Updates: Alumni

Lou Galen, the USC alumnus and trustee who provided the bulk of the funding for the campus’ new Galen Center arena, died on Monday at the age of 82. Galen and his wife, Helene, donated $35 million to help construct the new home of the Trojan basketball and volleyball teams, after earlier providing funding for […]

Would-be Reggie Bush business associate Lloyd Lake filed a civil lawsuit against the former Trojan tailback in a San Diego court on Tuesday, claiming that Bush and his family accepted almost $300,000 in gifts (including cash) while still attending USC. Bush has previously denied any wrongdoing, and Lake has a shady past (he has been […]

The Los Angeles Times and Associated Press are reporting that one of the sports marketers who allegedly made payments to running back Reggie Bush while he was playing for USC has agreed to meet with NCAA investigators and will provide documentation of the financial transactions, which–if true–would violate NCAA rules. Lloyd Lake, the marketer in […]

Paul Oberjuerge of the LA Daily News, like just about every other print news outlet and cable news program, is writing about O.J. Simpson this week. His angle, however, is to implicate USC for its refusal to formally distance itself from the Heisman Trophy winner by removing Simpson’s jersey and Heisman Trophy from Heritage Hall. […]

Sam Farmer of the LA Times surveys the status of 11 local college athletes attempting to survive the NFL mandated deadline for teams to cut their rosters down to 53 players. Among Trojan rookies still on NFL rosters are OT Kyle Williams (Seattle), LB Oscar Lua (New England), WR Steve Smith (NY Giants), LB Dallas Sartz […]

Garrett Therolf of the LA Times reports that former USC quarterback Todd Marinovich pleaded not guilty Wednesday to felony and misdemeanor drug charges stemming from a Sunday arrest in Newport Beach. Police found a small amount of methamphetamine on Marinovich at 1:15 a.m. near the Newport Pier boardwalk. The specific charges were felony possession of […]

Former USC pitcher Ian Kennedy is scheduled to make his major league debut on Saturday for the New York Yankees, with a start against the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in place of the struggling Mike Mussina, the Yankees announced today. A first-round draft pick in 2006, Kennedy began this year in single-A ball, but quickly […]

USC alum Tom House, who posted a career 3.79 ERA in parts of eight major league seasons after pitching for the Trojans in 1967, was named to head baseball coach Chad Kreuter’s staff as an assistant today. He joins assistant Doyle Wilson, who was hired in June. House has been a major league pitching coach […]

The Oakland Raiders on Wednesday cut their 2006 4th round draft pick safety Darnell Bing because there was an excess of safties on the roster after Oakland signed three free agents. Yesterday, the San Francisco 49ers claimed Bing off waivers, and the hard hitting Trojan alum will compete for the Niners 4th safety spot when San Francisco’s camp […]

The Carolina Panthers today signed their second-round pick, Trojan WR Dwayne Jarrett, to a 4-year deal worth a total of $3.825 million, $1.935 million of which is guaranteed. The Panther rook, who will be in training camp for the start of practices Saturday, is also eligible for a $225,000 workout bonus.
Center Ryan Kalil, another second-round pick of the Panthers from the Trojans, also reportedly […]