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-Jamison Cook | Friday, May 21, 2021
During a year overshadowed by COVID restrictions, not many college sports teams have been able to play anywhere near a full slate of games. The same cannot be said for the Notre Dame softball team, who have taken to the field over 40 times this season. The discipline and resilience her team has shown in
Jamison Cook | Friday, May 21, 2021
The Holy Cross men’s basketball had a successful 2020-21 season, finishing with a 13-7 record. This year, the Saints made their second straight appearance in the National Association of Intercollegiate (NAIA) Men’s Basketball National Tournament. The Saints earned an automatic bid to the tournament after finishing in second place of the Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference
Jamison Cook | Friday, May 7, 2021
The Notre Dame baseball team will host its final games of the regular season this weekend when Florida State visits South Bend for a three-game ACC series. The No. 2 Irish (24-8, 21-8 ACC) can increase their lead in the Atlantic Division and in the ACC overall with another series win over the No. 13
Jamison Cook | Friday, May 7, 2021
On April 10, my roommate informed me that we were going to the Notre Dame men’s lacrosse game. He had played lacrosse in high school and since our Irish were hosting Duke — the No. 1 team in the country at the time — it was a game we couldn’t miss. Upon arrival, we found
Jamison Cook | Thursday, April 29, 2021
With about eight minutes left in first quarter of their April 25 game against the Sacramento Kings, the Golden State Warriors had put up just seven points. Warriors guard Stephen Curry had already made one three-pointer, and with the shot clock winding down on a subsequent possession, the ball was in Curry’s hands once again.
Jamison Cook | Friday, April 23, 2021
The Notre Dame baseball team is 25 games into its season and still has not dropped a series. The Irish will put this streak on the line when they visit Boston College this weekend for another three-game ACC series. Notre Dame (18-7, 16-7 ACC) has risen as high as No. 7 in some national polls,
Jamison Cook | Friday, April 9, 2021
The Notre Dame men’s baseball team has done nothing but win on the road so far this season, and that trend continued with last weekend’s series victory over 17th-ranked Pitt. The series win over Pitt kept Notre Dame a perfect four-for-four in road series this season. The Irish (13-5, 12-4 ACC) will now finally get
Jamison Cook | Monday, March 29, 2021
The Notre Dame men’s and women’s fencing teams claimed the national championship in dominant fashion on Sunday, March 28. The Irish beat competitors from 18 other teams, including host Penn State, en route to their second national championship in the last three years that the competition has been held. It is the 11th national championship
Jamison Cook | Friday, March 26, 2021
Since 2009, the Notre Dame baseball team has played Louisville 38 times. The Cardinals have dominated the series, winning 32 out of the 38 matchups. In fact, Notre Dame (10-3, 9-3 ACC) has not beaten Louisville (15-5, 7-2 ACC) since 2011, and Louisville has won the last 19 matchups between the two teams. Coming into
Jamison Cook | Friday, March 5, 2021
March has arrived, and that means it’s tournament time. It seems absurd that it has already been 12 months since the pandemic robbed us of the basketball heaven that is March Madness (among other things). For those of us who suffered even more in quarantine due to the absence of 12-5 upsets, buzzer-beaters and bracket-busting