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11-03-2007, 07:28 PM
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11-11-2007, 02:53 AM
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if I don't take us down the field, bench me
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O.J. Mayo marked his debut with 32 points, but it wasn't enough to help No. 18 USC avoid a stunning 96-81 upset at the hands of Mercer. James Florence's 30 helped Mercer bag the Atlantic Sun's third major scalp this week.
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11-22-2007, 12:14 PM
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My reality check bounced.
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Two freshmen, old pals, have arrived in L.A. to turn a classic football rivalry into a crosstown hoops war. It's USC vs. UCLA. It's O.J. Mayo vs. Kevin Love \
Love (right) and Mayo first faced each other as eighth-graders in the title game at an AAU tournament.
You ready?"
The late-night bull session had lasted more than three hours, and now the top two basketball recruits in the land -- the center from Oregon and the guard from West Virginia -- exchanged assassins' smiles over the lukewarm remnants of a pizza in their room at The James hotel in Chicago. It was nearly 4 a.m. on April 4, a few hours after Kevin Love and O.J. Mayo had been named MVPs of their respective teams at the Roundball Classic high school all-star game, and the two friends had traded thousands of words outlining their common dreams: forging Hall of Fame careers, winning NCAA and NBA titles and, as Love recalls with a laugh, "whipping each other's asses when we get to L.A."
But no two words were as deliciously charged as the ones Love spoke to end the evening: "You ready?"
Entire article: SI.com - Writers - Grant Wahl: A Fight Between Friends - Tuesday November 13, 2007 10:32AM
The O.J. Mayo story
USC's freshman phenom took long road to California
O.J. Mayo ended up at USC against his mother's wishes, but he has the ability to carry the Trojans far.
To kick things off, though, we're taking only one question this week, and it happens to be our own:
What do you make of USC's O.J. Mayo?
-- The Bagman, Baltimore, Md. (That's right: we've changed cities. Time to make peace, Terps fans, the Bag loves it here.)
For starters, too many people wrote off Mayo and USC after their season-opening loss to Mercer. Tim Floyd's Trojans have a ways to go, but the return of Daniel Hackett (who had a triple-double in USC's rebound win at South Carolina) means Mayo and Taj Gibson won't be the only weapons at the Galen Center. The young Trojans will get clipped some more in the next month (Memphis and Kansas are on the schedule), but they'll win their share of games by season's end.
Anyway, we spent two hours talking to Mayo for our story on O.J. and UCLA's Kevin Love in Sports Illustrated's college basketball preview issue, and both players are extremely good interviews. In fact, after the negative rep he got in high school I'd say that Mayo is his own best advertisement, a thoughtful guy who was willing to talk at length about basketball, his own missteps and any number of topics, including:
Entire article: SI.com - Writers - Grant Wahl: The O.J. Mayo story - Wednesday November 21, 2007 3:28PM
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11-23-2007, 10:34 AM
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Buckeye Hoop - Always a Good Decision
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After reading the various stories on OJ Mayo, including the one that stressed his close friendship with Kevin Love, I have a lot more respect for the young man. But I still don't like his game.
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11-25-2007, 01:07 PM
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Pounding out aggression, turns into obsession
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Not to be too picky, but isn't the thread title a bit out of date? I'd say he has progressed beyond the "Verbal" stage by now.
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11-25-2007, 01:14 PM
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Italy - World Cup Champs !!!
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I think of Mayo... and I think of Pacman Jones... two peas in a pod...
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12-06-2007, 09:22 AM
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