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USC bans LA Daily News reporter for 2 weeks for reporting an injury

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by LongTimeListener, Sep 12, 2012.

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  1. Mizzougrad96

    Mizzougrad96 Active Member

    Yeah, Carroll may have been a lying scumbag, but at least he was a media-friendly lying scumbag.
     
    Mizzougrad96, Sep 12, 2012
    #25
  2. RubberSoul1979

    RubberSoul1979 Active Member

    Good grief, just another reason hope Stanford buries them on Saturday.
     
    RubberSoul1979, Sep 12, 2012
    #26
  3. Jake_Taylor

    Jake_Taylor Well-Known Member

    They were talking about the starting center's injury just a minute ago on ESPNU, so I guess the World Wide Leader is going to be banned. Right? Right?
     
    Jake_Taylor, Sep 12, 2012
    #27
  4. Mizzougrad96

    Mizzougrad96 Active Member

    I wonder how that works. If the ESPNLA guy does it, he's banned, but if the WWL does it, what can they do?

    So fucking stupid...
     
    Mizzougrad96, Sep 12, 2012
    #28
  5. Riptide

    Riptide Well-Known Member

    If this blows up in Kiffin's face, as it should, it will be hilarious.
     
    Riptide, Sep 12, 2012
    #29
  6. Moderator1

    Moderator1 Moderator Staff Member

    From the LA Times:


    Heidari reportedly has surgery

    Kicker Andre Heidari, who suffered an apparent injury during the opener against Hawaii and did not travel to New Jersey for the game against Syracuse, had knee surgery last week and is expected to be sidelined for about three weeks, according to a published report.

    Walk-on Alex Wood kicked extra points and Craig McMahon handled kickoffs against Syracuse. The Los Angeles Daily News reported Heidari's surgery on Sunday night.

    Kiffin is not addressing injuries this season. USC also announced in August a policy barring the media from reporting strategy or injury-related news observed during in-season practices.

    The Daily News report did not cite practice-related information.

    Still, USC has barred Daily News reporter Scott Wolf from attending practice for two weeks and will not issue him a credential for the Trojans' Sept. 22 game against California at the Coliseum, said Gene Warnick, sports editor for the Los Angeles Newspaper Group, which includes the Daily News and other Southland papers.

    "From our standpoint, Scott was doing his job," Warnick said. "This wasn't something that was part of practice. We were just trying to report the news."

    Warnick said he and sports editors from The Times and the Orange County Register were scheduled to speak with USC Athletic Director Pat Haden on Wednesday.

    A USC athletic department spokesman declined to comment.
     
    Moderator1, Sep 12, 2012
    #30
  7. Tarheel316

    Tarheel316 Well-Known Member

    Remember this is Lane Kiffin we're talking about.
     
    Tarheel316, Sep 12, 2012
    #31
  8. ColdCat

    ColdCat Well-Known Member

    What kind of newspeak BS is this? So writers were just supposed to ignore the fact that the guy who kicked for USC week one was nowhere to be found and someone else was doing the kicking?

    "Alex Wood has always been USC's kicker. We have always been at war with East-Asia."

    I say anyone with a vote in the AP poll ought to conveniently forget to include the Trojans next week.
     
    ColdCat, Sep 12, 2012
    #32
  9. Point of Order

    Point of Order Active Member

    Good work LAT.
     
    Point of Order, Sep 12, 2012
    #33
  10. Riptide

    Riptide Well-Known Member

    Another case of coaches expecting the media to worship them as gods.
     
    Riptide, Sep 12, 2012
    #34
  11. Moderator1

    Moderator1 Moderator Staff Member

    Washington trying to get in on the act, too:

    Bob Condotta @bcondotta
    15m
    UW practice ended. Huskies announce new policy of not talking about injuries. If violated media can be prohibited from practice. ...


    Love this from Jerry Brewer:

    erry Brewer @JerryBrewer
    15m
    Does Sark have to copy everything Lane Kiffin does?
     
    Moderator1, Sep 12, 2012
    #35
  12. SoCalDude

    SoCalDude Active Member

    The OC Register sports editor is the former USC beat writer who knows Kiffin really well. I would love to be a fly on the wall for that conversation with Kiffin.
     
    SoCalDude, Sep 12, 2012
    #36
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