The Los Angeles Times has a story on how Max Nikias is still around USC. Here’s the item that stuck out to me: “Nikias and his wife purchased a Manhattan Beach home in the fall from sports broadcaster Colin Cowherd for $4.1 million.” So from one wealthy USC superfan to another. Now you know why I call it the USC South Bay mafia. Andy Enfield … Continue reading What Do Max Nikias And Colin Cowherd Have In Common?
USC interim president Wanda Austin announced some immediate changes in the way the athletic dept. handles admissions for prospective athletes. Here are the new procedures per USC: Every student-athlete candidate’s file will be reviewed on three levels – by the head coach, the senior sports administrator overseeing the team, and the USC Office of Athletics Compliance – before being sent to the admissions staff. The … Continue reading Morning Buzz: USC Finally Changes Athletic Admissions Policy
Former USC wide receiver and radio broadcaster John Jackson has been discharged from Torrance Memorial Medical Center after suffering a stroke late last year. USC women’s basketball forward Ja’Tavia Tapley has transferred to Arizona State. Erin Grant has been hired as an assistant coach by Mark Trakh. She was also his assistant at New Mexico. Continue reading USC Night Notes
Laura Janke, the former USC women’s soccer assistant coach, will plead guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit racketeering in the college admissions scandal. Janke helped create fake profiles for students who were clients of Rick Singer. This could be bad news for people like Donna Heinel, Mossimo Giannulli and Lori Loughlin because Janke is going to cooperate with prosecutors. Prosecutors recommend a sentence … Continue reading Ex-USC Soccer Assistant Pleads Guilty
Hey, let’s start off the day with something to make you smile. Or not. The New York Times did a profile of Rick Caruso, the chairman of the USC Board of Trustees. Naturally, it spends quite a bit of time on whether he will run for mayor (he is interested). “I’ll campaign for him,” actress Gwyneth Paltrow said. “I’ll make the T-shirts.” That just about … Continue reading USC Morning Buzz: From Board Of Trustees To Mayor?
