#road-performance

#road-performance

But four years into his tenure as the Trojans' coach, Riley's once-sterling road reputation feels like a relic of a past life. Until USC won at Nebraska earlier this month, Riley hadn't beaten a team on the road that finished better than .500 since November 2022, when his Trojans toppled UCLA at the Rose Bowl. Otherwise, outside of L.A., USC's only road victory against a quality team under Riley came against Oregon State ... in his fourth game leading the Trojans.

There's a strange phenomenon brewing in the Western Conference. If you only watched the Los Angeles Kings on their home ice at Crypto.com Arena, you might write them off as a team struggling to find its footing, a group battling an early-season slump. To date, they've managed just a single victory in their own building. But if you caught them anywhere else-in Pittsburgh, Montreal, or virtually any other hostile NHL arena-you'd be watching one of the most formidable, balanced, and successful teams in the league.

After Wednesday nights 13-4 win behind a strong start from Shane Bieber, the Blue Jays are looking to become just the fourth team to come back from an 0-2 deficit in LCS history, but the odds might not all be stacked up against them. There's a reason Toronto was one of the toughest and most successful teams all season, and this isn't just going to disappear in the span of a week.