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-Jose Sanchez Cordova | Friday, February 17, 2023
PARIS – Just 12 hours earlier, I didn’t even have tickets to this game. But my impulse and news that two of the world’s best – Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappé – won over in the end. I spent an unreasonable amount of money and bought tickets. Section 314, Row 5, Seat 29. As I
Jose Sanchez Cordova | Wednesday, December 21, 2022
The Notre Dame class of 2023 added another top recruit with the signing of four-star athlete Micah Bell. Ranked No. 141 nationally, according to Rivals, Bell joins a stacked Notre Dame class that is ranked fourth just behind perennial college football powerhouses Alabama, Georgia and Ohio State. Listed at 5-foot-11 and 165 pounds, Bell played
Jose Sanchez Cordova | Wednesday, December 21, 2022
Outside linebacker Jaiden Ausberry signed his National Letter of Intent on Wednesday joining Notre Dame’s fourth-ranked class of 2023. A four-star prospect ranked No. 205 nationally according to Rivals, Ausberry holds a 5.8 Rivals rating and stands as the 15th-best player out of Louisiana. The competition for Ausberry’s signature was fierce with the linebacker receiving
Jose Sanchez Cordova | Wednesday, December 7, 2022
We are well past the halfway mark of the World Cup, and the field of 32 has been narrowed down to the final eight. This is the absolute cream of the crop. Some giants have fallen already — I’m looking at you Belgium, Germany and Spain — and some teams have over-performed (shoutout Morocco). With
Jose Sanchez Cordova | Monday, November 21, 2022
Notre Dame fencing picked up where it left off at its opening meet of the season, going undefeated at the University of Pennsylvania’s Elite Invitational Saturday. The Irish went 5-0 in both the men’s and women’s competitions with some standout performances on both sides. Irish notch big wins over Princeton Wins over the Princeton Tigers
Jose Sanchez Cordova | Friday, November 18, 2022
Since arriving on campus in 2018 Justin Ademilola has done nothing more than put in the work and carve out a spot on the Notre Dame football team. Arriving as a 3-star recruit from Jackson, New Jersey, he has found a consistent role on the team, using his versatility to appear in every game for
Jose Sanchez Cordova | Friday, November 18, 2022
In 2006, Greg Mailey’s father brought him to campus for his first Notre Dame football game. During the player’s walk that fall in South Bend, Irish starting quarterback Brady Quinn high-fived Mailey, unknowingly setting Mailey on course to be a future walk-on for the team. “I fell in love with it, the campus and everything,”
Jose Sanchez Cordova | Wednesday, November 16, 2022
Barely hours after Notre Dame fencing claimed its 12th national title in Purcell Pavilion earlier this year, the championship countdown clock on the wall of their locker room was updated. The clock read “361 days,” right above the 2023 National Collegiate Fencing Championships logo. That sign — now down to 127 days — is a
Jose Sanchez Cordova | Monday, November 14, 2022
The Saint Mary’s cross country team finished 19th of 34 teams at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional. Fellow MIAA school No. 19 Hope College, who won the conference title the week prior, hosted a cold and snowy affair as temperatures dropped into the 30s on Saturday. On the individual front, Saint Mary’s placed five of
Jose Sanchez Cordova | Thursday, November 3, 2022
Notre Dame fell 3-1 to the defending national champion Clemson Tigers in the first round of the ACC tournament. The game was a rematch of the two squads’ College Cup semifinal matchup last year, won by the Tigers in penalty kicks. Ranked 48th in RPI, this loss almost certainly spells the end of Notre Dame’s