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Matthew Crow | Wednesday, October 5, 2022
The cost of firing a head coach in today’s college football landscape is higher than ever. Massive buyout payments that come with the early termination of a contract means that schools pay millions of dollars just to get their coaches to leave. After his exit in 2021, former LSU coach Ed Orgeron received a buyout
Olivia Schatz | Monday, August 29, 2022
The Notre Dame volleyball team opened their season this weekend with two consecutive losses. Their season opener against Texas Tech on Friday saw the Irish fall 3-1 before another loss, this time 3-0 against Mississippi State, the next day. However, the Irish then battled it out on Sunday against Milwaukee, where head coach Salima Rockwell
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
Elizabeth Greason | Monday, April 2, 2018
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Kathryn Westbeld sat down and leaned against the back of her locker in the locker room of Nationwide Arena. A soft smile plastered to the senior forward’s face; she gently shook her head at no one in particular before gazing down at her hand, clad with Notre Dame’s signature playoff-green nail polish and
Daniel O'Boyle | Monday, April 2, 2018
COLUMBUS, Ohio — From junior forward Jessica Shepard’s layup to make the game 12-6 and her score to make it 24-16, 10 minutes and 36 seconds of basketball were played. Junior guard Marina Mabrey made a layup. Mabrey missed a layup. Junior guard Arike Ogunbowale missed a jumper. Mabrey missed a jumper. Ogunbowale missed another
Daniel O'Boyle | Monday, April 2, 2018
COLUMBUS, Ohio — As Arike Ogunbowale climbed the ladder to cut down the net at Nationwide Arena, she stopped and looked around confused for a few seconds, miming a pair of scissors to show that she couldn’t find them. They were right at the top of the ladder, the same spot every other player on the
Michael Ivey | Thursday, September 21, 2017
Notre Dame is set to start its second weekend of play during the fall season when it travels to Tuscaloosa, Alabama to compete in the Crimson Tide 4-In-The-Fall tournament at the University of Alabama Tennis Stadium. Notre Dame head coach Ryan Sachire said his players will face some tough competition this weekend against teams from
Alex Carson | Monday, November 23, 2015
A year ago, he was the name on everyone’s lips. He led a school that’s far from being a traditional power to No. 4 in the College Football Playoff rankings headed into the final Saturday of the regular season, putting his name into the Heisman conversation as one of 2014’s best stories. Of course, Mississippi State
Hunter McDaniel | Monday, September 14, 2015
The Golden Dome Invitational gave the Irish plenty to be excited about as the new season gets under way. In its first home weekend under first year head coach Jim McLaughlin, Notre Dame (4-5) won two of its three matches, falling only to two-time defending national champion and top-ranked Penn State. After a couple of road
Manuel De Jesus | Friday, September 11, 2015
Purcell Pavilion’s arena lights were abruptly shut off. As the darkness set in, the Irish cheered as they sat in clusters across the empty arena. About 20 seconds after the lights were turned off, the video board above the floor flashed on and the team’s new video introduction played. Cheers from the team filled the arena like