The USC trojans have once again defeated the UCLA Bruins. This time the trojans brought home the Lexus Gauntlet. The Gauntlet is a head to head competition between USC and UCLA which takes into account every athletic contest played between the two schools. This is the third time that the trophy will be housed in Heritage Hall in the five year run of the contest. USC won the Gauntlet with a 60-50 score. The trophy was presented to athletic director Mike Garrett this Tuesday.

Posted by Brendan Meyer at 04:57 PM on May 25, 2006
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The third seeded USC Women's Tennis Team was knocked of the NCAA tournament this morning by the Miami Hurricanes. The Women of Troy lost 4-1 to the seventh seeded Canes, and finished their season with a 21-4 record. USC won the point in the doubles match on sunday, however rain washed away the rest of the singles matches. This morning the Trojans lost 4 straight singles matches to end their great season.

Posted by Brendan Meyer at 04:59 PM on May 22, 2006
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Think the national championships for college sports stop after the BCS and the Final Four? Think again. The 2006 CSTV Collegiate Nationals in Reno-Tahoe, America's Adventure Place, showcased the largest gathering of college sports championships taking place at one time.
The event featured nearly 1,000 collegiate athletes competing for National Collegiate Championships in Snowboarding, Wakeboarding, Beach Volleyball, Boxing, Whitewater Kayaking, and Triathlon. Dont miss your chance to see the best college athletes in the country compete for the national championships in their sports. Coverage begins Sunday April 30th at 6:00 (PST) and continues every night that week at 6, exclusively on CSTV. Check out http://www.cstv.com/thecollegiatenationals/ for more information.

Posted by Brendan Meyer at 01:50 PM on April 26, 2006
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Today at 5:00 sharp test your trivia knowledge of USC sports. CBS Sportsline is doing a special USC version of their trivia tower contest. Do you have what it takes to be the best? http://cbs.sportsline.com/triviatower

Posted by Brendan Meyer at 01:25 PM on April 26, 2006
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MRI results show that LenDale White has a torn hamstring which will prevent him from running the 40 yard dash for any teams prior to the NFL draft. White recieved considerable criticism for not running the 40 at USC's pro day, and it remains to be seen how this will affect his draft status.

Posted by Brendan Meyer at 09:43 PM on April 13, 2006
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While most college football athletes showed their stuff at this years NFL combine in Indianapolis, the stars at USC held off until their annual Pro Day to perform their speed, strength, and football drills. In what could best be described as a circus of fan and media attention coach Pete Carroll hosted this years pro day, to put it in his terms, "bigger and better than it has ever been done." Carroll has started to use the day not only as an aid to help Trojans work their way up the draft board, but also as a recruiting tool. This years Pro Day drew around 200 junior recruits, all of which had to be impressed by all of the NFL coaches, scouts, and media. For some players the Pro Day elevated or maintained their draft status, while the day's events didn’t help others.

Reggie Bush- Bush cemented his status as the number 1 pick in the draft by running a blistering 4.33 in the 40 yard dash and followed that up with an impressive 24 reps of 225 pounds. He looked good in his on field drills as well. Reggie told EPSN.com, “I feel like I came in here today as the No. 1 guy, and I think I'm leaving the same way.”

Matt Leinart- Matt didn't run the 40 or do the bench, but he did throw. He was accurate and threw well, but wasn't dazzling. He didn’t have tremendous zip on his throws but that shouldn’t affect his draft status as it looks as though the Titans and Jets are the most interested parties with a high enough pick to grab him. Leinart will throw in a private workout for Tennessee today, in which the Titans brought their own receivers to throw to.

Lendale White- Lendale White did not participate in running or field drills citing a sore hamstring as his reason for keeping his sweat suit on. He weighed in a little heavy and his only drill was the bench press where he turned in only 14 reps. White hasn’t been timed in the 40 and has shown scouts very little to warrant him as a first round pick since declaring for the draft.

Posted by Brendan Meyer at 03:45 PM on April 03, 2006
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The up and down season for USC hoops came to an end against California in the Men's Pac-10 tourney this past weekend. USC needed to win the tourney to gain a berth to the NCAA tournament, but was unable to get past Cal in the first round. USC could not stop Cal's forward Leon Powe who scored 22 and grabbed 20 rebounds. The undersized Trojans couldnt keep Powe or the rest of the Bears off the glass which led to their 82-67 defeat. The Trojans finished the season with a 17-13 record, but looks forward to next season as the team will play in the new Galen Center. The team will also have the majority of its point scorers back as well as another year under the system of Tim Floyd, so expect big things.
However USC hoops fans shouldn't be too dissapointed as the woman's team made their second straight NCAA tournament and will play South Florida on Sunday.

Posted by Brendan Meyer at 02:42 AM on March 15, 2006
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The Trojans said goodbye to the Sports Arena in style with a 89-84 victory over the Oregon State Beavers this Saturday night. On Senior night, and the last night that the team will play in the Sports Arena, Nick Young scored a career high 33 points to go with a career high 14 rebounds to lead the Trojans to victory. Young delighted the crowd of 5,350 by making shot after shot and pulling a number of tough rebounds down over taller players. Despite the victory coach Tim Floyd wasn't pleased with the performance. "They cut us up every way we could get cut up, and we contributed to it by inviting them back in the game by fouling late, running through passes, putting guys at the line and not concentrating," Floyd said. "We were our own worst enemy (and) that has everything to do with me - I should have done a better job with those guys." Despite Floyd's concerns about the defense he was pleased to get an unexpected contribution from center Abdoulaye N'diaye who set two career marks by scoring 13 points and 10 rebounds while shooting a perfect six-for-six from the field. The victory brings the Trojan's record to 8-8 in the Pac-10 and 17-10 overall as they head to the Bay Area to finish their season against Cal and Stanford.

Posted by Brendan Meyer at 09:34 PM on February 27, 2006
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By Ted Bergeron

In the last match-up at the USC Sports Arena against cross-town rival UCLA, the USC Men’s Basketball team put on a show Sunday. Led by sophomore leader Nick Young, the Trojans really played their hearts out in a close 71-68 victory over the 14th ranked Bruins. Coming off a season-high 3 game lose streak and the loss of second leading scorer Gabe Pruitt, the Trojans looked to their bench for support late in the game.

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Posted by Brendan Meyer at 08:46 PM on February 21, 2006
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It was only a few days ago that the Trojans were riding high after a home win against Arizona and there was actually talk of the Tournament. Not the NIT but the actual NCAA Tournament. There was an excitement back around the USC program that hadn't been felt in the last few years. However the excitement was short lived after USC played one of their worst games of the year losing at home to Pac-10 bottom feeder Arizona State. The loss took away the significance of the Arizona victory, yet Monday's news was even worse. With a trip to the Washington schools coming up USC lost its best player when guard Gabe Pruitt fractured his knee when he landed awkwardly at practice. The injury will sideline him for the rest of the regular season, and maybe for the Pac-10 tournament as well, which appears to be USC's only remaining option for making it into March Madness. USC traveled to the Washington schools without Pruitt and without much of game plan either. After losing 87-73 against The University of Washington USC was beaten again by Washington State by the score of 60-47, in what can only be described as a very ugly performance. USC shot a season-low 28% and Nick Young shot just 2-for-16 from the field to lead USC with 10 points. The loss drops the Trojans to 15-9 on the season and 6-7 in the Pac-10 after dropping their last three games. The Trojans host cross-town rival UCLA on Sunday the 19th.

Posted by Brendan Meyer at 05:57 PM on February 13, 2006
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