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-Liam Coolican | Thursday, March 5, 2020
The NFL Combine, which occurs every year in the last week of February, gives teams an opportunity to see just how athletic the players they are considering drafting are. The players, looking to boost or cement their draft stock, go through the gauntlet of tests such as the bench press, the vertical jump, 20-yard shuttle
Liam Coolican | Wednesday, March 4, 2020
The Notre Dame women’s basketball team will begin play Wednesday afternoon in the ACC tournament in Greensboro, North Carolina. This is the first time since joining the ACC in 2013 that the Irish (13-17, 8-10 ACC) do not own the top seed heading into the tournament. This year, after an often-disappointing season, the Irish will
Liam Coolican | Friday, February 28, 2020
Notre Dame (18-10, 9-8 ACC) looks to continue their late-season push when they travel to Winston-Salem, North Carolina, for a matchup with Wake Forest (12-15, 5-12 ACC) on Saturday afternoon. The Irish have been playing well as of late, winning their last three games, two of them on last second shots. Senior guard T.J. Gibbs
Liam Coolican | Wednesday, February 26, 2020
After winning two games at home last week, the Notre Dame men’s basketball team heads to Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, to take on Boston College. The Irish (17-10, 8-8 ACC) were defeated by the Eagles (13-15, 7-10 ACC) at home on Dec. 7 by a score of 73-72, after Notre Dame’s comeback attempt fell short. “Watching
Liam Coolican | Wednesday, February 26, 2020
As spring training gets underway, I, like every other fan, am hopeful my team will make it to the World Series. As much as I want to believe that, however, I have to realize that my team, the Detroit Tigers, is “rebuilding” — or in language the team won’t use, tanking. Tanking — losing games
Liam Coolican | Monday, February 24, 2020
The Notre Dame women’s basketball team (11-17, 6-10 ACC) bounced back from a three game losing streak on Sunday afternoon, beating Syracuse (15-12, 9-7 ACC) 72-70. Notre Dame was led by junior center Mikayla Vaughn who scored a career high 21 points. Head coach Muffet McGraw had high praise for Vaughn, who made a number
Liam Coolican | Friday, February 21, 2020
Notre Dame (16-10, 7-8 ACC) will wrap up its two-game homestand with a matchup against Miami (14-12, 6-10 ACC) Sunday. Coming off a draining four-game stretch after which head coach Mike Brey said his team was “exhausted,” the Irish begin a slightly easier portion of their schedule. The team defeated Clemson and North Carolina, but
Aidan Thomas, Liam Coolican, Dominic Gibson, Patrick Gallagher, Nate Moller and Inigo Yturralde | Wednesday, February 19, 2020
After a very fun week, we are back with the same format for the basketball roundtable. Last week, as promised, there were a lot of points scored, highlighted by Iñigo Yturralde jumping into fourth place despite not participating in the first week. Aidan Thomas went 5-0 in game picks and won the “draft” game to
Liam Coolican | Wednesday, February 19, 2020
In last week’s Observer Roundtable, while discussing the NBA All-Star Game, I wrote that the it was “nearly unwatchable.” In years past, neither side played any defense whatsoever. Every play ended in either an uncontested dunk or three pointer. It was interesting at first, merely to observe just how offensively talented NBA players are when
Connor Mulvena, Hayden Adams, Jimmy Ward, Liam Coolican, Inigo Yturralde and Aidan Thomas | Tuesday, February 18, 2020
Ryan “Short Stack” Smith (Morrissey) def. Ryan Campbell “‘s Chicken Noodle Soup” (Dillon) The fighters squared off in the middle of the ring at the start of the fight. Morrissey junior Ryan “Short Stack” Smith quickly made the first strike, diving under his opponent, Dillon freshman Ryan Campbell “‘s Chicken Noodle Soup”’s, reach and landing