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Last month, as coaches whispered about USC’s absence in the region, Riley assured that the state was “priority No. 1.”

Insiders, though, had often whispered that she was pulling the strings behind the scenes - advising her husband on political appointments and guiding high-stakes decisions during his tenure.

Some people whispered that his father must be washing drug money through the hibachi chain.

You could hear it being whispered in the breakfast hall of the Malaga hotel where travelling British fans were tucking into their Spanish tortilla.

When he won, I whispered in her ear, ‘He’s no Secretariat. I think this is as close as I’ll ever get.’