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Other than USC fans celebrating the return of Matt Barkley, there was a lot of sourness in the pre-Christmas mailbag. You can follow me on Twitter here. To the notes! Mark Twinbridges, Mont., writes: Have you read the full NCAA report on the...

Two interesting articles published Wednesday on USC, which touch on the larger controversies of college football that are barking at us from the headlines seemingly every other day. The Los Angeles Times' Gary Klein tries to assess the financial d...

A state Senate committee has heard testimony from former athletes and others about a wide range of reforms to deal with rogue sports agents exploiting student-athletes in California.

Pat Haden is the perfect choice for AD as USC tries to move past the penalties.

In June, the NCAA ruled running back Reggie Bush retroactively ineligible when he won the Heisman Trophy in 2005 because he was breaking rules by receiving extra benefits from would-be sports agents, so USC is giving back the tainted trophy as part o...

Pat Haden will replace Mike Garrett as athletic director of USC.

Southern California, penalized earlier this month for a lack of institutional control, on Friday filed an appeal with the NCAA asking that certain findings of the Committee on Infractions be overturned and some of the penalties be reduced.

Juniors and seniors to-be on the USC Trojans' football team, hit with a two-year postseason ban among other punishments, will be allowed to transfer to other FBS programs without having to sit out a season, the NCAA clarified to ESPN on Friday.

USC's athletic director should shoulder plenty of blame for the sanctions issued by the NCAA.

Turns out the NCAA did give USC the Alabama slammer. And then some. The NCAA hammered USC with sanctions on Thursday, as the Trojans were banned from postseason play for two seasons, lost 30 scholarships over the next three years and must vacate a...

The NCAA handed the University of Southern California a two-year postseason football ban and vacated wins in Reggie Bush's final season, among other penalties, for violations in its football, men's basketball and women's tennis programs on Thursday.

The USC football program will receive two-year postseason ban, a reduction in scholarships and a forfeiture of wins from at least the 2004 season when the NCAA releases it sanctions on Thursday, a source told ESPN's Shelley Smith.

The NCAA committee on infractions will release its findings regarding the USC football and basketball programs on Friday, a source with knowledge of the situation told ESPN.com's Dana O'Neil on Sunday.

"Outside the Lines" profiles USC's athletic director, Mike Garrett....

TEMPE, Ariz. -- And after three days, they rested. Their case. USC's hearing before the NCAA infractions committee ended at 6:30 p.m., local time, Saturday, after nine hours of deliberation. A hotel worker strained to roll away an overloaded ca...

TEMPE, Ariz. -- After nearly eight hours in front of the NCAA infractions committee, former USC basketball coach Tim Floyd, carrying a folder overflowing with hastily gathered papers, walked out of a conference room at the Marriott "The Buttes" resor...