For 364 days out of the year, USC and UCLA don't have much in common. But on the annual Super Bowl Spirit Day, a community outreach event co-hosted by Trojan and Bruin football players, everyone is on the same team. Last Friday, USC football players joined their counterparts from across town to encourage and exercise with local children from 186th Street Elementary School in the 11th annual edition of the event.
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"The students are so excited to see the student athletes. It lets them know that dreams do come true," explained Marcia Sidney-Reed, principal of the 186th Street school. "The athletes are speaking the same language our teachers are speaking; we want them to stay in school, listen to their teachers and do their homework. We're able to show them the student athletes who had to study hard to get to where they are today, so our children can then see that they can do this as well."
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