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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
Sarah Kikel, Evan McKenna, Erin Fennessy and Jim Moster | Monday, October 14, 2019
The tale of Notre Dame’s first All-American football player George Gipp is one of the University’s most storied legends. The story goes that Gipp contracted a strep throat infection and pneumonia after falling asleep outside of Washington Hall. He died Dec. 14, 1920. Following the death of the Gipper, many students claim to have experienced
Lauren Fox | Friday, November 3, 2017
When the plays conclude and the casts depart, a single bright bulb on a tall black pole is placed on center stage at Washington Hall. Why? Either to ward off ghosts … or to keep them company, student activities assistant director Kathleen Van Vleet said. It’s called a ghost light; many theaters have one. Van