Monday Hot Links

Football

• Seven Trojans were drafted this year, but now what? Also, what happened to USC's other 1st and 2nd round picks in the Pete Carroll era? [LA Times]
• The USC-Coliseum deal has been signed and sealed, and Sacramento has also put the kibosh on plans to sell the Coliseum. [AP]

Basketball

• Thanks to Gene Wojciechowski for getting on board with my  "Hey NBA, put your money where your mouth is!" plan. [ESPN]
• New to the USC beat (and already doing well), Dan Woike has another great suggestion: stick violators in the D-league. [Rivals/USCFootball.com]
• Mark Cuban, anti-blogger blogger-extraordinaire, says the IRS could clean things up. [Blog Maverick]
• Fans react to the O.J. Mayo allegations. [LA Times]
• North Carolina transfer Alex Stepheson could wind up at USC or UCLA. [LA Times]
• Lodrick Stewart allegedly got involved in a bar fight in Kansas. [Lawrence Journal-World]

Other Sports

• Allyson Felix was profiled by The Times this weekend. I met her when she was named L.A. Sportswoman of the Year, and despite the fact that she never ran a race for Troy, she'll probably be USC's Olympic sweetheart this summer. This weekend, however, was a quiet finish to an emotional roller coaster. [LA Times]
• En route to USC winning the NCAA West Regionals, golfer Jamie Lovemark wowed the crowd. [Seattle Post-Intelligencer]
• Women's golf also won the West, and heads to the final tournament ranked No. 1 in the nation. [USC]
• Baseball swept Oregon State. [USC]
• Men's tennis went out in the NCAA quarterfinals. [USC]
• Women's tennis went out in the NCAA round of 16. [USC]

Elsewhere

• USC has appointed the first Hindu to be an American university's spiritual leader. [USC]
• Most college sports programs are operating in the red. [Chronicle of Higher Education]