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The562’s coverage of Long Beach Poly athletics in the 2022-23 school year is sponsored by Poly alum Jayon Brown and PlayFair Sports Management. The562’s coverage of Long Beach Poly athletics in the 2022-23 school year is sponsored by JuJu Smith-Schuster and the JuJu Foundation. Long Beach Poly has...

Sarah Sebe didn’t set out to be an entrepreneur. She had planned to pursue a master’s in education when she decided to post a Craigslist advertisement to offer private swim lessons in Los Angeles. “To my surprise, the response was overwhelming,” Sebe said. Families wanted a quality...

Women’s Basketball | June 02, 2023 USC women’s basketball has picked up a talented addition to the Trojan backcourt with the signing on of Kayla Padilla — a grad transfer coming to Troy from Penn. The Torrance native makes her return to her home state after a strong showing in the Ivy League as a Quaker. “To say Kayla Padilla…

On Thursday night, Sage Steele applauded a former high school runner who is suing the state of Connecticut. Chelsea Mitchell, a collegiate runner at Belmont, is suing the state after losing to transgender athletes during her high school career. Steele revealed her daughter competed with Mitchell at ...

These tournaments act as qualifiers in the lead up to the World Aquatics World Cup Finals that take place from June 23-25 at Long Beach City College in Long Beach, CA. As hosts of the World Cup Finals, Team USA has already qualified for the competition in Long Beach. The...

If there’s such a thing as a sleeper among the top 20 on Golf Digest America’s 100 Greatest Courses, it might be The Los Angeles Country Club’s North Course. Ranked continuously since the first edition came out in 1966, and inside the first 20 since 2019, the club is a contrast and a contradiction.

The USC Trojans would love to have the best wide receiver in the Pac-12 this coming college football season. Who wouldn’t? However, the bigger key to this USC season — if viewed strictly through the prism of receivers — is that another Pac-12 receiver doesn’t become a star at the Trojans’ expense.

Atlanta (Ga.) Woodward Academy defensive lineman London Merritt has placed the USC Trojans among his top schools. The Georgia native, a four-star prospect in the 2025 class, is also considering Clemson, Alabama, Florida, Florida State, LSU, North Carolina, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Tennessee, Texas A&M and Colorado. Last season as...

Santa Ana (Calif.) Mater Dei won a national title this season. A huge reason for that is Brandon Baker, who is the No. 1 offensive tackle in the 2024 class. Baker has more than two dozen offers, including Nebraska, Miami, Michigan, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Washington, USC, and numerous others, but the favorite to land Baker is the Oregon Ducks.

Vita and Ron Russel have been involved in the San Gabriel Valley Special Olympics team since the early ’90s, when their son, Mark, joined the team at just 8 years old. For them, the team functions more like a family than a sports team. The 25-athlete track and field...

Los Angeles, CA - The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) has announced the much-anticipated game times and broadcast information for the Bruins' 2023 nonconference football schedule. UCLA football fans can now prepare for exciting matchups, as the Bruins are set to face several formidable opponents in the upcoming season.

University City (San Diego) athlete/cornerback Tay Lockett has received scholarship offers from some of the top programs in the country, including USC

USC can’t have too much help in the secondary. Four-star cornerback Dakoda Fields recently announced his top schools, grouping the Trojans with other schools: Oregon, Ohio State, Washington, and Miami. Fields, who comes in at 6-2 and weighs 175 pounds, has also scheduled official visits to Miami (June 16),...

Welcome to our “Where I Played” series, in which a GOLF staffer runs through a recent day at a course you might play in your future. On this occasion, we’re teeing it up at The Links at Terranea in Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif. ***. Playing golf on...

Class of 2023 four-star power forward Brandon Gardner committed to USC men's basketball on Friday, according to a report.  The Trojans had one final scholarship open for the 2023-24 season — the team's roster is now complete. Gardner played high school basketball at Christ The King Regional in ...

Taylor Tatum has a decision to make. The 5-foot-11, 205-pound five-star Texas native from Longview High School has scheduled three of his official visits to Oklahoma, Michigan and USC. Taylor Tatum has nearly 40 scholarship offers. As a junior, the dynamic Texan carried the ball 209 times for 1,840 rushing...

Golf's Longest Day is nearly upon us. On Monday, June 5, players around North America will compete for the chance to punch their tickets to the U.S. Open at Los Angeles Country Club. Golf Channel will be covering Golf's Longest Day with live updates and reports throughout the day from...

Bronny James will debut in Trojans v Wildcats.

The USC Trojans hosted Notre Dame in 2022. That was great. USC had not hosted Notre Dame since 2018, because the 2020 game scheduled for Los Angeles was canceled because of the pandemic. However, there was still a price for USC’s win over the Irish in the Coliseum: USC had to play three 2022 games on Pac-12 Network.

Will and Jamal break down the 4 levels of depth to the UCLA linebacking unit for UCLA and how they