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Olivia Schatz | Sunday, May 14, 2023
On Sunday, Notre Dame women’s lacrosse advanced to the NCAA Tournament Quarterfinals, upsetting No. 6 Florida on the Gators’ home turf. Notre Dame started the game with possession off the draw. But the Gators were pressuring hard in transition, forcing the Irish to take their time. After settling the ball, senior attacker Jackie Wolak drove
Ryan Peters | Friday, October 7, 2022
About one year ago, Paris Thompson’s family bought a 100-foot houseboat. The boat, which they rented out as an Airbnb on Fort Myers Beach in Florida, was found one and a half miles inland atop other homes following Hurricane Ian last week. “It was completely destroyed,” Thompson, a sophomore from Fort Myers on the women’s
Thomas Zwiller | Friday, September 30, 2022
Whoever, you are, wherever you are, breathe. Feel better? After an insane four weeks of Notre Dame, there is a lull in the season courtesy of an early bye week. The Irish are at an unexpected 2-2 record, and with this bye comes a chance for both fans and the team to collect their breath
Joseph Tunney | Tuesday, September 6, 2022
Last weekend was a great weekend for college football. Besides Georgia’s annihilation of Oregon, most of the games that received media attention answered the bell. Week 2 presents an interesting slate of games, as some teams begin conference play. Many other Power 5 teams have tune-up games against lesser programs. Without further ado, here are
Matthew Crow | Tuesday, September 6, 2022
After a far-too-long offseason (and a smattering of Week 0 matchups), college football is back, and with its triumphant return came everything we have come to know and love about the sport. A wild opening weekend featured upsets, dominating performances, nail-biting finishes, and several teams finding bizarre ways to win. Here are five of the
Sam Ouhaj, Jamison Cook, Nate Moller, Thomas Zwiller, Mannion McGinley and John Stolmeier | Thursday, September 16, 2021
After an action-packed first week of college football full of upsets and comeback wins, fans across the globe are now gearing up for an even more intense second week. We at The Observer have all the coverage you need of some of the biggest games this week so let’s get right to it. NCAA Games
Alex Carson | Monday, December 5, 2016
The committee got it right. If Penn State fans should have a complaint, it shouldn’t be that their team was left out — it should be about the opponent their team played in the Big Ten’s championship game Saturday. Two teams finished with 8-1 records this year in the Big Ten: Ohio State and Penn State. Logic
Rachel O'Grady | Tuesday, November 8, 2016
Updated at 2:22 a.m. Editor’s Note: Throughout the 2016 presidential campaign, The Observer sat down with Notre Dame and Saint Mary’s experts to break down the election and its importance to students. In its final installment, Associate News Editor Rachel O’Grady asked a variety of Notre Dame professors about their opinions on the projected winners of the race
Observer Sports Staff | Tuesday, November 17, 2015
Notre Dame concluded its fall season this weekend as two seniors competed in the USTA/ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championships while eight more team members played in the Bulldog Scramble. For the Indoor Championships, the Irish sent senior Quentin Monaghan, who is ranked No. 5 nationally, to compete in the singles tournament and senior Alex Lawson to compete
Alex Carson | Monday, November 2, 2015
I’m going to start my column like you might expect an eighth-grade term paper to start: F. Scott Fitzgerald, author of one of the greatest books of all time, once said, “The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time and still retain