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In 2002, LeBron James helped demonstrate how much money surrounds the recruiting trail, and its impact has not dissipated. Dave Telep provides an insider's guide to dirty recruiting.

Story | Conversation | October 25, 2011

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.

What did we learn from the denouement of the Reggie Bush scandal? That no one was hurt, that nothing will change and that it's only a matter of time until something similar happens again.

The NCAA has been throwing the flag at school after school after school lately, but the violations just keep on comin'. What to do? Here's the obvious solution: Give up on amateurism.

See this image of O.J. Mayo conducting a radio interview inside USC's Heritage Hall? It's unlikely Mayo sets foot ever again inside the same building, let alone wear such a smile while doing it. That's because USC incoming president Max Nikias ann...

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

In the eyes of the NCAA and the record books, USC's 2004 season never happened.

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.

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.

It's been a day or so since the USC-suspending-itself-from-postseason-play story arrived on our doorstep, and among college basketball writers, a singular consensus has emerged: USC sacrificed its basketball team to save football. But whether or not ...

The NCAA has combined its investigations of two former USC star athletes into a single probe of the Trojans' athletic program, the Los Angeles Times reported.

Seems the only ones surprised by the fact that O.J. Mayo received money from an agent runner were Tim Floyd and the athletic department at USC. And on the heels of the Reggie Bush debacle, USC should be crushed by the NCAA, the Pac-10 and its own administration, writes Pat Forde.

Heisman Trophy winners Reggie Bush and Matt Leinart, Duke's high-scoring guard J.J. Redick and Winter Olympics bust Bode Miller are among 10 finalists for the Sullivan Award, given annually to the nation's top amateur athlete.