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10:56AM

RealClearSports: There Are No Morals in These Stories

By Art Spander
For RealClearSports.com


Was sport always this crazy? Did basketball players 30 years ago think they needed a bigger arsenal than Wyatt Earp?

Did football coaches leave town faster than a guy being chased by a sheriff and then get a royal welcome the next place they put down their clipboard?

Read the full story here.

© RealClearSports 2010
10:20AM

RealClearSports: At USC, Coach Isn't a Job, It's a Role

By Art Spander
For RealClearSports.com


At the University of Southern California, football coach is less a job than a role. A man must know his X's and O's certainly, but as importantly in the movie capital, where there's no business like show business, he must know how to shake a hand and tell a joke.

Read the full story here.

© RealClearSports 2010
7:47AM

L.A. Daily News: Carroll, Trojans get a feel-good ending with triumph in Emerald Bowl

By Art Spander
Special to the Daily News


SAN FRANCISCO -- It was a win. In the town where he was born. In the stadium where Barry Bonds broke the home run record. That was enough for Pete Carroll, even if might not been enough for those critics who call themselves USC fans.

Read the full story here.

Copyright 2009 Los Angeles Newspaper Group

8:48AM

SF Examiner: Carroll endures a rare rough season at Southern Cal

By Art Spander
Special to The Examiner


SAN FRANCISCO — Pete Carroll is making the best of it, which always has been his way. The letter writers in L.A. are down on him, because lately he hasn’t done what they wanted. Pete’s even a little down on himself, not that the enthusiasm doesn’t wash over the disappointment in a second or two.

Read the full story here.

Copyright 2009 SF Newspaper Company
9:29AM

RealClearSports: Pete Carroll Cares, and Proves It

By Art Spander
For RealClearSports.com


LOS ANGELES -- The question came from the man who the past few days had been hearing too many of them.

This one, however, wasn't about how to repair a humbled football team, his team, USC.
Instead, it dealt with how we might repair a damaged society.

"Why should we care?'' asked Pete Carroll rhetorically.

Then he answered. "Because, we can change the culture.''


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