I keep getting asked about whether guard-forward Guy Landry of Stoneridge Prep will attend USC in the fall. As of right now, he has not been offered a scholarship and there are also some academic issues he needs to sort out, which is not unusual if he is going to Stoneridge Prep.
A decision will probably be made later in the summer but right now I'd say it's 50-50.

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As we tackle the GA Forum today, here's news that Cheryl Cole be hosting a TV show in the U.S. soon.

Pete Carroll's public support to welcome back the Dodgers' Manny Ramirez has drawn fire on his own facebook site today.
``Everyone deserves a second chance,'' Carroll wrote.
A follower wrote, ``I can't agree with you here Pete. He's a cheater. Not an advocate of winning forever in my book.''
Another said, ``Down with steroid users. They should be banned forever. If Pete Rose was, they should be too.''

Back to the Girls Aloud (featuring Cheryl Cole) forum.

It's time to answer the most-pressing questions of the week on the Girls Aloud Forum!

David Beckham gets ripped by Galaxy teammate Landon Donovan in a new book about to be released on his arrival in America.

USC football commit D.J. Morgan from Taft High School in Woodland Hills ran the 110-meter hurdles in 13.68 seconds at the World Youth Track and Field trials in Ypsilanti, Mich.
Morgan will join Team USA at the IAAF World Youth Championships next week in Bressanone, Italy. His time was the fourth-best in the country this season.

Will USC's running backs be better next season?

Here's one way for the Canadian Football League to make news and it involves Michael Jackson.

Here's a Q & A with outgoing Pac-10 commissioner Tom Hansen.

It's time to ask questions again for this Fourth of July weekend.

It looks like someone didn't like the car of agent Scott Boras, the father of USC baseball player Shane Boras.

After being asked by many readers, we're happy to report that Amanda Pflugrad is still taking classes at Oregon and will be a Ducks cheerleader next season.

We finally finished the Open Forum questions.

USC midfielder Megan Ohai and goalkeeper Kristin Olsen were selected to join the U.S. Under-23 National Team for two matches in England. Ohai's probably best known for joining Brian Cushing in the green room on the day of the NFL Draft.

The smashing financial success of football under Pete Carroll actually works as a deterrent to spending an arm-and-leg on a basketball coach. If USC lose money in football or barely made money, there would be pressure to pay Jamie Dixon $2 million or more per year to get basketball going.
But with football bringing millions in profit, there's no urgency to make money on basketball, so that's why there were not any marquee names that almost got the job.

USC opens training camp on August 8 at 3 p.m.

A lot of questions about the number of commitments so far keep coming in. As I've said, USC is not pushing for early commitments this year.

Lane Kiffin's offering 13-year-olds. Anything for publicity.

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All football, all the time!

Another recruiting question highlights this segment of Answer Wednesday.

The Pac-10 has proposed NCAA legislation to eliminate printed media guides as a way to cut costs.
However, the SEC has offered an alternative. Schools would be allowed to print media guides, but could not send them to recruits. That would eliminate all the worthless fluff that gets jammed in just to try and impress a high school kid, like pictures of the weight room or celebrities who attended the school.
``The intent is it would be a media guide," said SEC associate commissioner Charles Bloom.
We'll see if the Versus Conference goes along with this proposal.

It looks like Taj Gibson's twitter page was suspended. That's too bad because he made some interesting comments on it and made a worthwhile stop.

Some football recruiting and a Tim Floyd-Kevin O'Neill comparison in this segment.

Oregon's new uniforms give the Ducks the option of 80 different jersey combinations during the 2009 season.

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A charity softball game will be held at Dedeaux Field on July 23 help the Greater Los Angeles Chapter of The ALS Association continue to provide services and programs to people fighting ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis).
The Strike Out Lou Gehrig's Disease All Star Softball Game between Team Hollywood against The USC Legends starts at 7 p.m.
Team Hollywood includes Nancy O'Dell ("Access Hollywood"), Danny Pino ("Cold Case"), Kate Linder ("Young and the Restless"), and Jessica Mendoza (USA Women's softball Olympic Gold Medal winner). Additional celebrities scheduled to play include Richard Roundtree ("Shaft"), former USC football player Matt Willig ("Year One"), Art LaFleur ("Field of Dreams"), Melinda Clarke ("The O.C.") and Michael Steger ("90210").
USC Legends celebrities include Marcus Allen, Charles White, Anthony Davis, Fred Lynn, Bret Boone, Don Buford, Inger Miller, Johnnie Morton, Sammy Lee, Tom House and Steve Kemp.
Hopefully Morton will play longer than he lasted in his MMA fight.
Tickets: (818) 865-8067.

Following up on yesterday's Snap Thought regarding baseball, perhaps we should to see if the Trojans will play 40 home games next season to try and produce a winning record.

Former USC strength coach Charr Gahagan, who was hired by Steve Sarkisian at Washington, recently quit to become head strength coach at North Texas.

It's definitely summer time when a Michael Jackson question sneaks into here.

Did Tim Floyd's decision to interview with Arizona lead to his demise? Guard Solomon Hill used the interview as his excuse to switch from USC to Arizona. Guard Noel Johnson was quoted saying it was the first thing that caused him to seek his release. That departure helped hasten the departure of recruits Lamont Jones and Derrick Williams (both to Arizona apparently).
If reports Williams will go to Arizona are true, the Wildcats will end up with three of USC's recruits (Hill, Jones, Willams). Who could predict this three months ago?

Is this going to be Kevin O'Neill's first lineup?

Forward: Leonard Washington
Forward: Nikola Vucevic
Center: Alex Stepheson
Guard: Dwight Lewis
Guard: Donte Smith

How is USC baseball going to be better next season after losing three-first first-and-second round picks, shortstop Grant Green and pitcher/catcher Robert Stock?

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New USC coach Kevin O'Neill said he is not opposed to bringing in another player on scholarship for the fall but only if they can help the team.

A question in here on the Rising Stars camp.

USC finished fourth in the final standings behind Stanford, North Carolina and Florida.

USC recruit Jiovanni Mier signed a pro contract worth $1.358 million. He joins USC's other first-round picks, Matt Davidson and Brooks Pounders, who signed earlier. Davidson got $900,000 while Pounders got $670,000.
USC junior pitcher Robert Stock previously signed for $550,000.

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It will be interesting to see if USC has any chance of convincing forward Derrick Williams to reconsider after he received his release. Arizona and Memphis are the frontrunners but it would be foolish for new coach Kevin O'Neill to not try and see if Williams would give USC a second look.

Time to start answering some of those questions that pop up during the summer.

Nadine Coyle of Girls Aloud relaxes at a Southern California hotel over the weekend.

USC basketball coach Kevin O'Neill said he expects point guard Donte Smith to return next season.

Here's a good article on how Wimbledon selects matches for centre court.

Somehow I missed this Saturday: USC golfer Jennifer Song, the NCAA Freshman of the Year, won the U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links Championship on Saturday at the Red Tail G.C. in Devens, Mass.

And now some football/basketball questions for the stragglers who did not ask in the Open Forum. One question per person please.

Brazil 3, USA 2

Brazil 3, USA 2 in 85th minute.

USA 2, Brazil 2 in 74th minute.

USA 2, Brazil 1 in 46th minute.

USA 2, Brazil 0 in first half of Confederations Cup final.

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Since he did not get drafted, former USC guard Daniel Hackett will begin his career playing for Benetton Treviso, an Italian pro club, where he signed a one-year contract.

A reader laments the relatively low profile of Kimberly Walsh.

Answers, answers, answers.

Girls Aloud plays at Wembley Stadium on Sept. 18. Who's in?

Former USC forward Taj Gibson said it was hard to believe that USC coach Tim Floyd resigned.
``I was very surprised when Coach Floyd resigned,'' Gibson said. ``He was a great coach. I wish him the best. He called me when I declared for the draft and we talked. It was good to speak to him.''

Former USC basketball player DeMar DeRozan on playing in Canada, where the taxes are greater than playing in the United States.
``I think this is one of the best situations for me everything and at the end of the day, that's something we are figuring out about the tax system and everything else, so right now I am just enjoying it.''