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Greg McKenna | Wednesday, August 12, 2020
When the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) announced the postponement of all fall sports on July 30, Saint Mary’s soccer head coach Jesse Urquhart’s initial reaction was one of obvious disappointment for his players, but also an acknowledgment that the decision was made to protect his student-athletes. “We’re certainly disappointed, especially given how … prepared
Greg McKenna | Friday, June 5, 2020
Brian “Bou” Boulac, who served Notre Dame athletics for over 50 years as a student-athlete, football and softball coach and devoted administrator, has passed away at the age of 79, according to an obituary published by the University’s athletic department late Thursday afternoon. Karen Croake Heiser, a professor in the University’s Film, Television and Theatre
Greg McKenna | Friday, May 15, 2020
Notre Dame cheerleading is undoubtedly one of the visible teams on campus. However, many Notre Dame students do not understand the true scope of what the hardworking student-athletes do to represent the athletic department and the University’s many storied programs throughout the entire collegiate sports calendar. “Notre Dame cheerleading consists of roughly 42 members of
Greg McKenna | Friday, May 15, 2020
T.J. Mannen has experienced a lot of recent success as the head coach of the men’s and women’s golf teams at Holy Cross, but the reigning Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference men’s and women’s Golf Coach of the Year knew the 2019-2020 season represented a new chapter for his women’s program. “Our women’s team was in
Greg McKenna | Friday, May 15, 2020
Saint Mary’s softball had its season cut short after going precisely .500 in just 12 games, but head coach Kelli Zache Martin felt that 2020 was a very productive year for the Belles nonetheless. Despite having only five upperclassmen on a team just 13 women strong, Zache’s young group gelled very quickly on the team’s
Greg McKenna | Tuesday, April 21, 2020
Death is always hard to stomach, and it should not take high-profile casualties in the sports world to make people realize the scope and severity of the current crisis we are living through. It is especially sobering, however, when a larger than life figure is taken from us suddenly. When models of strength and indomitable
David Kramer, Hayden Adams, Jimmy Ward, Mannion McGinley, Liam Coolican, Nate Moller, Aidan Thomas and Greg McKenna | Monday, April 20, 2020
Where would we be without adrenaline? We find it buried in the backseat of dusty, puberty-ridden school buses, or blaring on those trusted headphones that we’ve used since middle school. It reaches every corner of our sweaty locker rooms and, better yet, spilling into the arena lobbies with such volume that everyone knows we made
Greg McKenna | Friday, February 28, 2020
After managing to go .500 against stiff competition in the Mary Nutter Classic, Notre Dame will face another test this weekend when the team travels to Durham, North Carolina, to begin a three game series against Duke on Friday. The series marks the first games on the conference slate for two talented squads lurking just
Greg McKenna | Wednesday, February 5, 2020
Notre Dame will look to finish off a three-game homestand undefeated Wednesday night as the Irish take on former Big East foe Pittsburgh. The 66th matchup between the Panthers (14-8, 5-6 ACC) and Notre Dame (13-8, 4-6 ACC), who currently sit 10th and 11th in the ACC standings, respectively, is practically a must-win for both teams
Greg McKenna | Friday, January 31, 2020
Notre Dame has suffered some hefty defeats versus ranked opponents at home this season, a trend that unfortunately continued for the Irish (7-14, 2-7 ACC) in an 86-54 loss to No. 5 Louisville (21-1, 10-0 ACC) on Thursday night. A decent crowd was on hand in Purcell Pavilion, but standout Cardinals junior guard Dana Evans