Fight On, Forever!

USC Football
USC wide receiver leaves football team - OC Register
http://www.ocregister.com/sports/colno00617cci.shtml
...[Boler] quit the team the first day of training camp before returning. He is the second wide receiver to leave the team in recent weeks. Junior Devin Pitts was ruled academically ineligible in May...Another redshirt freshman who departed, tight end Kolomona Kapanui, is expected to enroll at El Camino College in Torrance. Junior college transfer Van Brown of Pasadena City College has academically qualified and will be eligible in the fall...

Wardlow chooses Boise - LA Times
http://www.latimes.com/tcn/ontario/sports/la-iv0023363jun15.story
Former Upland High football standout Jason Wardlow confirmed Friday that he has decided to transfer from USC to Boise State...


NFL
Rob Johnson Making Impression At QB - Tampa Bay Tribune
http://bucs.tbo.com/bucs/MGAD3Z6PG2D.html
...Gruden clearly is impressed with the way Johnson has performed during the Bucs' off-season workout program. He's so impressed, in fact, that talking to him about his quarterbacks leaves one with the impression Johnson has indeed moved ahead of King...


Pac-10 and 2002 Opponents
Conversation with Washington State QB Jason Gesser - College Football News
http://collegefootballnews.com/2002/QA/Jason%20Gesser.htm
...I'm just enjoying everything about this place. Hawaii's not the biggest place in the world. You're on an island and everyone knows what's going on when you're in the papers and it's almost the same way over here. If you're in the limelight, everyone knows you and what you're doing and everyone gives you a lot of support. I just love that so much. It's a straight college town and you don't have to worry about getting robbed or anything else that big cities have. All you have to worry about is school and football...

[Auburn signee] Cox shows impressive QB skills - Mobile Register
...Cox connected on 8-of-11 pass attempts for 111 yards. He directed Alabama's offense on a pair of touchdown drives and another drive that resulted in a field goal. The touchdown drives came on his first two series under center...For his efforts, Cox was named Alabama's Most Valuable Player...

DeSa wastes no time choosing the Bears - Contra Costa Times
http://www.bayarea.com/mld/bayarea/sports/colleges/cal/3475769.htm
..."Cal and UCLA were my top favorites. It was kind of between those two," DeSa said. "I had the strongest interest in Cal. It's close to home, so my parents can see me play. I might get to play early. Academically, to get a degree from Cal is awesome. I wanted to run track, too, and they said it would be fine."...He also mentioned Tedford as a big reason for his commitment...

Camps bring 1,000 players to UA - Arizona Star
http://wildcats.azstarnet.com/get_story.php?id=20616UAfootball.html
...Cooper was one of an estimated 1,000 high school football players from Arizona and the West who got a jump on the upcoming season by spending the last two weeks at three events at the UA...


NCAA Football
False resume costs Allegheny coach his job - AP via CNNSI
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/college/news/2002/06/12/allegheny_resume_ap/
...Blair Hrovat never received a bachelor's degree from Edinboro University in 1985 as he had claimed, the school said in a statement. Hrovat has been the head coach at Allegheny since 1998...

[Title IX] Football caught in a Catch-22 position - Rocky Mountain News
http://www.insidedenver.com/drmn/sports/article/0,1299,DRMN_2_1212807,00.html
...Of the Top 25 football teams in the final Associated Press poll last season, 24 brought in enough money to subsidize their school's other teams. Seven generate enough revenue to foot all the bills within the athletic departments...


Misc.
Man Held in Bilking of USC Charity - LA Times
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-000042043jun15.story
...Assistant U.S. Atty. Curtis A. Kin said Thornton embezzled more than $147,000 in donations that were supposed to have been funneled to the Norris center through his Thornton Kidney Research Foundation, which he founded in 1990...

Eat Your Heart Out, Harvard; Stanford stakes claim to being the best university in the land - SF Chron
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2002/06/16/IN191244.DTL
...Stanford is viewed as a model for success by regional, private institutions -- such as the University of Southern California and New York University -- looking to break into the national elite tier...

More Great Kids - LA Times
http://www.latimes.com/tcn/ontario/news/education/la-iv0023396jun15.story
David is the first in his family to get a college education. He is presently accepted by and will be attending USC this fall. He is carrying a 4.39 grade point average...

Scholarships for Achievement, Not Need, Increase Rapidly - LA Times
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-finaid17jun17.story
... A recent Irvine Foundation survey of 40 leading U.S. universities found that four California schools?UCLA, UC Berkeley, UC San Diego and USC, a private school?led the nation in enrolling lower-income students...

Marty Lipstein, 82; Ran 119 Marathons - LA Times
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-000042302jun16.story
...Born in the Bronx, N.Y., Lipstein served in the Army Air Corps during World War II. After the war he graduated from USC with a degree in physical education, but didn't take to the life of a teacher...

Coliseum Draws No Support From NFL - LA Times
http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-000041980jun15.story
...Coliseum officials say all those problems are either fixable or the result of misinformation. For example, over the years, the neighborhood surrounding the Coliseum became less affluent and fell into neglect. The mere perception the area was unsafe kept fans away and created problems. In fact, crime rates in the area are low, according to USC officials, who count their campus among the 10 safest in the country...

Early Intervention Stops Damage To Insulin-Producing Cells In Women At High Risk For Type 2 Diabetes - Science Daily
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2002/06/020617075530.htm
Giving an anti-diabetes drug early to women at high risk for type 2 diabetes preserves the health of their insulin-producing cells better than postponing treatment until they actually develop the disease, according to a study from the Keck School of Medicine of USC...