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AUG. 5, 2023 9:33 AM PTThe USC football team is through one week of its fall training camp, just long enough for us to have some first impressions.Here’s what you need to know:Finding their way up frontUSC will have three new starters on the offensive line this season. The two returners, Justin Dedich and Jonah Monheim, are playing different positions. With all the change, there’s bound to be some ...

PUBLISHED August 4, 2023 at 2:34 p.m. | UPDATED: August 4, 2023 at 7:20 p.m.LOS ANGELES — UCLA football coach Chip Kelly has taken a pro-style approach with the Bruins and it’s continued to produce results.Kelly coached in the NFL from 2013 to 2016 as head coach of the Philadelphia Eagles and the San Francisco 49ers. He runs his team practices in a similar manner to his time in the NFL and the players ...

Published Aug. 04, 2023, 2:36 p.m.By Bill Oram A state legislator criticized the University of Oregon for reportedly planning to leave the Pac-12 Conference for the Big Ten, calling the school a “sports merchandise operation that’s side job is educating students.”“Do major institutions exist to provide an education and have collegiate athletics as a part of it?” Rep. Paul Evans said Friday in an interview ...

By Patrick Nothaft |GRAND RAPIDS, MI – You’ll have to excuse Drake Reid for having a limited knowledge of Tyrone Wheatley’s achievements on the football field and the track.After all, the Wayne State cornerback was born in the latter part of Wheatley’s pro football career and well after he earned Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year recognition and All-American honors as a hurdler at the University ...

Gainesville Sun One month after being cleared on five felony pornography charges, former Florida football quarterback Jalen Kitna released a statement saying the counts filed against him were baseless."Out of respect to the legal process I have chosen to remain silent the last 8 months, knowing the accusations levied against me as a teenager were not accurate and would be proven to be not true," Kitna ...

PUBLISHED August 4, 2023 at 5:23 p.m. | UPDATED: August 4, 2023 at 7:29 p.m.While the Colorado Buffaloes practiced on Friday morning, the Pac-12 was crumbling.One week after Colorado announced its plans to leave the Pac-12 in 2024 for the Big 12, a flurry of updates from around the country came fast on Friday morning. By the afternoon, it was officially announced that Oregon and Washington would leave ...

PUBLISHED August 4, 2023 at 1:05 p.m. | UPDATED: August 4, 2023 at 6:44 p.m.In the dead of summer, nuclear winter is coming for a handful of Pac-12 schools excluded from the vicious realignment game.USC, UCLA and Colorado have already given notice.Oregon and Washington are leaving for the Big Ten.Arizona, Arizona State and Utah are headed for the Big 12.The remaining quartet — Stanford, Cal, Washington ...

AUGUST 04, 2023 2:49 PMCollege athletes aren’t the only ones benefiting from rules that allow players to monetize their name, image and likeness.The No. 1 high school recruit in Idaho plans to cash in on his commitment announcement.Burley wide receiver Gatlin Bair will announce his decision at 5 p.m. Saturday on a live stream hosted by preediction.com. Viewers can tune in and watch for free. A limit ...

LARAMIE – The defensive line walked the walk during the first week of fall camp.Wyoming is expected to have one of the best units in the Mountain West with nose tackle Cole Godbout, defensive tackle Jordan Bertagnole, and defensive ends DeVonne Harris and Braden Siders all returning.Through three practices the front four was dominating, according to head coach Craig Bohl."Probably not a surprise to ...