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HAS LEINART RETURNED TO USC?
Published 8/14/2008 at With Leather - Sports news and gossip to brighten this short, dark life
... Oftentimes newspapers, in this case the Los Angeles Times, will rely on euphemisms in describing risque content to protect their family readership, while still having to report news that deals in difficult subjects. Let's see if you can spot the ones used in this article about USC. ...

Trojans Scratch Up Jock Itch Epidemic @ Practice
Published 8/14/2008 by Will Brinson at SPORTSbyBROOKS
... (”Yeah. I didn’t need to see that.”) Because if you’re in SoCal and playing college football right now, the “boys” probably aren’t feeling too swell. The LOS ANGELES TIMES, itching for real news stories , reports that over a quarter of the team are walking around campus like they just got done riding a seven-foot-wide horse for a few hours: As much as 25% of the team has been affected by the apparent run of tinea cruris, kicker David Buehler estimated. The condition seems to have spread by way of new compression shorts, or tights, worn under their football pants. Tailback ...

The Trojans Have Itchy Balls
Published 8/14/2008 by slanch at The Slanch Report
... and now the team is besieged by a devastating ailment, jock itch! I didn’t realize that Paris Hilton was back dating Trojans, I always figured after Leinart she would have moved on, especially since their name is a condom brand and condoms are her kryptonite… ...

USC Is Itching to Take the Field
Published 8/14/2008 at The Sporting Blog
... And nothing, repeat nothing, will make you more angry than having a horrific, CDC-grade case of jock itch to start the football season. ...

LA Times Expose: 25% of USC Football Players Have Jock Itch [College Football]
Published 8/14/2008 by Clay Travis at Deadspin
... Jock itch is actually the subject of their article. ESPN is so pissed that somebody else gets to write about USC's genitals. Expect a full-hour feature on Mitch Mustain's ballsweat on College Football Live tomorrow. Until then, we all feel tailback Travon Patterson's pain: "It burns," he told the LA Times. ...

Opponent’s Notebook: 8/14/08
Published 8/14/2008 by Pitchfork Nation at AZ Sports Hub - Arizona's Destination for Sports - Blogs - Podcasts - Forums
... Bowl. (San Francisco Chronicle) California RB Jahvid Best is getting the crap kicked out of him in camp. The bad news is it doesn't even seem to phase him. (San Jose Mercury News) Mitch Mustain doesn't want to be asked about his time at Arkansas, but he definitely thinks he's the man for the Trojans' August 30 trip to Charlottesville. (Los Angeles Daily News) I dare you to not feel uncomfortable after reading this. Two words: "It BURNS." (Los Angeles Times) I'm going to guess that there will more players in the Pac-10 getting ...

Jock itch bites USC gridders
Published 8/14/2008 by TheHotRead at SmackCaster SmackBlog
... It’s been a rough road to the first game of the season for Pete Carroll and USC. First, quarterback Mark Sanchez dislocates a knee before a practice. And now, the LA Times reports that as much as as 25% of the team has been affected by tinea cruris, also known as jock itch. The problem appears to have been caused by new compression shorts or tights worn under their pants. "Sometimes they can’t walk," said tailback Stafon Johnson told the paper with a giggle because he has remained itch-free. "I don’t know ...

USC Forced to Evacuate Campus In Wake of Crotch-Eating Fungus Outbreak
Published 8/14/2008 at FanHouse
... Now I'm not a religious person, but it's difficult to overlook the symbolism of the Southern Cal football team, who have over the last few years been the very embodiment of decadence, excess, and godless hedonism, being savagely struck down by a biblical plague of crotch-gnawing jock itch. ...

25% of USC players have jock itch
Published 8/14/2008 at Fanblogs.com
I have no idea how this sort of thing makes it in the newspaper, let alone the LA Times.... Each day, it seems, another player shows up at USC football practice with a pained expression and an uncomfortable gait, feet spread wide, stepping gingerly across the turf. They are victims of an ailment that has swept through the team during training camp, something that coaches refer to as "a skin irritation." The players call it "jock itch." While dislocated kneecaps and high ankle sprains draw more attention, Coach Pete Carroll said he ...

The Post Brought to you by Tinactin
Published 8/15/2008 by Massey at Buckeye Commentary
It is hard enough to tackle Joe McKnight and the rest of the USC skill players. To make things more interesting, each tackle may come with a punishment in the form of fungi. The L.A. Times ...

Warning: Trojans Can't Prevent Jock Itch
Published 8/20/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (Redshirt Señior) at The Redshirt Señior
... The L.A. Times estimates as much as 25 percent of the team is out with what coaches are calling "a skin irritation." Says wide receiver Travon Patterson: "It burns." "Sometimes they can't walk," ...