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From the Archives: “May I have your attention, please?”: Celebrating the life and legacy of Tim McCarthy

Evan McKenna, Chris Russo, Uyen Le and Maggie Clark | Monday, October 12, 2020

Famous for his stadium-silencing lead-in — “May I have your attention, please?” — and punny public safety messages, “Notre Dame game day legend” Tim McCarthy passed away at the age of 89 earlier this month. Former sergeant of the Indiana Police Department, McCarthy served as Notre Dame’s voice of traffic safety for 55 years. He

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Cheer on the Irish

Letter to the Editor | Tuesday, March 19, 2019

Fighting Irish Students, Welcome back from spring break! Your Fighting Irish hockey team hosts the Big Ten Tournament Championship game this Saturday night at the Compton Family Ice Arena. We are fortunate that our pursuit of the conference tournament championship — and the NCAA tournament — will be right here on home ice. We can count on you

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‘It’s fine, I’m fine:’ Student reopens T-shirt sales after Irish defeat

Andrew Cameron | Tuesday, September 27, 2016

When junior Connor Devine began selling T-shirts with the slogan “It’s Fine, I’m Fine” in the wake of the Irish’s disappointing loss to Michigan State, he said he expected his “really good friends and maybe some other people that [he] hung out with occasionally” to buy them. He said he was expecting to sell “maybe

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New football leprechaun reflects on journey

Courtney Becker | Friday, September 23, 2016

For junior Joe Fennessy, being the Notre Dame leprechaun is the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. “I didn’t really have too much of a purpose freshman year,” he said. “I went to sports all the time. They used to count points for going to sports, so I came second in the

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ND Fan Council enhances experience at athletic events

Courtney Becker | Friday, September 16, 2016

It’s not just members of the athletic department who help craft the Notre Dame fan experience. A group of 24 passionate Notre Dame fans make up the ND Fan Council, a diverse group of Notre Dame athletics fan who work with the athletic department to enhance the Notre Dame experience for students and visiting fans

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‘A Season With Notre Dame Football’ – Episode six recap

Miko Malabute | Wednesday, October 14, 2015

Following what I had deemed as the best — if not most bittersweet — episode in the “A Season With Notre Dame Football” series, it was going to be interesting to see how the Showtime producers would respond. After all, despite the awful taste of defeat in the mouths of Irish football, there was no denying that

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Fighting Irish fighting NTDs

Letter to the Editor | Monday, September 14, 2015

I came to campus this weekend excited for a football game; I left uplifted by the spirit of the Fighting Irish that extends beyond Notre Dame stadium. After taking Fr. Tom Streit’s Common Human Diseases class freshman year, I co-founded ND Fighting NTDs, the first university club dedicated to supporting the global effort to control

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‘A Season With Notre Dame’ Showtime preview

Miko Malabute | Monday, September 7, 2015

Leading up to the season-opening game, fans were filled with excitement, anticipation and a small dose of anxiety pumping through their veins. Following Notre Dame’s 38-3 victory over the Texas Longhorns, the Irish faithful were ecstatic, excited and relieved in what was a start-to-finish dominating performance. However, there is no true time for rest, as fans are refilled with

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Game Notes: Irish book appearance in fifth title game

Observer Sports Staff | Monday, April 6, 2015

With its 66-65 win over South Carolina on Sunday night, Notre Dame advanced to its second straight NCAA championship game and its fourth in the last five years. Including Tuesday’s title tilt, the Irish have been to the NCAA championship five times in program history, winning once in 2001. Those five appearances puts them in

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A game to make Fr. Ted proud

Letter to the Editor | Monday, March 30, 2015

Over the years, I had a few chances to talk sports with former University President Emeritus, Fr. Theodore Hesburgh. I watched a Bookstore Basketball game with him one time. Sat with him at a varsity mens’ game another. Even talked football with him at a political fundraiser. I actually had the moxie to ask him if

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