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FEATURED ARTICLEThrough one half Irish quarterback has thrown for 300 yards and 3 touchdowns. The only men throwing more fire in Hawai’i tonight are the fire-breathing hula dancers currently on the field for the half time show. The Southern Cal native apparently just needed tome sunshine and sand to get himself back on track. Clausen has not thrown [...]
Through one half Irish quarterback has thrown for 300 yards and 3 touchdowns.
The only men throwing more fire in Hawai’i tonight are the fire-breathing hula dancers currently on the field for the half time show.
The Southern Cal native apparently just needed tome sunshine and sand to get himself back on track. Clausen has not thrown [...]
Bill Brink
The missed layups and turnovers pained everyone present, and the end of the game came too close for comfort considering Notre Dame led by 11 in the second half, but Notre Dame slid past St. John’s at home, 70-67, on Saturday.
Melissa Lechlitner had 15 points and Ashley Barlow had 13 and three 3-pointers. Lindsay [...]
By Doug Farmer
I think the fact that I was going to be in the Notre Dame student section only settled into my mind as reality about the same time that my gym teacher advised the class to take Friday night easy so we could truly enjoy, and remember, all of Saturday. If that doesn’t foretell [...]
By Fran Tolan
–We landed in Maui yesterday. On the beach in our backyard, there are 200-foot cliffs that feature professional divers every evening at sunset. We’re gonna hit the cliffs up (the 20-foot section) after today’s game. Apparently, McAlarney, Kopko and Ayers were diving the other day.
–After sleeping for about four hours in three days [...]
By Chris Hine
At 6 a.m. Sunday morning, I walked to my car in the D-6 student lot at Notre Dame and it had a fresh coating of ice for me to scrape off. The thermometer in my car read 14 degrees. Some 12 hours later, Associate Sports Editor Fran Tolan and I landed in Maui, [...]
In the not so distant past Dunder Mifflin’s Michael Scott started a trend that has swept the nation and occupied the minds of young men and women overflowing with hormones. It’s applicable at almost any time as long as you’re a big enough gutter ball - out of context sports quotes are no exception. That’s [...]