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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
Marek Mazurek | Thursday, October 26, 2017
I’m about to do something I don’t do a lot: praise ESPN. The network too often obscures the work of its talented reporters with “hot takes” by personalities like Stephen A. Smith. But I’m all about giving credit where credit is due, and John Skipper — ESPN’s president — deserves a bunch of it for
Daniel O'Boyle | Tuesday, September 19, 2017
On Sept. 18, 2017, the internet changed. Sure, we always knew that any account online may not be who they claim to be behind the screen. But Monday, we had to directly come to terms with the fact that any online account could be Kevin Durant. Monday, we saw Durant refer to himself in the third-person
Michael Ivey | Wednesday, September 13, 2017
On Saturday night, Oklahoma played Ohio State in a highly anticipated early season matchup between top-five teams. Much of the focus coming into the game was on Baker Mayfield, the All-American quarterback for Oklahoma and a Heisman Trophy favorite. Many wondered how Mayfield would perform in a hostile environment like Ohio Stadium. Mayfield didn’t disappoint.