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-Observer Sports Staff | Wednesday, July 1, 2020
Beth Holtz, wife of legendary Irish head football coach-turned-analyst Lou Holtz, passed away Tuesday at 4:15 p.m., after a lengthy battle with throat cancer. She was 83 years old. Beth is survived by her four children and her husband of 58 years, Lou. Lou Holtz was the head coach read more→
Observer Sports Staff | Monday, June 22, 2020
Ninety-one Notre Dame football student athletes were tested for COVID-19 Monday, and of those 91 tested so far, one has tested positive, according to a statement released Monday. The athlete is not being named at this time. The athlete is asymptomatic and self-isolating and his parents have been informed. read more→
Observer Sports Staff | Monday, June 8, 2020
Men’s basketball news and notes Notre Dame head men’s basketball coach Mike Brey communicated with Tom Noie of ND Insider and the South Bend Tribune to discuss scheduling for the upcoming season. Firstly, according to Noie, Notre Dame will not make a return trip to Washington D.C. this season read more→
Observer Sports Staff | Friday, June 5, 2020
Notre Dame has announced its plans for bringing football players back to campus. Back in March, shortly after the University moved to online classes, head coach Brian Kelly joined Scott Van Pelt on SportsCenter to discuss the implications the shutdown would have on the upcoming college football season. Kelly’s read more→
Greg McKenna | Friday, June 5, 2020
Brian “Bou” Boulac, who served Notre Dame athletics for over 50 years as a student-athlete, football and softball coach and devoted administrator, has passed away at the age of 79, according to an obituary published by the University’s athletic department late Thursday afternoon. Karen Croake Heiser, a professor in read more→
Observer Sports Staff | Friday, June 5, 2020
Bob Whitmore, Notre Dame basketball legend and Purcell Pavilion Ring of Honor inductee died May 23 at the age of 73, after a long battle with serious health issues for years. He suffered from seizures and pancreatic cancer. In January 2019, Whitmore travelled to South Bend from his home read more→
Hayden Adams | Tuesday, June 2, 2020
Outrage over the death of George Floyd — an African American man who was killed after a Minneapolis, MN police officer knelt on his neck for nearly nine minutes — has spilled over into the sports world. Several prominent athletes and coaches from both the professional and college ranks read more→
Observer Sports Staff | Tuesday, June 2, 2020
A large bubble of uncertainty looms over college and professional athletics, but Notre Dame football and director of athletics Jack Swarbick are finding answers to some difficult questions at this time. On Tuesday morning it was announced that for the first time in the history of the longest-continuous-intersectional rivalry read more→
Observer Sports Staff | Friday, May 29, 2020
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 in a tweet Thursday night. He now joins former Northwestern wide receiver read more→
Observer Sports Staff | Thursday, May 28, 2020
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 on Dec. 12, followed by a neutral site game the following season read more→