USC trusts new strength coach Trumain Carroll to rebuild Trojans
Eight weeks ago, on the first day of USC football’s summer workout program, Trumain Carroll hoped to drive home one particular message. How you do…
USC lineman DJ Wingfield files eligibility lawsuit against NCAA
When DJ Wingfield picked USC in the transfer portal last January, it seemed like an ideal one-year arrangement for both parties. The Trojans desperately needed…
USC’s Lincoln Riley feeling ‘refreshed’ as pressure mounts to win
LAS VEGAS — While the rest of the college football world spent the summer whipped into a frenzy, swept up by the specter of revenue sharing or…
USC star freshman Alijah Arenas sidelined by serious knee injury
USC star freshman Alijah Arenas will miss at least the next six to eight months after sustaining a serious knee injury that will require surgery,…
Rancho Cucamonga cornerback RJ Sermons to join USC a year early
One of the top prospects in USC’s top-ranked 2026 recruiting class has decided not to wait another year to join the Trojans.Rancho Cucamonga cornerback RJ…
USC basketball lands highly coveted transfer guard Rodney Rice
One of the most coveted transfer guards in college basketball has committed to USC, giving Eric Musselman the difference-maker he desperately needed in his second…
USC coach Lincoln Riley isn’t relying on spring transfer portal
When the transfer portal opened for its spring window in each of the past two years, Lincoln Riley still had important holes to fill on…
How will USC adapt next season without star JuJu Watkins?
SPOKANE, Wash. — The tenacious freshman stared ahead blankly, her eyes welling with tears, the losing USC locker room silent around her.Kennedy Smith gave everything she had…
Jayden Maiava fights to retain USC starting quarterback job
When he was first announced as USC’s starting quarterback last November, Jayden Maiava stepped into a pretty thorny situation. The team already had rallied behind…
JuJu Watkins’ season-ending injury cuts deep into USC title hopes
JuJu Watkins screamed.She held her right knee with both hands, squeezed her eyes shut, and screamed.A school and a town and a sport screams with…
USC shakes off slow start to rout UNC Greensboro in NCAA opener
JuJu Watkins winced, shaking her left hand, the collective basketball world holding its breath. The first 10 minutes of USC’s tournament debut had been disconcerting…
March Madness 2025: USC vs. UNC Greensboro start time and how to watch
USC sophomore JuJu Watkins is the Big Ten player of the year and a two-time unanimous first-team All-American. She leads the Trojans with 24.6 points,…
Kennedy Smith poised to be USC women’s March Madness X factor
Kennedy Smith was only 14, just a few games into her freshman season at Etiwanda High, when she first crossed paths on the court with…
No. 1 USC feels disrespected by women’s NCAA tournament seeding
They sat in a line of folding chairs on the Galen Center court, watching the television in front of them intently, waiting as one region…
USC’s season ends in frustrating loss to Purdue in Big Ten tournament
INDIANAPOLIS — Desmond Claude sprinted as fast as he could down the hardwood, knowing the season was in his hands and precious time was ticking off the…
USC men win thriller in double overtime to advance in Big Ten tournament
INDIANAPOLIS — They’d withstood one wave after another, their season hanging in the balance with seemingly every possession. Nothing had come simply for USC through this frustrating…
USC’s Wesley Yates discovered family bond and possible stardom
INDIANAPOLIS — It was just a run-of-the-mill recruiting call. At least, that’s what Quincy Pondexter thought.Pondexter had been an assistant at his alma mater, Washington, for only…
Inside life on the Muss Buss: Eric Musselman’s push to fix USC
“Are you gonna wear those?”Eric Musselman stares down at a pair of beat-up, brown boat shoes with his eyebrows raised. His smirk suggests I’ve chosen…
Eric Musselman brutally honest about USC’s defense after UCLA loss
Eric Musselman marched into the visiting locker room at Pauley Pavilion, smoldering with each step, and went straight to the whiteboard. He grabbed a marker…
No. 2 USC survives Indiana scare, reaches Big Ten tournament semis
INDIANAPOLIS — Lindsay Gottlieb had warned of this very possibility, that her team’s opener in the Big Ten women’s basketball tournament might have the feel of an…