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Christian McCaffrey torpedoed USC’s defense the last two seasons. As Stanford upended the Trojans three times in 2016 and 2015, McCaffrey tallied 970 all-purpose yards. How tough was it to bring down the elusive running back? Reporters covering the Pac-12 championship game in 2015 overheard then-USC defensive coordinator Justin Wilcox and other coaches swearing in an adjacent press box booth at Le...

LOS ANGELES >> Of the 159 rushing yards Ronald Jones amassed in USC’s season-opening victory over Weste Michigan, 122 came after contact. Deland McCullough, the Trojans’ running backs coach, took notice. “It ain’t always the flash and long runs,” McCullough said. “It’s the dirty work of lowering your shoulder, running through trash, breaking arm tackles and sending a physical message to yo...

STANFORD – Cal State Fullerton got an impressive pitching performance from John Gavin and just enough timely hits to defeat Stanford 4-1 on Friday at the Stanford Regional of the NCAA baseball touament at Sunken Diamond. Gavin went seven innings, allowing just one run on three hits and striking ou...

UCLA takes on Utah today. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG) Live blog from UCLA football vs. Utah When: 1 p.m. Saturday Where: Rose Bowl TV/Radio: ABC, AM 1150 Records: UCLA 3-4; Utah 6-1 Trouble viewing live blog on mobile device? See full stream. Advertisement Let's block ads! بخوانید...

Live blog and chat with USC football writer Scott Wolf during the USC football at Arizona game, Saturday, Oct. 15. Trouble viewing on mobile device? See full stream. USC vs. Arizona When: 12:30 p.m. Saturday Where: Arizona Stadium TV/Radio: FS1; 710 AM Records: USC (3-3) ; Arizona (2-4) Advertisement Let's block ads! بخوانید...

LONG BEACH >> The second-seeded Sparks are hoping that the WNBA playoffs end with a championship team trophy. Wednesday night at Long Beach State’s Walter Pyramid, they began the postseason with some individual hardware. Nneka Ogwumike was awarded the WNBA’s MVP trophy in a pregame ceremony and then spent the next 40 minutes proving why she deserved it as she led the Sparks to a 95-75 win over the fourth-seeded Chicago Sky. “It was great,” she said. “It’s been nothing but love the last few...

LOS ANGELES >> UCLA’s last-second loss to Stanford was crushing for the Bruins. TV cameras caught linebakcer Jayon Brown kneeling on the sideline after the clock expired with a shocked look on his face. Defensive lineman Eddie Vanderdoes shouted expletives in frustration. Head coach Jim Mora had never seen this team more devastated than when he saw it at the Rose Bowl after the Cardinal scored the game-winning touchdown with 24 seconds left. Then the clock struck on UCLA’s 24-hour grieving...

The first words out of the USC huddle after a 9-6 semifinal win over Michigan in the NCAA women’s water polo touament on Saturday were simple: “One more.” After 25 straight wins, the Trojans have eyes for one more that would complete a perfect season and cap the year with a national championship. To achieve perfection, USC will have to knock off two-time defending national champion Stanford, which punched its ticket to the title match with a 7-4 win over UCLA in the other semifinal. USC and Stan...

STANFORD >> Michael Humphrey shoots pregame free throws to get his shot right. He accomplished that, making every kind of shot known to a post player and a couple more he invented on the spot. It’s his free throws that might need work. Humphrey scored 24 points, Rosco Allen added 19, including a clutch 3-pointer, and Stanford beat UCLA 79-70 Saturday. “He was a beast. He did a great job, our bigs couldn’t keep him in front,” Bruins coach Steve Alford said. “He got around our bigs a lot, an...

STANFORD, Calif. — Dorian Pickens scored 22 of his career-high 25 points in the first half and Stanford beat USC 84-64 on Thursday night. Rosco Allen added 17 points, Marcus Allen had 15 and Michael Humphrey had 10, all in the second half, as the Cardinal (14-12, 7-8 Pac-12) won their third in four games. Katin Reinhardt scored 14 points to lead the Trojans (19-9, 8-7), who have lost four of five after opening conference play winning 7 of 10. Bennie Boatwright added 11 and Elijah Stewart had 10....

The No. 2 Long Beach State men’s volleyball team defended its home court in style on Friday night, topping No. 6 Stanford in four sets behind an excellent team performance, dropping the first set but coming back to win 21-25, 25-18, 25-20, 25-23. The Cardinal looked unstoppable in the first frame, as Long Beach had seven hitting errors and hit just .179. But the Beach led comfortably for most of the rest of the match, and were able to come through in the clutch even when Stanford made it close. ...