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USC suspended a writer for offering an observation about a player:
The USC football program has suspended access to the team for two weeks for Orange County Register and Southern California News Group beat writer Luca Evans.
USC coach Lincoln Riley took issue with a story published Thursday, according to Katie Ryan, Director of Football Communications. In the story, Evans wrote about a conversation that two players had while preparing to talk with the media. USC contends that Evans violated its policy prohibiting reporting on anything outside of media availabilities in the practice facility.
And the story in question:
LOS ANGELES — Before his first appearance in front of the dreaded USC practice field media backdrop, freshman running back Quinten Joyner waited off to the side, quietly consulting Braylan Shelby for advice.
Shelby, himself, was a freshman and had spoken to the media all of one time in his USC career. But he was there waiting after Wednesday’s practice to take questions, too, and so he suddenly became a 6-foot-5, 245-pound confidant. Did they tell you what to say? Shelby asked a visibly nervous Joyner.
“Just talk about the team,” Shelby told him, offering some words of encouragement.
About a half hour later, when told via phone call of the observed exchange, Joyner’s father Quincy cackled.
“That sounds just like him,” Quincy said, in between bouts of laughter. “That’s what he does. He’s a smart kid, but it just seems like he doesn’t want to mess up or anything.”
And indeed, in Joyner’s first availability, the young running back approached questions as if they were trying to tackle him. Pausing, scrunching his face, setting sentences down and picking them back up. Gulping a couple of times.
USC suspended a writer for offering an observation about a player:
The USC football program has suspended access to the team for two weeks for Orange County Register and Southern California News Group beat writer Luca Evans.
USC coach Lincoln Riley took issue with a story published Thursday, according to Katie Ryan, Director of Football Communications. In the story, Evans wrote about a conversation that two players had while preparing to talk with the media. USC contends that Evans violated its policy prohibiting reporting on anything outside of media availabilities in the practice facility.
And the story in question:
LOS ANGELES — Before his first appearance in front of the dreaded USC practice field media backdrop, freshman running back Quinten Joyner waited off to the side, quietly consulting Braylan Shelby for advice.
Shelby, himself, was a freshman and had spoken to the media all of one time in his USC career. But he was there waiting after Wednesday’s practice to take questions, too, and so he suddenly became a 6-foot-5, 245-pound confidant. Did they tell you what to say? Shelby asked a visibly nervous Joyner.
“Just talk about the team,” Shelby told him, offering some words of encouragement.
About a half hour later, when told via phone call of the observed exchange, Joyner’s father Quincy cackled.
“That sounds just like him,” Quincy said, in between bouts of laughter. “That’s what he does. He’s a smart kid, but it just seems like he doesn’t want to mess up or anything.”
And indeed, in Joyner’s first availability, the young running back approached questions as if they were trying to tackle him. Pausing, scrunching his face, setting sentences down and picking them back up. Gulping a couple of times.
