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-Jamison Cook | Friday, February 26, 2021
The Notre Dame fencing teams will travel down to North Carolina this weekend to defend their conference titles at the ACC Championships. Both the men’s and women’s teams are two-time defending conference champions, with their second-place finishes in 2018 also coming in Chapel Hill. In fact, since the tournament resumed competition in 2015, both teams
Jamison Cook | Friday, February 12, 2021
There will be no love lost between the Notre Dame men’s basketball team and Miami (Fla.) when the Irish host the Hurricanes on Valentine’s Day. Notre Dame (8-10, 5-7 ACC) will look to stay hot against “The U” (7-11, 3-10 ACC) after winning five of their last seven games. Most recently the Irish took down
Jamison Cook | Friday, December 18, 2020
With a Notre Dame alum for a father, J.D. Carney has been bleeding blue and gold for as long as he can remember. It seemed only right that he would follow his father’s footsteps and join the Fighting Irish, a dream that came true late in his high school career. “I was raised to love
John Kalemkerian, Jamison Cook, Sam Ouhaj, Elizabeth Gasiorowski and Andrew McGuinness | Wednesday, November 11, 2020
We’re getting down to the nitty gritty as the trade deadline approaches throughout fantasy football leagues. Coming off yet another massively entertaining weekend of NFL action — whether that entertainment came via Tom Brady and the Buccaneers getting embarrassed or from the Jets possibly taking an intentional dive to increase their chances of drafting Trevor
Jamison Cook | Friday, November 6, 2020
After eight weeks of NFL football, it is quite apparent to any football fan that the NFC East is the worst division in football. The Philadelphia Eagles have fallen backwards into first place with a record of 3-4-1, and with the rest of the division in shambles, it appears as if the Eagles will be
Andrew McGuinness, Elizabeth Gasiorowski and Jamison Cook | Wednesday, November 4, 2020
Sam Ouhaj Must start: T.J. Hockenson, TE, Detroit Lions George Kittle and Zach Ertz are both hurt and are out presumably till the end of the season. This has left fantasy owners scrambling for a new tight end, and the answer to that is T.J. Hockenson. Hockenson has established himself as TE-1 in Detroit and
Jamison Cook, John Kalemkerian, Gavin Aitken, Sam Ouhaj, Elizabeth Gasiorowski and Andrew McGuinness | Wednesday, October 28, 2020
Sam Ouhaj Must play: Justin Herbert, QB, Los Angeles Chargers Justin Herbert has been on a tear since taking over the starting role in LA. My favorite to win OROY, Herbert perhaps is having the best rookie quarterback season we have seen since Patrick Mahomes (2018) and Dak Prescott (2016). While Herbert’s success has not
Jamison Cook, Sam Ouhaj, Andrew McGuinness and John Kalemkerian | Wednesday, October 21, 2020
You know the drill. Fantasy Corner Week 7 — let’s get to it. Sam Ouhaj Must start: Matthew Stafford, QB, Detroit Lions Stafford has always been a Quarterback who looks great sometimes and at other times, looks like he is completely lost. However, the one thing Stafford has going for him is facing up
Sam Ouhaj, Andrew McGuinness, John Kalemkerian, Jamison Cook and Gavin Aitken | Wednesday, October 14, 2020
It’s time for another rendition of the Observer Fantasy Football Corner. No time for small talk. Let’s get to it. Sam Ouhaj Must Start — Derrick Henry, RB, Tennessee Titans In what feels like a lifetime, the Titans finally played their first game in two weeks against the Buffalo Bills last night. However, this
Jamison Cook | Thursday, October 8, 2020
Notre Dame (1-2, 0-1 ACC) will host Syracuse (0-1, 0-1 ACC) on Sunday in their first home conference game of the year. The Irish are coming off a 2-1 loss to Louisville in their first ACC game of the season and will look to halt their two-game losing streak when they take the field against