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Observer Sports Staff | Thursday, August 6, 2020
Editor’s Note: This report was updated at 12:19 p.m. Aug. 8. The ACC announced the football slate for all 15 teams — including Notre Dame — Thursday morning on the ACC Network’s Packer and Durham. The biggest news for Notre Dame is that their one non-conference contest was slated read more→
Hayden Adams | Tuesday, August 4, 2020
If you’re reading this column, you probably fall into at least one of the following groups: 1) You are a first-year during Welcome Week checking out the student newspaper for the first time (thank you very much and keep up the support!), or 2) You’re a Notre Dame sports read more→
Observer Sports Staff | Tuesday, August 4, 2020
Editor’s Note: A version of this story was published online July 29. The Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) announced its conference plan for the 2020 football and Olympic sports seasons. Notre Dame will join the conference as a full participant in football for the 2020 season. The league will play read more→
Observer Sports Staff | Tuesday, August 4, 2020
Editor’s Note: A version of this story was published online July 30. Holy Cross announced Wednesday that the soccer programs’ upcoming seasons would be postponed due to concerns over COVID-19. The announcement came on the heels of the decision made Tuesday by the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) read more→
Observer Staff Report | Tuesday, August 4, 2020
Editor’s Note: A version of this story was published online July 30. Saint Mary’s announced in a Thursday email the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) has decided to postpone conference competitions for fall sports until spring 2021. Seven of eight Saint Mary’s varsity sports will now compete in spring read more→
Hayden Adams | Tuesday, August 4, 2020
I love basketball, and I love basketball movies. As such, I thought it would be a fun exercise to pit the best players from some of the best basketball movies against each other. Of course, these movies encompass all levels of the sport, from high school up through the read more→
Nate Moller | Tuesday, August 4, 2020
Mascots for college sports are like no other in the sense that they can give a team, campus and entire community a distinct identity. Since I was a young boy following college athletics, I was always drawn to the most bizarre names, and to this day I still have read more→
Hayden Adams | Tuesday, August 4, 2020
Editor’s Note: A version of this story was published online June 2. Outrage over the death of George Floyd — an African American man who was killed after a Minneapolis, Minnesota, police officer knelt on his neck for nearly nine minutes — has spilled over into the sports world. read more→
Observer Sports Staff | Tuesday, August 4, 2020
Editor’s Note: A version of this story was published online May 28. Notre Dame men’s basketball has announced a three-game series with the University of Kentucky beginning with the upcoming 2020-21 season. The Irish will travel south to Lexington, Kentucky, for a matchup with the Wildcats at Rupp Arena read more→
Observer Sports Staff | Tuesday, August 4, 2020
Editor’s Note: A version of this story was published online May 29. Notre Dame football has landed another graduate transfer for the 2020-21 season. Trevor Speights, a former three-star recruit and the 19th-rated running back in the 2016 class per 247Sports.com, announced his decision to join the Fighting Irish read more→