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More Echoes from the End Zone

In her first book three years ago, Lisa Kelly shared the thoughts and memories of Notre Dame football alums and and how the Notre Dame experience helped guide them through the shoals of life to satisfaction and success. Now she goes further in her new installment, The Men We Became: More Echoes from the End…

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Winning Plays

If you follow college basketball even a little, you know that the Notre Dame men’s basketball team won the Maui Classic tournament. Early season tournaments aren’t the biggest deal in the world, not compared to the NCAA Tournament or the ACC Tournament; but it’s a challenging format that is a good test of mettle as…

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Fourth Quarter Meltdown Dooms Irish

Notre Dame took a precarious 20-17 lead into the final period against Stanford on Saturday night, but the Cardinal scored three touchdowns in the next five minutes with help from multiple Irish turnovers to post a 38-20 win. The loss ended the regular season for the 9-3 visitors and will knock them out of the…

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Irish Seek Elusive Win in Palo Alto

Notre Dame will travel to the West Coast to battle Stanford on Saturday in pursuit of its tenth victory of the season and first in Palo Alto since 2007. The 8-3 Cardinal have won six of the previous eight contests between these schools. Stanford Coach David Shaw has won five consecutive home games against teams…

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Wonder, Think & Know: Thanksgiving edition

Even if Mike Royko had said “Some things you wonder, some things you think, and some things you just know”, there’s no way he would have said it about Thanksgiving.  Everyone knows what they’re thankful for today, and that includes yours truly.  So allow me to lay a little protocol on you, my audience, regarding…

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