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-Joe Everett | Wednesday, December 5, 2018
Believe it or not, college football bowl season is merely 10 days away. There’s nothing quite like spending your Christmas break kicking back, drinking some eggnog and watching college-age dudes trying to salvage some extra meaning to all the work they’ve put in throughout the entire year. With 40 extra games of college football to
Joe Everett | Wednesday, December 5, 2018
After completing its first undefeated regular season since 2012 and earning a spot in the College Football Playoff for the first time, Notre Dame is once again back on the top tier of the college football world. The Irish (12-0) are nationally relevant again. Not only momentous in the here and now, Notre Dame’s special
Joe Everett | Tuesday, December 4, 2018
After seven straight home games to start its 2018-19 campaign, the Notre Dame men’s basketball team will hit the road to play three straight top-tier Power five programs over the next two weeks, starting Tuesday night against Oklahoma in the Jimmy V Classic at Madison Square Garden in New York City. After suffering a 63-60
Joe Everett | Friday, November 30, 2018
“Man, this weather is so nice for November.” I wasn’t talking about South Bend, Indiana. Not a chance. Rather, I was in Los Angeles this past weekend covering the game for The Observer, and let me tell you the weather was gorgeous. Highs in the upper 60s with a slight ocean breeze, sun shining overhead
Joe Everett | Sunday, November 25, 2018
12-0. The 2018 Notre Dame football team is undefeated. But don’t compare it to that fabled 2012 team. Instead, compare it to that disappointing team of 2016. More specifically, how the Irish left the Coliseum in 2016 as compared to how they left it Saturday night. Two years ago, the Irish had just been beaten
Joe Everett | Sunday, November 25, 2018
Facing all the pressure in the world, as well as a two-score deficit for the first time all season, No. 3 Notre Dame displayed resiliency and grit Saturday night inside the L.A. Memorial Coliseum, rallying from 10 points down to defeat rival USC 24-17 and complete an undefeated regular season. Playing for a bowl game
Joe Everett | Friday, November 23, 2018
In what has turned out to be a special season for Notre Dame football, perhaps nobody has been as important to the success of the team as two-time captain Drue Tranquill. The graduate student linebacker has been a machine on the field and a mentor off it for the Irish (11-0), as the team has
Joe Everett | Friday, November 16, 2018
Dedication. Leadership. Competitiveness. Toughness. Alohi Gilman has been molded by his experiences to adopt these traits. With a long and rugged journey in his past, from the island of Hawaii to the Naval Academy to Notre Dame, the junior safety has come to terms with himself and who he truly is. Now, having embraced where
Joe Everett | Thursday, November 15, 2018
In front of a sparse crowd inside Purcell Pavilion on Wednesday night, Notre Dame lost to Radford 63-60 in its third game of the Gotham Classic. The Irish (2-1) showed their youth and inexperience in key moments down the stretch and were largely unable to get into an offensive flow throughout the night, side-effects of
Alex Bender, Jimmy Ward, Hayden Adams, Joe Everett and Charlie Ortega Guifarro | Wednesday, November 14, 2018
Megan “Mashed Potatoes And” Davey def. Olivia “The Barnyard” Barnard The fight began with Davey, a Walsh senior, landing jabs to the head. Both fighters kept the fight in close proximity, and the referee was forced to step in very early after a series of shots to Barnard’s head. Barnard, a Breen-Phllips sophomore, attempted to respond