In their search for revenue, states are looking at such ideas as legalizing marijuana and taxing pornography....

Posted by ESPN.com's Ted Miller We had no idea who Oregon quarterback Jeremiah Masoli was at this time last year. Heck, he hadn't even signed, much less played for the Ducks. Masoli didn't step out of the shadows, though. He was immaculately conceived. But we did know who Mark Sanchez wa...

Posted by ESPN.com's Ted Miller We had no idea who Oregon quarterback Jeremiah Masoli was at this time last year. Heck, he hadn't even signed, much less played for the Ducks. Masoli didn't step out of the shadows, though. He was immaculately conceived. But we did know who Mark Sanchez wa...

Posted by ESPN.com's Ted Miller Which Pac-10 newcomers might make a name for themselves this spring and put themselves into position to start or see significant action in 2009? Let's take a look. Arizona QB Nick Foles & OT Phillip Garcia: Foles is a sophomore transfer from Michigan State...

Posted by ESPN.com's Ted Miller Which Pac-10 newcomers might make a name for themselves this spring and put themselves into position to start or see significant action in 2009? Let's take a look. Arizona QB Nick Foles & OT Phillip Garcia: Foles is a sophomore transfer from Michigan State...

(Mike Richardson / RichPix.com) It wasn’t pretty but USC (16-9, 7-6 Pac-10) took care of business last night beating Washington State 61-51. USC is 14-1 at the Galen Center this season. TrojanWire game balls go to Taj Gibson and Dwight Lewis. Double teamed all night by the ugliest team in the Pac-...

Here are our thoughts on the guys that stood out in last nights presentation. Full bios and direct quotes from Pete Carroll after the jump. John Martinez, OL, 4-STAR Just a nasty, pancake blocking guard. He can get down field too (a la Jeff Byers). Highlight after highlight he would pull from his gu...

TrojanWire's Ben Weiss is back with another Running Game Diary -- this time surviving the past week's defensive battle between the Cougs of WSU and our beloved Trojans. *** You know it’s bad when the Trojans are halfway through their Pac-10 schedule, and you’re already looking toward next year. ...

The International Fund for Animal Welfare's Emergency Relief Manager, Dick Green filed this update on IFAW's monitoring of the situation surrounding the massive flooding in Washington State just about an hour ago. Good morning. I have now heard from Grays Harbor, Snoqualmie, Puyallup, Pacific, and M...

Biotech, Global Health, Life Sciences Luke Timmerman wrote: The global health bug bit Lisa Cohen in 2001. She was a producer at KING5-TV in Seattle at the time, and along with anchorwoman Jean Enerson, she traveled through Africa for two weeks in a delegation with Patty Stonesifer, who was then runn...