Broncos Beat Writer

Luca Evans

Luca Evans covers the Denver Broncos for The Denver Post. Before starting in March 2025, he spent two years covering USC for the Southern California News Group and a year covering LA-area high school sports for the Los Angeles Times. He loves uncovering the details that help athletes tick, and when not investigating such details, he can probably be found shooting 2-of-10 in a rec league basketball game.

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Longtime agent Jeff Sperbeck’s fatal fall from golf cart driven by John Elway ruled an accident

May 9, 2025 at 2:55 p.m.

'This, from all appearances and from all evidence, seems to just be a horrific accident,' Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco previously said.

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Jeff Sperbeck’s death after falling from cart driven by John Elway ‘appears to be a horrific accident,’ sheriff says

May 2, 2025 at 1:07 p.m.

"We’re doing everything we can to make sure that this is what it appears to be, and just an accident," Sheriff Chad Bianco said.

USC’s Desmond Claude, center, goes for the ball against Minnesota’s Mike Mitchell Jr. in the first half Saturday, Feb. 15, 2025, at the Galen Center. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/ SCNG)

USC’s agonizing loss to Minnesota dims NCAA Tournament hopes

February 15, 2025 at 5:20 p.m.

The Trojans, up 13 at one point, collapse at the end of a 69-66 loss as the Golden Gophers score the final eight points Saturday afternoon at the Galen Center.

Presley Kiffin ready to start her ‘own name’ for USC women’s volleyball

February 14, 2025 at 5:51 p.m.

The Mater Dei senior committed as a preferred walk-on in March, a decade after father Lane Kiffin’s tumultuous football tenure came to an unceremonious end.

USC guard JuJu Watkins, front, celebrates after scoring as UCLA center Lauren Betts, top left, and guard Londynn Jones, right, look on during the second half of their Big Ten game on Thursday night at the Galen Center. Watkins had a game for the ages, scoring 38 points and blocking eight shots as the sixth-ranked Trojans handed the top-ranked Bruins their first loss of the season, 71-60. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

JuJu Watkins dazzles as No. 6 USC hands No. 1 UCLA its first loss

February 14, 2025 at 3:07 a.m.

Watkins has 38 points (six 3-pointers) and eight blocked shots as the Trojans dominate the fourth quarter for a 71-60 victory, their first win against a top-ranked team since the...

USC guard JuJu Watkins, right, holds a ball to commemorate scoring 1,000 career points as she stands with head coach Lindsay Gottlieb prior to a game against Michigan earlier this season at the Galen Center. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

USC women’s basketball coach Lindsay Gottlieb has faced a year ‘unlike any other’ in her career

February 12, 2025 at 8:08 p.m.

With expectations growing, the Trojans’ sheer talent has required constant adjustment from both players and Gottlieb, who operates under a philosophy to coach her players’ “whole being.”

USC shakes off injury, illness to blow out Penn State

February 11, 2025 at 10:29 p.m.

Point guard Desmond Claude returns from injury, wing Chibuzo Agbo Jr. hits a career-best seven 3-pointers and the Trojans shoot 67% from the field in a 92-67 win.

USC point guard Desmond Claude, right, shoots as Wisconsin forward Steven Crowl defends during the first half of a game last month at the Galen Center. Claude, USC’s leading scorer, has missed the past two games with a knee injury. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

USC’s season hinges on health of Desmond Claude, the ‘straw that stirs the drink’

February 10, 2025 at 4:59 p.m.

The Trojans’ leading scorer was scratched from last week’s road trip to Northwestern and Purdue, and the team’s season is on the brink after back-to-back losses.

Kennedy Smith powers No. 7 USC women past Ohio State

February 8, 2025 at 11:14 p.m.

Smith finishes with 13 rebounds, five assists and three timely 3-pointers on a night when JuJu Watkins goes 5-for-21 in the Trojans' 84-63 win over the Buckeyes.

USC defensive coordinator D’Anton Lynn, left, and new linebackers coach Rob Ryan are happy to be colleagues again after shared stops with the NFL’s Buffalo Bills in 2016 and the Baltimore Ravens in 2021. (Photos by Keith Birmingham/SCNG staff and The Associated Press)

Years before coaching together at USC, D’Anton Lynn and Rob Ryan were Baltimore housemates

February 7, 2025 at 6:05 p.m.

Longtime NFL coach Ryan joined the USC staff this offseason in large part for defensive coordinator Lynn, who he calls “as sharp as can be.”

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