Cutting her some slack *

Snopes.com weighs in on the case of the USC cheerleader on the side of she may not be to blame—after all, it was a close play.

* Another alternate take: (2:55 pm) Via email, a reader writes: "i have a cousin who is a big usc booster. (the rest of the family disowns him...) he laughed at this photo. he said the cheerleader is cheering her boyfriend who made a tackle on the touchdown play."


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