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Observer Sports Staff | Tuesday, July 27, 2021
The University of Notre Dame announced Tuesday that Chris Ackels will be taking over as the new public address announcer for the football stadium. Ackels will fill in the shoes of Michael Collins, who was public address announcer for 39 years and who retired after the 2020 season. Collins read more→
Observer Sports Staff | Sunday, July 25, 2021
Fencer Lee Kiefer won a gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics Sunday, becoming the first American woman to win a gold medal for Team USA in an individual foil event. The Notre Dame ’17 alumna won 15-13 against Inna Deriglazova of Russia in the women’s individual foil final, thus read more→
Observer Staff Report | Sunday, July 25, 2021
Former Notre Dame basketball player Cameron Biedscheid was killed Friday night in St. Louis County, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Biedscheid, 27, was reportedly shot late Friday night in the same block where he lived in north St. Louis County. He was pronounced dead at the scene, the read more→
Dominic Gibson | Sunday, July 25, 2021
The Notre Dame hockey team announced the incoming first-year class for the 2021-2022 school year which includes three forwards and one defenseman. Two of them are prospects for the upcoming 2021 NHL Entry Draft. After making the NCAA Championship field for the fifth consecutive season in 2020-2021, the Irish read more→
Nate Moller | Tuesday, July 6, 2021
Notre Dame will be well represented in Tokyo, Japan, this summer with 20 athletes competing in the 2020 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games. Basketball Notre Dame women’s basketball has been very strong over the last decade, and three former players were selected to their national teams this year. Skylar read more→
Aidan Thomas | Wednesday, June 16, 2021
Despite holding a seemingly secure 10-5 advantage in Monday night’s deciding Game 3, Mississippi State decided to bring in closer Landon Sims for a four-inning stint to end the Notre Dame Fighting Irish’s season. The decision to go with Sims so early demonstrated the respect Notre Dame earned this read more→
Aidan Thomas | Monday, June 14, 2021
At first, the sound was almost unbelievable. But the chant was audible everywhere – in the stands at Dudy Noble Stadium, in Notre Dame’s dugout, on the field and over the ESPN broadcast. A ringing “Let’s Go Irish” broke out amidst another sellout crowd in Starkville, Mississippi, as the read more→
Aidan Thomas | Saturday, June 12, 2021
All week, Notre Dame head coach Link Jarrett touted the atmosphere that would be present at Dudy Noble Stadium in Starkville, Mississippi, and it did not disappoint. “National Championship caliber type of game. That’s what it’s about,” Jarrett said. “Make no mistake, it doesn’t get any more intense or read more→
Aidan Thomas | Friday, June 11, 2021
Take the crowd, and multiply it by four. Take the weather, and make it hotter and raise the humidity. Take the competition, and raise it another level. The stakes? They’re that much higher, too. Notre Dame baseball head coach Link Jarrett has elevated the Irish program to new heights, read more→
Aidan Thomas | Monday, June 7, 2021
Baseball managers often stress the importance of having a solid hitter to protect the biggest bat in the lineup, and on Sunday evening, that concept proved beneficial to Notre Dame. With scorching hot first baseman Niko Kavadas drawing four walks in the Irish’s regional final against Central Michigan, it read more→