Roundup: UCLA gymnasts Madison Kocian, Kyla Ross reveal abuse by Larry Nassar
UCLA gymnasts and Olympians Madison Kocian and Kyla Ross said they were abused by former Team USA doctor Larry Nassar, appearing on CBS This Morning to discuss Nassar’s abuse alongside UCLA gymnastics coach Valorie Kondos Field. Nassar was convicted on federal child pornography and state sexual abuse charges earlier this year.
Do yourself a favor and check out the Oregon football uniforms for the 2018 season. I, along with other broadcasters and writers I’d bet, am a big fan of the big numbers.
Washington tackle Trey Adams was named to Sports Illustrated’s preseason All-America first team and is joined on the first team by Stanford RB Bryce Love, Stanford OG Nate Herbig, USC LB Cameron Smith, Washington S Taylor Rapp and Utah P Mitch Wishnowsky.
J. Brady Mccollough of the Los Angeles Times describes USC football coach Clay Helton’s use of “two spotting” to mitigate the effects of fatigue late in games.
Colorado will sell beer and wine stadium-wide at Folsom Field this year, the university announced Thursday morning. Colorado started selling beer and wine at Folsom Field in limited spaces in the 2014 football season.
Stanford women’s volleyball was picked to win the Pac-12 in the preseason coaches poll, it was announced Wednesday. USC (second) and Oregon (third) round out the top three.
From earlier in the week – Washington State women’s basketball freshman Ula Motuga has been named to the Australian U-18 National Team and will play at the FIBA Under-18 Asia Championships in India from October 28-November 3. She’ll get back just in time for the start of the regular season.
The Miami HEAT signed Marcus Lee, the team announced Wednesday (and yes, HEAT is supposed to be in all caps). The former Kentucky and Cal forward played in Summer League with the Cleveland Cavaliers.
Michael Lev features Arizona running back Gary Brightwell, a sophomore who has impressed enough in camp to get potentially get more in-game touches this season.
The Beavs will look to shock the college football world when they travel to Ohio State for their 2018 lid-lifter, so Nick Daschel of The Oregonian/OregonLive compiles a list of Oregon State’s 10 biggest upsets in program history. Don’t click on this link if you’re a USC fan.
Kurt Kragthorpe takes us inside Utah defensive coordinator Morgan Scalley’s philosophy. “Sack Lake City” is a catchy phrase, but Scalley is more concerned with stopping the run first.
Check out this season preview of “The Drive” featuring Arizona State. You can get a snapshot of the whole conference on Monday, August 27 at 7 p.m. PT/8 p.m. MT on Pac-12 Network.