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While quarterback competitions are typically front-and-center during Pac-12 spring practices, there are always other interesting spring storylines. Here are two. Ted Miller: It was a horrible, no-good, rotten, very bad 2012 season for USC coach...

In case you were out grilling in the rain to prove to yourself you could withstand the rigors of living in ancient times, here's what you missed in sports on Wednesday. The San Antonio Spurs blew a double-digit, fourth-quarter lead, falling to t...

Jim Mora wasn't sure how his first year as a college coach was going to go. After spending 25 years in the NFL, he knew he might have to make a couple of tweaks here and there to the way he goes about doing things. But his principles? His beliefs? He...

Do the USC Trojans deserve better than Kiffin?

LOS ANGELES -- By now, the connection is well-known: USC coach Lane Kiffin and Washington coach Steve Sarkisian used to work together as assistants for the Trojans in the mid-2000s and consider each other friends. They worked closely together for ...

After a coaching performance against Stanford that he has since described as disappointing, USC coach Lane Kiffin entertained the possibility of handing over offensive coordinator duties to another member of his staff, he said Wednesday. He ultima...

If anyone still hasn't grasped that the Oakland Raiders are a changed organization, all they have to do is watch Juron Criner run routes during this weekend's rookie minicamp. A player with potential, Criner has speed in the 4.7-second range. He i...

With less than a month to go before the opening of the 2012 spring practice session, USC head coach Lane Kiffin has said that one of his priorities is to have his coaching staff finalized before the end of this week. Kiffin needed to fill three sp...

USC coach Lane Kiffin announced the hiring of two assistant coaches at Sunday's Junior Day, according to multiple media reports. Marvin Sanders will coach defensive backs and Scottie Hazelton will coach linebackers. A program source told ESPNLosAn...

The Oakland Raiders continue to go back to their recent -- and unsuccessful -- past to fill out their offensive coaching staff all the while keeping an experienced hand. NFL.com is reporting that 2011 Oakland offensive coordinator Al Saunders is s...

Coaches are in, coaches are out. That's the way things go. Stanford is the only Pac-12 team still looking for a coordinator. Co-defensive coordinator Jason Tarver is off to the NFL to run the Oakland Raiders defense. He'll be joined in Oakland by ...

The Oakland Raiders have not confirmed NFL.com's report that Greg Knapp will be brought back as the Raiders' offensive coordinator. Still, here are some thoughts on the pending hire: This is the most important assistant coach on Dennis Allen's sta...

Reggie McKenzie just took a big risk. Al Davis would be proud. In his first move as the late Davis' replacement at the helm of the Oakland Raiders, McKenzie, a longtime lieutenant in Green Bay, made a hire few could have guessed two weeks ago w...

With the Oakland Raiders searching for their seventh head coach since Jon Gruden was sent to Tampa Bay 10 years ago, let's look at three key aspects the new coach must address. Stability: The past three coaches in Oakland -- Lane Kiffin, Tom Cable...

Lane Kiffin validated his immense potential this year, showing more of a caring and human side to boot.

If Lane Kiffin keeps this up, he's in danger of becoming "coach Lane Kiffin," not "Lane @#%$@ Kiffin" or "%&@# Kiffin" or just "@#$%@," for short. You say "Lane Kiffin" to a college football fan -- a football fan, really -- and you get many re...