Fight On, Forever!

USC Football
They Enjoy the Public Service of Golfers - LA Times
http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-000041836jun14.story
...Freshman fullback Brandon Hancock says it didn't take long for USC to make him feel welcome after his early enrollment this spring..."I was immediately swept up by fraternity rush," Hancock wrote in a diary he kept for Sports Illustrated. "I went to a party every night for four nights. Some houses had 400 people and two deejays, and it seemed as if every house made sure the girl-to-guy ratio was 3 to 1."...


Other USC Sports
Holtrust, Pederson Earn National Soccer Honors - LA Times
http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-000041859jun14.story
...Marie Pederson, a defender at Palos Verdes Peninsula, [has] been selected to the West squad for the inaugural Powerade McDonald's All-American high school gamesSaturday in Charleston, S.C...[Holtrust and] Pederson , who is headed to USC, were the only Southern California players selected by the National Soccer Coaches Assn. of America.


NFL
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Pac-10 and 2002 Opponents
Gesser named co-captain a record third time at WSU - Seattle Post-Intelligencer
...Gesser was announced yesterday as a co-captain along with cornerback Marcus Trufant and wide receiver Curtis Nettles. The senior trio was selected by teammates...

2 players commit to ASU for 2003 - Arizona Republic
http://azrepublic.com/sports/asu/0614asufootnb0614.html
...Arizona State football found this to be true with Desert Vista's versatile senior Brent Miller and Thousand Oaks, Calif., kicker/punter Jesse Ainsworth...


NCAA Football
[Dodd] Football needs to start making Title IX sacrifices - CBS Sportsline
http://www.sportsline.com/b/page/pressbox/0,1328,5427007,00.html
...football is left untouched on its exclusive, private island. Name, if you can, the number of the 117 I-A programs that have cut one football scholarship in order to get in compliance with Title IX...

Attack on the MAC - CNNSI
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/college/news/2002/06/02/offseason_beat/
...under the new guidelines, set to take effect in 2004, teams must average 15,000 fans (actual, not paid) per home game. Kent State, despite earning its first winning record since 1987, averaged just 6,595 last year. Buffalo, Akron, Eastern Michigan, Northern Illinois, Miami of Ohio and Ball State all hovered around or finished below the 15,000 mark...


Misc.
Marginal credit woes for minorities - CBS MarketWatch
...Minorities with marginal credit scores are more likely to have their home-loan applications rejected by both minority-owned and white-owned banks, a nationwide study from the University of Southern California's Lusk Center shows...