JuJu Watkins and USC can’t hold back Notre Dame in first loss
The Galen Center crowd buzzed as JuJu Watkins collected the opening tip-off.It was a sign of USC women’s basketball coach Lindsay Gottlieb’s program-rebuilding success, turning…
USC coach Lindsay Gottlieb offers inside look at Trojans’ growth
When Lindsay Gottlieb thinks back to the start, before USC was about to become the biggest thing in women’s college basketball — and maybe college…
Andrej Stojakovic and Cal hand USC its first loss of season
Andrej Stojakovic scored 20 points and Jovan Blacksher Jr. 19 and Joshua Ola-Joseph made several plays down the stretch Sunday night to help California beat…
Jayden Maiava struggles and shines in USC win over Nebraska
In the last gasps of a lost season, USC’s new quarterback stood in the Coliseum tunnel, his mind racing. Any last hopes of the Trojans…
USC’s new quarterback is exactly what Lincoln Riley needed
It is a wild arm, a wondrous arm, a winning arm.But is it powerful enough to restore a reputation?It is a stalwart presence, a swaggering…
JuJu Watkins leads all scorers as USC women set team record for points in victory
USC coach Lindsay Gottlieb spelled out her game plan, watched her players execute with ruthless precision and then celebrated her 300th career victory at Galen…
USC football placed on probation for violating NCAA coaching rules
The USC football program has been put on probation for one year after the NCAA found the Trojans violated rules restricting the number of analysts…
John Robinson, standout coach for USC and Rams, dies at 89
John Robinson, who coached his signature run-oriented USC football team to a national title and took the Los Angeles Rams to two NFL conference championship…
Kiki Iriafen lifts USC women over Mississippi in Paris opener
PARIS — Kiki Iriafen made a pair of free throws with 10 seconds remaining to lift No. 3 USC over No. 20 Mississippi 68-66 on Monday…
USC’s goal-line struggles prove costly in loss to Washington
SEATTLE — A long, cold night for USC had been leading here, to the doorstep of the Washington goal line. For most of this slog of…
USC freshman edge-rushers Kameryn Fountain, Sam Greene bolster Trojans
USC freshman edge-rushing duo Kameryn Fountain and Sam Greene have shown why they were recruited to join the Trojans’ defense: to get to the quarterback.“It’s…
USC beats UCLA to claim Big Ten Conference title in women’s soccer
When Jane Alukonis was hired as the women’s soccer coach at USC three years ago, part of her mission was to bring the school an…
USC and Miller Moss score redemption during rout of Rutgers
The eyes of Los Angeles were elsewhere, the city’s focus trained five miles up the 110 Freeway. The rest of the country, meanwhile, presumably had…
Why USC is sticking with Miller Moss as its starting quarterback
Questions swirled since Saturday, swept up in the bitter frustration of a third straight defeat and doused in the kerosene of social media. The decision…
USC’s many issues pile up in stunning collapse against Maryland
COLLEGE PARK, Md. — In all his years playing the sport, Miller Moss had never traveled so far for a football game. But the past month…
Lincoln Riley must lean on young players to bolster USC defense
Desman Stephens had played only a handful of snaps to this point, mostly in mop-up duty, but as the freshman linebacker peered over the line…
Miller Moss remains USC’s QB as Trojans struggle to air it out
Miller Moss had delivered on more difficult throws than this one. Through six weeks, he’d made his share of poised plays in collapsing pockets and…
What happened to top Mater Dei football players going to USC?
The announcement last week of star junior defensive tackle Tomuhini Topui of Mater Dei High committing to Oregon might invoke nostalgia for USC fans wishing…
USC’s playoff hopes fade in overtime loss to No. 4 Penn State
The chances had been there all afternoon for USC as it tried to put No. 4 Penn State away. But once again Lincoln Riley’s Trojans…
No. 11 USC struggles through turnover-fueled loss at Minnesota
MINNEAPOLIS — An unseasonably warm breeze swirled through Huntington Bank Stadium, the rare sort of night where USC, a team in unfamiliar and typically frosty Big…