Not according to one writer. The Los Angeles Times’ Christine Daniels lists the region’s most popular sports teams and the Trojans come out third behind the Dodgers and the Lakers. Having lived in Los Angeles, I can definitely give the nod to the Dodgers here. Their appeal is universal and both Dodger Stadium and Vin Scully are public institutions.<

 HUNTINGTON — O.J. Mayo spoke last week of visiting the dentist before he graduates from high school and leaves his hometown for the University of Southern California.

"I’m going to be 2,000 miles away and you have a new dentist and a new background," said the Huntington High All-American guard. "Here

The "S" in USC is starting to stand for "slipping" on NFL draft day.

For the second year in a row, a prominent Trojans football player plummeted down the draft Saturday. This time it was Dwayne Jarrett, the Pacific-10 Conference’s all-time leader in touchdown receptions, who suffered th

 Gabe Pruitt made it official Thursday, saying that he will declare for the NBA draft but not hire an agent, leaving open the possibility to return for his senior year at USC if he doesn’t like where he is projected.
Pruitt will have until June 18 to remove his name from the draft — which is June 28 — if

Lil’ Romeo says he’s bound for the University of Southern California, where if all goes according to plan, he could be Romeo Miller, Trojans’ basketball player.

The teenage hip-hop star, a high school junior, has committed to play basketball for the Trojans in 2008, Dave Lindsay, a spokesman for Lil’ Romeo’s online label,