Sun Bowl

Maybe there’s something to the momentum coach Brian Kelly has built with the Notre Dame football team. It's already taken a step in the right direction for 2011. Wednesday, the Irish program got word that receiver Michael Floyd has passed up...

I have noticed a lot more fighting spirit in the Dodgers the last few days. Forgive me, but I will have to call it Puigilism. Jim Metzler Culver City :: M-V-Puig! M-V-Puig! Ron Reynolds Lake Balboa :: Yasiel Puig certainly appears to be...

With 16 returning starters including quarterback Matt Barkley, a preseason Heisman Trophy candidate, it made perfect sense that USC would be considered a preseason No. 1 heading into 2012. The program was coming off a two-year NCAA-sanctioned bowl ban and...

The Football Bowl Association released the schedule for the upcoming college football bowl season Wednesday which includes 35 bowl games played over 17 days. This season is the final one under the current postseason format – Bowl Championship...

* denote ACC Bowl tie-ins (Miami), ^ denote Conference USA (FIU, FAU). December 21:  Gildan New Mexico Bowl (2 p.m.), Las Vegas Bowl (3:30 p.m.), Famous Idaho Potato Bowl (5:30 p.m.), R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl (9 p.m.) ^ December 23: Beef 'O'...

Pat Haden took on a challenging job when he was hired to oversee a USC athletic program that had been hit hard with NCAA sanctions. The private school rewarded him by making him one of the nation's most highly compensated athletic directors. Haden...

Though bowl games and Maryland Terrapins have been mutually exclusive terms in the first two years under Randy Edsall, many believe that will change in 2013.  Given the fact that the Terps seemed to be headed toward becoming bowl-eligible last season...

The Southeastern Conference conducted its annual player draft Wednesday in advance of winning its eighth straight national title next season. There's nothing like national SEC signing day, with other conferences participating the way the Washington...

Dwight Howard stood in the Lakers' locker room before the Miami game with an arm around his girlfriend. "Judy," he said, while introducing her to everyone. That's Judy, as in his imaginary girlfriend, as in take that, Robert Horry. Now how can you...

USC officially announced the enrollment of seven freshman football players who will participate in spring practice. The players are quarterback Max Browne, running back Justin Davis, defensive lineman Kenny Bigelow, receiver Darreus Rogers and defensive...

Forget Lance Armstrong and Manti Te’o. I was duped by Lane Kiffin. The controversial coach had me believe that USC was back and ready to take back its mantle as an elite team in college football. Fresh off a postseason ban and featuring a roster...