535 students. USC said the acceptance rate was 16 percent. This breaks a recent trend for USC. Let’s compare below: In 2019, USC had a record-breaking 66,000 apply and accepted only 11 percent. In 2018, USC had 64,256 applicants and accepted only … Continue reading USC Admissions Gets 6,000 Fewer Applicants