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Nate Moller | Wednesday, January 25, 2023
The Notre Dame women’s tennis program has high aspirations for the 2023 season with head coach Alison Silverio in her fifth year as head coach. The Irish have lots of upperclassmen experience in senior Page Freeman, junior Julia Andreach, junior Yashna Yellayi, junior Meghan Coleman, junior Sydney Sforzo and graduate student Alex Kuo. They bring
Joseph Tunney | Wednesday, November 30, 2022
5. Purdue vs. No. 2 Michigan (-16.5), 8 p.m. Michigan is coming off of the best win in the college football season, a 45-23 dismantling of Ohio State. After big plays from quarterback JJ McCarthy and receiver Cornelius Johnson kept the Wolverines in striking distance at halftime, the bruising offensive line opened big holes for
Mannion McGinley | Monday, November 28, 2022
Notre Dame football has been a defense-oriented program for most of its history. From the Miami pass breakup in 1988 and the goal line stand in 2012, to this year’s BYU fourth down stop and the Clemson routing that featured both a pick-six and a blocked punt; there have been games won by the Irish
Aidan Thomas | Monday, November 28, 2022
What happens when you put a longtime Maine resident in the driver’s seat with a New York passenger on Los Angeles highways? I don’t know. It all happened so fast. Well, not really. It happened at the speed limit (or slightly below). Our trio (Maine, New York and the poor Maryland resident witnessing the blend
Liam Coolican | Friday, November 25, 2022
Notre Dame concludes their regular season campaign this weekend as they travel to Los Angeles to take on USC. Both teams come in playing some of their best football, after the Trojans dispatched crosstown rival UCLA last week, while the Irish put up a dominant performance in the snow in South Bend. Here are the
Observer Sports Staff | Friday, November 25, 2022
Aidan Thomas – Sports Editor Notre Dame’s last two wins at USC came in 2012 and 2018, both propelling the Irish into the postseason. 2012’s win boosted the Irish to the BCS National Championship, while the 2018 victory sealed their spot in the College Football Playoff. In 2022, Notre Dame has the chance to nab
Aidan Thomas | Friday, November 25, 2022
There’s an argument to be made that Notre Dame-USC football is always appointment television. But when it’s a consensus top-15 matchup featuring a Heisman favorite, two teams with a combined 18-4 record and a Playoff spot on the line, it’s not even an argument. It’s a must-see game. That, among more, sets the stage for
Olivia Schatz | Friday, November 25, 2022
We all know USC is the worst, there is no denying that. But, for the first time in a while, USC has a good chance of beating the Irish. Now, before I start this article I have to outline my situation. For the past four years of my college career, I have been able to
Joseph Tunney | Wednesday, November 16, 2022
5. Montana @ Montana State (-1.5), 2 p.m. College Gameday goes to Bozeman, Montana, in the heart of Big Sky country for the Brawl of the Wild. The college football slate doesn’t have as many big games this week, so the ESPN crew chose to highlight a game that is one of the most unique