First off, loyal readers, allow me to apologize for sullying Her Loyal Sons with Josh Shaw's false story. Not only did I decide to run with the story, but I tried to give you warm and fuzzy feelings about a Southern Cal player. I figured there was no harm in running a story from USC's official freakin' website, but, on Wednesday, that same site posted an official statement that Shaw made up the whole thing. And, in the most Southern Cal thing ever, Shaw retained an attorney, but not just any ...
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FALSE: Southern Cal CB, Josh Shaw, Suffers Injury after Saving Nephew’s Life
EDIT [8/28 1:40 AM ET]: And the story is completely fake. Update and my reaction can be found here. I'm keeping the rest of the article below to keep an honest archive of my reporting. EDIT [8/26 1:46 PM ET]: There is a chance the below story could be false based on information from USC today: https://twitter.com/YahooDrSaturday/status/504322013586923520 https://twitter.com/InsideUSC/status/504321992905211904 I will continue to track this as it develops. - Tex. Usually I don't ...