Pete Golding and Co. hosted the dynamic defender this week, raves about his time in the Magnolia State.

After suffering their first loss of the season last weekend, the Trojans bounced back by winning a pair of games at home

Ryan Kartje is the USC beat writer at the Los Angeles Times. He joined The Times after six years with the Southern California News Group. A Michigan native and University of Michigan graduate, Kartje previously wrote for Fox Sports Wisconsin and the Bloomington (Ind.) Herald-Times. Mark E. Potts is the senior editor for video at the Los Angeles Times. A native of Enid, Okla., Potts graduated from the University of Oklahoma with a master’s degree in broadcast journalism. He has created and edited video for DreamWorks, YouTube, Microsoft, Sony and BET.

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Four Democrats running for California governor who were excluded from an upcoming debate at USC urged their rivals to boycott the event because it excludes every candidate of color.

To paraphrase Ronald Reagan, KABC and the University of Southern California may find themselves really paying for who gets a chance at the microphone in their March 24 California gubernatorial debate.

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