“I used to write down my goals in a journal,” Caleb Williams said from the Heisman Trophy stage. “What used to just be words on a piece of paper has me standing here today.”
USC sophomore quarterback Caleb Williams is the 2022 Heisman Trophy winner.
Convincing Williams to follow Lincoln Riley to #USC meant mending some fences with Williams and his family.
Riley’s rebuild was well underway when he rang Williams, who he knew could be the crown jewel of what became a 25-transfer class. latimes.com/sports/usc/sto…
The quarterback was on vacation, walking on a Florida beach to clear his head about his entrance into the transfer portal, when the coach called. The conversation, as it turned out, would mark a turning point in the storied history of USC football. latimes.com/sports/usc/sto…
Williams soared even higher in his second season at the helm of Riley’s offense, a scheme now responsible for three of the last six Heisman winners (Williams, Kyler Murray and Baker Mayfield), as well as an additional Heisman finalist, Jalen Hurts. latimes.com/sports/usc/sto…
From Day 1, teammates say, the transfer quarterback stepped in with a swagger that lifted the locker room, changing a culture that previously had come apart at the seams. latimes.com/sports/usc/sto…
Where does Caleb Williams rank among USC’s eight Heisman Trophy winners, which include Marcus Allen, Charles White and Carson Palmer? latimes.com/sports/usc/sto…
“The path hasn’t always been easy. And this is me speaking to the 11-year-old out there who’s watching right now, who was told you’re too small, like they told me.” Read Caleb Williams' Heisman speech: latimes.com/sports/usc/sto…
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For decades, California has suffered the nation’s most expensive gas – but that differential reached extreme levels in the spring and fall. latimes.com/business/story…
Steep gas costs have been bad for California drivers. But they’ve been very good for the large energy companies that refine oil into fuel in the state. latimes.com/business/story…
“I used to write down my goals in a journal,” Caleb Williams said from the @HeismanTrophy stage. “What used to just be words on a piece of paper has me standing here today.”
“The path hasn’t always been easy. And this is me speaking to the 11-year-old out there who’s watching right now, who was told you’re too small, like they told me.”
Earlier this year, Gov. Gavin Newsom laid out a proposal to compel people with severe mental illness and addictions into court-ordered care, medication and housing.
Anthony’s story could illustrate how difficult this would be, especially in the long run. latimes.com/california/sto…
Anthony Mazzucca and his mother, Mary Liciaga, agreed to share their story and to help track down his medical records from facilities across the county.
The CARE Act will put in place an infrastructure to provide services to a projected 12,000 of the state’s most vulnerable residents for up to two years. It has been hailed as a major transformation in how the state addresses mental illness. latimes.com/california/sto…
Sunday marks Darvin Ham's first visit to Detroit as @Lakers coach, 100 miles from the Saginaw streets that nearly swallowed him.
“For someone from Saginaw to be the Lakers coach,” friend Eric Smith said, “that’s impossible. It can’t happen. But it did.” latimes.com/sports/lakers/…
Darvin Ham and his friend Chaka Euell had to cheat death in Saginaw, both suffering gunshot wounds before turning 18, victims of drugs and gangs.
By the time Ham was 19, he'd outlived Euell, several additional friends, a grandfather and his father. latimes.com/sports/lakers/…
Quick money from drugs, especially crack, engulfed Darvin Ham's Saginaw hometown in violence.
“Kids coming to high school, thousand dollars in their pocket, big gold ropes, big-ass triple-fat goose coats.”
USC sophomore quarterback Caleb Williams is the 2022 Heisman Trophy winner, becoming the first Trojan to win the award since Reggie Bush in 2005.
Williams won over TCU’s Max Duggan, Ohio State’s C.J. Stroud and Georgia’s Stetson Bennett. latimes.com/sports/usc/sto…
Williams is the eighth USC player to win the Heisman Trophy, the most of any school, though the Heisman Trust officially acknowledges 7 after NCAA sanctions against USC saw Bush stripped of his trophy. Not since 2005 has USC sent a finalist to New York. latimes.com/sports/usc/sto…
Convincing Williams to follow Lincoln Riley to #USC meant mending some fences with Williams and his family. Riley’s rebuild was well underway when he rang Williams, who he knew could be the crown jewel of what became a 25-transfer class. latimes.com/sports/usc/sto…