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Benjamin Padanilam | Tuesday, February 16, 2016
No. 24 Notre Dame competed in the Kajikawa Classic in Tempe, Arizona, to open its season this past weekend and finished with a record of 3-2. The Irish (3-2) began their tournament on Friday with a doubleheader, battling No. 23 Utah in the afternoon before taking on No. 18 Kentucky in the evening. In their
Alex Carson | Monday, November 16, 2015
What’s the point of playing games if nobody’s going to pay attention to the results? I’m looking at you, AP poll. You got a lot of things wrong this week. Go down the list of tiebreakers in most major sports, and the one we default to is an intuitive one: head-to-head. It makes sense —
Zach Klonsinski | Tuesday, October 27, 2015
Instead of Cinderella’s slippers, get ready to put on your blue suede shoes and play the Delta blues, College Football Playoff Committee: Memphis could be about to crash your ball. If you should know anything about my qualms with the College Football Playoff, it’s that the current four-team format doesn’t allow any room for the
Alex Carson | Monday, October 12, 2015
For some weird reason, Ohio State is the No. 1 team in the country on polls conducted during the 2015 season. Why? The Buckeyes were very good last year, yes, but they haven’t done much of anything yet this season. Their best win? Indiana, who got knocked around pretty well by Penn State on Saturday.
Observer Sports Staff | Sunday, February 8, 2015
No. 22 Notre Dame opened up its 2015 season this weekend by winning four of five games at the annual So Cal Collegiate Classic in Los Angeles and Fullerton, California. The Irish began the weekend with a pair of victories Friday at Easton Stadium in Los Angeles, beating Utah, 3-1, followed by a win over
Manuel De Jesus | Friday, February 6, 2015
After ending last season with a 1-0 loss to UCLA in the NCAA Regionals in Los Angeles, Notre Dame begins its 2015 campaign with a trip back to southern California for the So Cal Collegiate Classic this weekend. The Irish posted a 41-13 record last season, reaching the 40-win plateau for the sixth straight season, and
Kyle Palmer | Tuesday, October 14, 2014
In November 2006, Arthur C. Brooks, behavioral economist and former Syracuse University professor, published findings from a wide-ranging study in a book called, “Who Really Cares: The Surprising Truth about Compassionate Conservatism.” His findings, taken in part from George Will of the Washington Post, include the following: Although liberal families’ incomes average six percent higher than