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Yahoo
2 days ago
- Sport
- Yahoo
USC football countdown to kickoff—Cameron Smith in focus
The countdown to USC's 2025 football season is officially on! The Trojans kick off their new campaign 35 days from today. You need something to help you while away the days and hours in the spring and summer. This is one way to do so. In this new series, countdown to kickoff, we will be counting down the days by highlighting a notable Trojan who wore each number. Today, we look at former USC linebacker Cameron Smith. Position: Linebacker Years played at USC: 2015-2018 Career highlights: As a true freshman in 2015, Smith burst onto the scene with a three-interception game against Utah, one of which he returned for a pick six. Funnily enough, however, those would be the only three interceptions Smith would record in his entire USC career. Despite this, he still had an exceptional tenure in Cardinal and Gold, finishing his time with the Trojans with 353 total tackles, 11 passes defended, and 3.5 sacks. Smith earned first-team All-Pac-12 honors in 2017 and second-team honors in both 2016 and 2018. In both his junior and seniors seasons, he was named a team captain. After USC: The Minnesota Vikings selected Smith in the fifth round of the 2019 NFL Draft. As a rookie, he appeared in five regular season games, recording eight total tackles. During the summer of 2020, however, it was announced that Smith would need to undergo open heart surgery, causing him to miss the entire season. He medically retired from football the following year. This article originally appeared on Trojans Wire: USC football countdown to kickoff recalls Trojans LB Cameron Smith
ABC News
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- ABC News
Get Fact'd: Here's your Hottest 100 of Australian Songs in stats, trends and figures
Get ready trivia heads, it's the best part of the day for you — here's your Hottest 100 of Australian Songs in stats, facts, figures and trends. We've spent the day counting down your favourite songs from 100 to one as voted by you so it's time to dig into the meaty parts of this special countdown. The power of the people We received more than a whopping 2.65 million votes in the Hottest 100 of Australian Songs, which is the highest number of votes for a special countdown and the fourth-highest number of votes ever for a countdown. Although we clocked an enormous number of votes for this special Hottest 100, things were still pretty damn tight across the countdown. There are eight entries within the list that ended up being separated by less than 10 vote. Only 30 votes separated the songs that placed #100 and #101. Despite all that, there's only one act who clocked back-to-back entries — and that happened right at the pointy end of the countdown. Congrats, Cold Chisel! Nearly the whole of Australia is represented across the Hottest 100 of Australian Songs, with almost half of the list coming from NSW. Victoria is represented by 24 artists, Queensland has 11 entries and the west coast has clocked in six times. Tasmania, I promise we still love you even though you didn't make the list. Here's looking at you Votes came in from right around the country (both mainland and off!) with NSW and Victoria neck and neck at 28% and 24% of the votes respectively. Queensland gave us 19% and Western Australia contributed 10% of the votes. Tassie, you came through with 4% of the votes and friends around the world made up 3% of the democratic process. It's a countdown that spans generations, but it was one group that came out in full force with their votes: the 18–29-year-olds. That's right, Gen Z (and a few Millennial cuspers) turned up in droves with their votes, putting their stamp on the Hottest 100 of Australian Songs. The nitty gritty Casting our eyes to the list, there's some delicious facts to sink our teeth into. The longest song in the countdown belongs to the late Stevie Wright with 'Evie (Parts 1, 2 & 3)', which came in at #96 and runs for a whopping 11 minutes and eight seconds. The shortest song showed up immediately afterwards at #95 — 'CALYPSO' by Spiderbait only runs for one minute and 49 seconds! That's the beauty of a Hottest 100 countdown for you. It's truly a capture of the deep and rich history of Australian music, with 50 years between the oldest and youngest songs in the list. At #89, Amyl and The Sniffers' 'Hertz' was released in 2021, and at #45 the tradition-heavy 'Eagle Rock' from Daddy Cool (released in 1971) is officially the oldest track in the countdown. And if we're looking at sheer speed, Amyl and the Sniffers are head and shoulders ahead of the rest, with an absolutely ripping BPM of 185 in 'Hertz'. No wonder it makes you wanna get up and go as fast as you can. There seems to be some common themes running across the list, with nine songs referring to the sky, nine songs featuring travel and transport, and 10 songs going on about body parts. From little things big things grow triple j has been there with lot of the artists in the Hottest 100 of Australian Songs for a long time, with 24 artists across the countdown having a profile on Unearthed. From Flume to Missy Higgins, Gang of Youths to Thelma Plum, the green drum has been there to back them in. Who could be the next Hottest 100 icon to kick off their career on Unearthed? And finally — if you would you believe it — 100% of songs on this very special countdown are from Australian artists.
ABC News
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- ABC News
The Hottest 200 of Australian Songs is coming to Double J
The Hottest 100 of Australian Songs has been an amazing celebration of the music that has been important to the people of our nation. Look, we know making that list of 10 songs was hard. But hopefully it feels worth it now. We know that some of your favourite songs didn't make it, even though they really, really should have. And we know you want to know which songs just missed out on the countdown. So, all week on Double J we will count down the songs that made it to 200-101 in the official vote count. Every morning with Michael Hing, and every afternoon with Dylan Lewis, we'll count down 10 songs that didn't quite squeeze into the main list. If the Hottest 100 is anything to go by, it's going to be another amazing list of songs. If that doesn't work for you, or you just feel like throwing another party, we'll play the full list of 200-101 on Double J next Saturday 2 August. Tune into Mornings with Michael Hing and Arvos with Dylan Lewis on Double J from Monday to hear the Hottest 200 of Australian songs all week.
ABC News
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- ABC News
Live updates: Hottest 100 of Australian songs has begun, but who will be #1?
What's the best Australian song of all time? It seems like an impossible question but it's the one triple j and Double J are asking the good people of this beautiful country. Will Powderfinger's happiness be slowly coming back? Maybe The Veronicas won't be untouched? Join us as we count from #100 all the way down to the #1 Australian song, as voted by you! How to listen:
ABC News
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- ABC News
Here's where Hottest 100 listening parties are happening near you!
Gearing up for the Hottest 100 of Australian Songs and looking for somewhere to tune in on the day? No stress, we've got a whole list of public listening parties for you to pick from! Whether you wanna hunker down at the local pub, knock the froth off on a rooftop bar or mix the countdown with some barefoot bowls, there's something for everyone right around the country (and across the pond!). Check out all the places that will be airing the Hottest 100 of Australian Songs live, loud and local to you from 10am AEST on Saturday. NSW Ashfield Bowling Club - Ashfield Ashfield Bowling Club - Ashfield Australian Hotel - Ballina Australian Hotel - Ballina Beach Hotel - Byron Bay Beach Hotel - Byron Bay Bernie's Bar - Newcastle Bernie's Bar - Newcastle Big Little Brewing - Gosford Big Little Brewing - Gosford Breakwall Brewing - Narooma Breakwall Brewing - Narooma Crowbar - Leichardt Crowbar - Leichardt Darling Nikki's - St Peters Darling Nikki's - St Peters Devil's Hollow Brewery - Dubbo Devil's Hollow Brewery - Dubbo East Village Hotel - Darlinghurst East Village Hotel - Darlinghurst Edgeworth Tavern - Edgeworth Edgeworth Tavern - Edgeworth Finnians Tavern - Port Macqaurie Finnians Tavern - Port Macqaurie Great Southern Hotel - Berry Great Southern Hotel - Berry Hoey Moey - Coffs Harbour Hoey Moey - Coffs Harbour Harp Hotel - Wollongong Harp Hotel - Wollongong Kahibah Sports Club - Kahibah Kahibah Sports Club - Kahibah La La La's - Wollongong La La La's - Wollongong Lowlands Bowling Club - Cooks Hill Lowlands Bowling Club - Cooks Hill Mogul Beer - Northern Beaches Mogul Beer - Northern Beaches Mumbo Jumbos - Terrigal Mumbo Jumbos - Terrigal North Gong Hotel - Wollongong North Gong Hotel - Wollongong Public House Petersham Public House Petersham Resin - Bulli Resin - Bulli TapHouse Sydney - Darlinghurst TapHouse Sydney - Darlinghurst Tilly's - Wagga Wagga Tilly's - Wagga Wagga The Barley - Enmore The Barley - Enmore The Chippo Hotel - Chippendale The Chippo Hotel - Chippendale The Green Roof Hotel - Hamilton The Green Roof Hotel - Hamilton The Hamilton Station Hotel - Islington The Hamilton Station Hotel - Islington The Marlborough Hotel - Newtown The Marlborough Hotel - Newtown The Bowlo - Bangalow The Bowlo - Bangalow Unexpected Guest Distillery - Marrickville VIC The Catfish - Fitzroy The Catfish - Fitzroy Dive Bar - Geelong Dive Bar - Geelong Frankston Brewhouse - Frankston Frankston Brewhouse - Frankston Hotel Esplanade - St Kilda Hotel Esplanade - St Kilda Melbourne Bowls Club - Windsor Melbourne Bowls Club - Windsor Royal Hotel - Benalla Royal Hotel - Benalla Statford Courthouse Theatre - Stratford Statford Courthouse Theatre - Stratford The Grand Hotel Warrandyte - Warrandyte The Grand Hotel Warrandyte - Warrandyte The McIvor Pub - Kennington The McIvor Pub - Kennington The Penny Black - Brunswick The Penny Black - Brunswick The Vic Hotel - Footscray QLD Brook Hotel - Mitchelton Brook Hotel - Mitchelton Buddy Brewing - Burpengary Buddy Brewing - Burpengary Eaton Hills Hotel - Eaton Hills Eaton Hills Hotel - Eaton Hills Gladstone Yacht Club - Gladstone Gladstone Yacht Club - Gladstone Helio's Brewing Company - Yeerongpilly Helio's Brewing Company - Yeerongpilly Summa House - Fortitude Valley Summa House - Fortitude Valley The Bardon Bowls Club - Bardon The Bardon Bowls Club - Bardon The Station SC - Birtinya The Station SC - Birtinya The Sunset Shack - Nobby's Beach The Sunset Shack - Nobby's Beach Windsor Bowls Club - Windsor ACT Capital Brewing - Fishwyck Capital Brewing - Fishwyck UC Hub - Bruce UC Hub - Bruce The Pedlar - Campbell SA Gilbert Street Hotel - Adelaide Gilbert Street Hotel - Adelaide Port Burger - Port Noarlunga Port Burger - Port Noarlunga Tower Hotel - Magill WA Mount Lawley Football Club - Mount Lawley Mount Lawley Football Club - Mount Lawley Rosemount Hotel - Perth NT One Mile Brewery and Distillery - Winnellie TAS Botanica Bar - Salamanca Botanica Bar - Salamanca The Stables - Miandetta OVERSEAS Old Mates Pub - New York US Old Mates Pub - New York US Falcon - Clapham North UK
