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Spencer Kelly, Lilyann Gardner, Thomas Dobbs and Cade Czarnecki | Monday, February 13, 2023
This Thursday, Feb. 16, the 93rd annual Bengal Bouts will begin its preliminary rounds. A men’s boxing tournament that benefits the Holy Cross Mission in Bangladesh, Bengal Bouts seems to perfectly combine two integral aspects of Notre Dame’s identity: a passion for sports and a commitment to social impact. This week, From the Archives takes
Ryan Peters | Monday, October 31, 2022
“Notre Dame’s a university, but it’s also a story,” said Neil Zender, the show runner for “Peyton & Eli’s Spooky Adventure,” a Halloween television special featuring the Super Bowl champion Manning brothers. The special, which currently streams on ESPN+ and airs on ESPN2 after tonight’s “Monday Night Football” “Manningcast,” tells the story of famed Notre
Claire Lyons | Monday, October 11, 2021
The Klau Center for Civil and Human Rights hosted sports journalist Howard Bryant, who spoke about the legacy of athletic protests for its online lecture series, “Building an Anti-Racist Vocabulary” on Friday. The series is led by Dory Mitros Durham, associate director of the Klau Center and leader of the Keough School of Global Affairs’s
Observer Sports Staff | Tuesday, February 23, 2021
Despite the college football season wrapping up well over a month ago, Notre Dame continues to make a splash — this time, becoming the first school to temporarily withdraw their participation from EA Sports’ new college football video game. On Feb. 2, the sports video game developer announced the return of its college football series
Chelsey Boyle | Friday, October 11, 2019
At 7:30 a.m. on a Saturday morning, Notre Dame’s campus prepares for the coming football game. Tailgates are set up, families are walking around campus and students are planning for the long day to come, hopeful for another Irish victory. But outside Hesburgh Library, a different type of spectacle can be observed: St. Edward’s Hall
Ryan Israel | Wednesday, October 10, 2018
One day, a Harlem teenager had to make a pivotal decision. Option one was to attend his high school basketball team’s playoff round matchup. Option two was to be a model in the biggest hip-hop/high fashion crossover event to date, Kanye West’s Yeezy Season 3 fashion line release. Sheck Wes, that teenager, chose the latter,
Elizabeth Greason | Monday, September 3, 2018
I feel obligated to add a disclaimer at the start of this column that, although we are only two weeks into the school year, much of The Observer’s readership may already be tired of this topic. But I’ll also add that my colleagues Courtney Becker and Mia Berry, who have gracefully addressed this topic in
Tom Naatz | Friday, August 31, 2018
While every Notre Dame home game represents a large event, this weekend’s season opener against the University of Michigan will feature a rare visit from ESPN’s College GameDay, the ESPN program that visits the site of each weekend’s biggest matchup. It will be College GameDay’s first visit to Notre Dame since the fall of 2012.
Courtney Becker | Monday, August 27, 2018
Something was missing from the Sports Authorities last week. With the first one, my colleague Tobias Hoonhout attempted to “update our readers, especially those who completely rely upon The Observer to inform them of the happenings in the real world of sports,” by writing a summer sports recap that touched on the World Cup, LeBron
Observer Sports Staff | Thursday, June 21, 2018
The 2018 NCAA women’s basketball national champions will have three more chances to take home a trophy this year after its nominations for the 2018 ESPY Awards. ESPN released its list of nominees Wednesday, with the Irish receiving nominations in three categories. Irish senior guard Arike Ogunbowale’s 3-point buzzer beater to defeat Mississippi State for the national championship