Updates from August 17th, 2007

D’Anthony Ford was found guilty by a Louisiana jury on Friday on charges of second-degree murder and aggravated battery stemming from the shooting death of USC point guard Ryan Francis in 2006. He faces an automatic life prison sentence without parole.
Man gets life for killing USC player (Associated Press, via SI.com)

It’s never too late to jump into the USC blogging scene, and the Los Angeles Times has finally added a companion to its UCLA sports blog (”What’s Bruin”) with “All Things Trojan,” a brand-new USC sports blog by Adam Rose. Rose, the current sports editor for popular city blog LAist.com, will retain that position while […]

The football office at USC announced that today’s 4 p.m. practice has been cancelled. The players will watch film tonight before their final two-a-day practices tomorrow at 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.

Mark Saxon of the Orange Country Register profiles senior DT Sedrick Ellis, the USC defense’s leader on and off the field. Even though he’s only been lifting for six years, Ellis is one of only 3 players during the Carroll era to bench press over 500 pounds, but unlike many, he shows his power when […]

Thursday saw the Trojans doing double duty for the third time, with a short open practice on campus at 10:00 am (which dealt mainly with special teams) and a closed scrimmage under the lights at the Coliseum at 7:15 pm. In between, the players got a rare break with a special screening of “The Bourne […]