If it were not already time for this, it certainly is now: We no longer can consider USC a “football” school. Not after what Alabama did to the Trojans in their open tonight … a 52-6 blowout, nationally televised, that made the Trojans look like chumps. Not after compiling a overall record of 57-28 since […]

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Anyone who has attended a football game at the L.A. Memorial Coliseum knows you might face a long, steep climb to get to where you want to be. It could be a metaphor for the former St. Louis (and Cleveland) Rams’ return to Los Angeles. Making the decision to return to the stadium where they […]

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We have been in Southern California for nearly two weeks now, and one sports concept is noticeable by its absence: Any apparent enthusiasm for the return of the NFL’s Los Angeles Rams.

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For a couple of days here, it was almost like Grantland never went away. ESPN.com … just the regular ol’ website most of us go to for scores and boxscores … generated a pair of lengthy, NFL-oriented entries that are highly readable and worth the 20-minute (each) investment. One (4,500 words) was an extremely clever/funny […]

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If we have (almost) learned anything in sports over the past three or four decades, it is this: Don’t get too cozy with your professional sports heroes or your sports teams. And that pertains particularly to the National Football League — which today committed to sending the Rams to Greater Los Angeles in time for […]

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