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1 week ago | 
dailytrojan.com | Leila Mackenzie |Ethan Inman
Rory McIlroy finally pulled it off. In unfamiliar fashion, Wee-Mac’s major pain train rumbled through the Augusta National Golf Club and ground to a halt Sunday — he disembarked, suited in Masters green. McIlroy’s Masters championship makes him the sixth man with a career Grand Slam and the first since Tiger Woods in 2000. But it took an apocalyptic series of major meltdowns for McIlroy to don that elusive Pantone 342. By age 25, he’d already won four majors.
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3 weeks ago | 
dailytrojan.com | Leila Mackenzie |Henry Mode
You got centel’d …Tuesday morning, my friends sent a frenzy of frantic messages about a Barstool USC Instagram post. Plastered in bold capital letters across an image of superstar sophomore guard JuJu Watkins was the word: “Transferring.” The fine print elaborated, “JuJu Watkins has announced she will be transferring schools following a season-ending injury that has reshaped her path forward.”Despite my absent digital literacy, I addressed the post with a JuJu-esque nonchalance.
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3 weeks ago | 
dailytrojan.com | Leila Mackenzie |Ethan Inman
The image — sophomore guard JuJu Watkins on the Galen Center floor, curled into a ball, clutching her right knee, screaming in agony — has already affixed itself into the basketball community’s collective memory. The All-American tore her ACL on a routine fast-break sequence Monday against No. 9-seed Mississippi State (22-12, 7-9 SEC), sidelining her for the remainder of the season.
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1 month ago | 
dailytrojan.com | Leila Mackenzie |Darrian Merritt |Henry Mode
Cruising along the perimeter toward the near wing, freshman guard Kayleigh Heckel plotted a path toward the basket. When the proper parting presented itself, she sprinted to the paint untouched and electrified the Galen Center crowd with a circus-like reverse layup. That nearly 7,000-person standing ovation affirmed the Trojans’ NCAA Tournament identity — USC is juicy.
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1 month ago | 
dailytrojan.com | Leila Mackenzie
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1 month ago | 
dailytrojan.com | Leila Mackenzie |Henry Mode
All week, Doug Kyed — the Boston Herald’s New England Patriots beat writer — has flipped my phone into a seismograph. Every few minutes, Kyed issues a new update on the Patriots’ free-agency signings. After decades of Old Man Bill Belichick’s austerity, it’s disorienting to witness New England pay premiums for proven talents and retain rising stars. Besides Rob Gronkowski, Belichick rarely paid the market price. If a player wouldn’t take a discount, they were often banished from Foxborough.
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1 month ago | 
dailytrojan.com | Sean Campbell |Leila Mackenzie |Henry Mode
The Trojans’ lone tournament at Norman Stadium this spring shifted from sunburns to sweatshirts and celebration to senior send-off — stuffing a full season of home history into one weekend. No. 3 USC beach volleyball (8-2) put together a near-perfect sweep of the Battle for Los Angeles. On Saturday, the Trojans secured 4-1 victories against both No. 16 Washington (3-5) and No. 8 Long Beach State (3-3).
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2 months ago | 
dailytrojan.com | Leila Mackenzie |Ethan Inman
Freshman guard Kayleigh Heckel swiped a steal and flung a pass far up the floor to sophomore guard JuJu Watkins with 4:45 left in the first quarter. After scoring the Trojans’ last 8 points, Watkins turned toward the hoop and confidently launched a “heat check,” deep triple from the left wing. It was way off, accelerating awkwardly from the rim along the baseline. Watkins offered the crowd an unconcerned apology before she turned to the bench, laughing and patting her chest.
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2 months ago | 
dailytrojan.com | Leila Mackenzie
📌 PINNEDHenry Mode & Leila MacKenzie from Galen Center; photos by Braden DawsonThe Trojans host undefeated UCLA at Galen Center. Despite the rain, No. 6 USC will play before a sold-out crowd for the second consecutive crosstown showdown. Last season, the Trojans and No. 1 UCLA split their regular season meetings, with each winning on their home court. We’re reporting live on location. Refresh to see new updates.
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2 months ago | 
dailytrojan.com | Leila Mackenzie
📌 PINNEDLeila MacKenzie from Galen Center; photos by Jake BergAfter a 10-day vacancy, the Galen Center locker rooms will finally welcome Minnesota for its bout with No. 4 USC women’s basketball. Most recently, the Trojans pulled off a 31-0 run against Purdue on Jan. 22 to extend its win streak to 14 games. Minnesota may have the tools to slow USC’s sprint to a stroll as the Golden Gophers’ opponents average just 55.4 points per game.
