The Latest Breaking News from USC

After a Rocky Start, Kevin Warren Is Winning

With USC and UCLA joining and the Big Ten announcing a lucrative new media rights deal, the commissioner’s reputation is looking a lot different these days.

Sports Illustrated · Aug 18, 2022

University of California leaders propose limits on major athletics changes in wake of UCLA’s jump to Big Ten

LOS ANGELES — Concerned about UCLA’s hasty exit from the Pac-12, the University of California system leadership proposed Wednesday new rules that could limit campuses from making major decisions involving athletics contracts on their own.

Los Angeles Times · Aug 17, 2022

Hate crimes in Los Angeles this year could again set records, report finds

Hate crimes in the city of Los Angeles are on pace to match or surpass last year's record-setting levels, according to a University of Southern California analysis.

Los Angeles Times · Aug 17, 2022

SI’s Preseason College Football Top 25

Led by a familiar face, here’s how things stack up heading into the 2022 season.

Sports Illustrated · Aug 16, 2022

Let’s Get Freaky: 10 draft prospects to watch from Bruce Feldman’s Freaks list

Here is a list of 10 "Freaks" that Green Bay Packers fans will likely be talking about in late February and early March during the NFL Scouting Combine.

USA Today Sports Media Group · Aug 16, 2022

2022 AP Preseason Top 25: Betting lessons and trends from the season’s first poll

Alabama is back on top. Defending champion Georgia is No. 3 and LSU's decades-long streak has been snapped.

USA Today Sports Media Group · Aug 15, 2022

Tear him down. Rip him apart. UCLA's Dorian Thompson-Robinson can take all the hits

The public putdown spread thanks to an unlikely source.

Los Angeles Times · Aug 15, 2022

Lincoln Riley hopeful USC and donor-run NIL collective it opposes can find common ground

LOS ANGELES — Two weeks before the question would cease to be hypothetical, Lincoln Riley was asked whether he believed USC and its name, image and likeness operation, BLVD LLC, could, if necessary, work in concert with a third-party collective whose deep-pocketed donors dictate their own approach to NIL.

Los Angeles Times · Aug 13, 2022

After strict party rules imposed by USC, frats weigh disaffiliation, prompting harsh warnings

LOS ANGELES — In a potential mutiny against strict party rules imposed last year following allegations of frat house sexual assaults, University of Southern California officials said some fraternities are weighing whether to disaffiliate from the university — prompting warnings of “serious ramifications” from campus administrators.

Los Angeles Times · Aug 13, 2022

Bronny James pursued by schools including Oregon, Ohio State and is expected to ‘take the college route’

Bronny James, the son of LeBron James, is making his own name in the basketball world.

USA Today Sports Media Group · Aug 12, 2022