The Times of Troy: Examining Carol Folt’s influence on USC athletics
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What is the price of sticking with Miller Moss as USC’s starter?
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The Times of Troy: The big-play receiver USC needed was there all along: Makai Lemon
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The Times of Troy: USC keeps making the same mistakes under Lincoln Riley
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The Times of Troy: What was Lincoln Riley thinking at the end of USC’s loss to Penn State?
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The Times of Troy: Here are some questions Lincoln Riley should be asking himself
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The Times of Troy: The big difference so far this season: D’Anton Lynn
Hello, everyone! I’m Ryan Kartje, your USC beat writer at the L.A. Times, still reeling hours later from the whiplash of Saturday’s second half, as…
The Times of Troy: Michigan loss exposed these weaknesses on USC’s offensive line
Hello, everyone! Ryan Kartje, your USC beat writer at the L.A. Times, coming at you from my mom’s dinner table in Michigan, less than an…
The Times of Troy: Welcome to our new USC sports newsletter
Hello, everyone! I’m Ryan Kartje, your friendly neighborhood USC sports beat writer at the L.A. Times. I feel as fresh as the parent of a…
Wyoming transfer Gavin Meyer powering USC defensive makeover
The window was quickly closing last May, the pool of available transfers nearly set for next season, and Lincoln Riley had yet to land the…
USC out to prove its defense can win a ‘fistfight’ vs. LSU
Confidence was radiating from Will Campbell as Louisiana State’s towering left tackle and future first-round pick leaned back comfortably in his chair this week, declaring…
Despite new rules, USC will still work to protect signals
The gray screen, large enough to obstruct the opposing sideline’s view of USC coach Lincoln Riley, wasn’t exactly subtle. But against Utah, a team he…
USC reveals the coaches tasked with revitalizing its defense
D’Anton Lynn’s fast makeover of UCLA’s struggling defense started slowly. So slowly, in fact, that when he was installing plays during spring practice last year,…
Who will replace Chip Kelly at UCLA? Here are 13 possibilities
Why he makes sense: Jarmond is familiar with Herman’s skill as a play-caller given they overlapped at Ohio State while Jarmond was an assistant athletic…
UCLA names Ikaika Malloe its new defensive coordinator
Chip Kelly didn’t venture far to find his new defensive coordinator, the UCLA coach on Wednesday promoting Ikaika Malloe to fill the void left by…
USC set to hire UCLA’s D’Anton Lynn as defensive coordinator
Lincoln Riley got a firsthand look at what D’Anton Lynn could do when UCLA, under its first-year defensive coordinator, held USC to three rushing yards…