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-Gavin Aitken, Jamison Cook, Elizabeth Gasiorowski, Andrew McGuinness, Justice Mory and Sam Ouhaj | Wednesday, September 23, 2020
Week 2 of the NFL was filled with great comebacks, questionable play calls and unfortunately, a vast amount of injuries. In just Week 2 alone, there was a record-setting seven ACL tears in one day and a vast amount of other injuries. These injuries affected the likes of star running backs Christian McCaffery and Saquon
Gavin Aitken, Justice Mory, Elizabeth Gasiorowski, Jamison Cook, Andrew McGuinness and Sam Ouhaj | Wednesday, September 16, 2020
The first week of the NFL has concluded and with that, the first week of Fantasy Football. We saw great performances in players such as Ezekiel Elliott and Cam Newton, and not-so-great performances in players like Saquon Barkley and Michael Thomas. Granted, this is the first week of football and there are still fifteen games
Jamison Cook, Andrew McGuinness, Elizabeth Gasiorowski and Sam Ouhaj | Wednesday, September 9, 2020
The NFL Season begins this Thursday with the Chiefs against the Texans. In a world that we have seen decimated by COVID-19, football and other sports leagues are seen as a glimpse of happiness in these unprecedented times. The return of sports also leads to the return of Fantasy Sports! Drafts are occurring across the
Jamison Cook | Wednesday, September 2, 2020
As an avid NBA fan, I have become used to watching the greatness of this generation of stars. It seems hard to imagine an NBA without LeBron’s chase-down blocks, Steph’s unlimited range, Kawhi’s unwavering demeanor, Kevin Durant’s pull-up threes, Westbrook’s triple-doubles, and Harden’s prolific scoring. But most of these players will retire this decade, and
Jamison Cook | Thursday, October 31, 2019
Notre Dame will host Pittsburgh on Friday in their regular season finale. The Irish (8-6-1 overall, 2-5-0 ACC) come into the game three spots behind the Panthers (8-5-2 overall, 4-2-1 ACC) in the ACC Coastal. Neither team finds itself in the Top 25 rankings, but both squads are coming off huge upset wins within the
Jamison Cook | Thursday, September 19, 2019
After a freshman season spent mostly on the bench with infrequent playing time, Matt Besler was determined to make sure his sophomore season at Notre Dame would be different. When head coach Bobby Clark approached him about switching to the center back position following an injury to an upperclassman, Besler, who had always played as