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-Mannion McGinley | Wednesday, March 25, 2020
Dear Tom Brady, What the heck, man? I’m hurt. Truly, I’m hurt. I know there are diehard fans, who know more of your stats or who can rattle off every great pass you’ve ever thrown or who can date every heartwrencher out of which you’ve pulled the entire fanbase. But Tom let me ask you
Mannion McGinley | Tuesday, March 3, 2020
Notre Dame’s Track and Field team hosted all 15 teams competing in the ACC Championships at the Loftus Sports Center over the weekend. The Irish finished strong, with the women’s team finishing in third and the men’s team in fourth. Irish head coach Matt Sparks opened up about the outstanding performances that led to those
Mannion McGinley | Wednesday, February 19, 2020
Members of Irish track were in different states over the weekend to compete in the Music City Invitational in Nashville, Tennessee, and the Iowa State Classic in Ames, Iowa. Irish head coach Matt Sparks discussed successes of the weekend. In Nashville for the women’s weight throw, junior Rachel Tanczos came out swinging, literally, just as
Mannion McGinley | Tuesday, February 18, 2020
This past Friday I had a math midterm, after which our math TA provided us with pizza. Now, since I got here in August, I have not had a slice of pizza. Not because I don’t like pizza as a whole, but I like real pizza. Yes, I said it. Real pizza. Allow me to
Mannion McGinley | Wednesday, February 12, 2020
Fresh off of the Meyo Invitational, Notre Dame’s track team will be back in action this weekend as they split up to head west to Ames, Iowa for the Iowa State Classic and south to Nashville, Tennessee for the Music City Invitational. Head coach Matt Sparks broke down how the team would be split between
Mannion McGinley | Tuesday, February 11, 2020
Here at Notre Dame we focus on the Fighting Irish, but there’s one Fighting Duck at Oregon who’s breaking records and changing the history of basketball — not only the collegiate women’s game, but all of basketball history — including men’s collegiate basketball, the NBA and the WNBA. That Duck is Sabrina Ionescu, a 5’
Mannion McGinley | Tuesday, February 4, 2020
On a cold Halloween morning in 2017, there was an abnormally large storm for Oct. 31 bearing down on Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts. Within the stadium the night before, there had been a similar caliber storm brewing. The New England Patriots had to decide what to do with their stellar quarter back who was
Mannion McGinley | Monday, February 3, 2020
On Saturday afternoon, with the lights dimmed at half time in Purcell Pavilion and two spotlights trained on him and his new hanging banner, Kelly Tripucka took the mic during his induction into the Ring of Honor, a tradition started by the current men’s head basketball coach at Notre Dame, coach Mike Brey. Tripucka started
Mannion McGinley | Friday, January 24, 2020
Every year as the season comes to a close, heartbroken fans who don’t get a chance to watch their team in the Super Bowl start to speculate about what’s going to change, and the conversations about free agency inevitably begin. This year’s free agent pool is quarterback heavy. Some are calling it quits, like Giants
Mannion McGinley | Tuesday, December 3, 2019
On paper the Patriots look so good. Up until Sunday, they were 10-1 with arguably the best defense in the league and good enough offense to hold their own. Before Sunday, being a Pats fan took little to no effort. And then they went down to Houston. Now I know what you’re thinking — “Wasn’t