Pete Carroll Ryan Davidson’s impact is celebrated during a moving ceremony Saturday in Wisconsin By Ben Malcolmson USCRipsIt PeteCarroll.com SUN PRAIRIE, Wis. — On a snowy morning in this small Wisconsin town, a very warm celebration honored the life of a person with an extremely large impact on...

This (via Oliver Willis who also describes a Twitter exchange with Joe Scarborough) really cracks me up: For much of the past decade, young conservatives enjoyed an array of job opportunities in the Republican-controlled Congress and at insulated, well-funded nonprofit organizations. But since Democ...

Hello darlings. On Survivor, the contestants have always proclaimed loftily that they are there to win a million dollars, as though greed were something of which to be proud. I am still waiting for at least one female contestant to show a little honesty, and admit that she is really there to lose we...

Taj Johnson-George knows that her fellow competitors may already have a good idea who she is. As a member of the Grammy-nominated group SWV (Sisters with Voices), she's also married to Heisman Trophy winner and former NFL player Eddie George, and recently wrote a book. Her fame isn't surprising, con...

I’d heard the legends, but I wanted to see it for myself … or “feel” it, would probably be a better description. It was late summer 2005, and I was still a sports writer for the Chattanooga Times Free Press. By that time, I’d decided that I was going to make a family de...

Over the past day or so, since the Academy Award nominations were announced, I’ve read nothing but contempt for the Academy and its voters. “The Dark Knight was robbed,” “Best Animated Feature is not good enough for Wall-E,” “Nothing for Gran Torino? Really?”...

Marcus Tracy has all the innate tools of greatness: size, speed, strength, creativity and, most important, attitude. The Hermann Trophy winner (college soccer's equivalent of the Heisman) fearlessly takes on defenders, challenges goalkeepers on high balls and holds strong opinions....

      I got an email from a friend of mine the other day that was so fantastic and so clearly demonstrated what I feel is important in life, that I had to share it with you.  Here it is: " The following is the philosophy of Charles Schulz, the creator of the ...

By MICHAEL LEVThe Orange County Register LOS ANGELES – Mark Sanchez graciously departed. Pete Carroll awkwardly bid him farewell. And a young crop of quarterbacks enthusiastically embraced a newfound opportunity. Such were the events on a day of emotion and transition at USC. While fighting back t...

Bill Plaschke 7:40 PM PST, January 15, 2009 With tears in his eyes, a USC student announced that after attending classes for four years and receiving his bachelor's degree, he was leaving campus to pursue his life's work. At which point, his beloved professor publicly scorned him for it. What's wron...