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Men's Swimming and Diving: Irish excel and win Big East

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With another year of experience and training under their belts, the Irish had one of the best seasons in program history, recording only one dual-meet loss, winning the final Big East championship and sending a team-record nine swimmers to the NCAA Championships in Indianapolis.


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Observer Exclusive: Swarbrick reflects on busy semester

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Notre Dame Director of Athletics Jack Swarbrick is a busy man. But in the past semester, Swarbrick has been especially busy. There was a BCS National Championship Game, the Manti Te'o saga, the move to the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC), proposed renovations to Notre Dame Stadium and the contract extension with NBC.




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Observer Exclusive: Swarbrick reflects on busy semester

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Notre Dame Director of Athletics Jack Swarbrick is a busy man. But in the past semester, Swarbrick has been especially busy. There was a BCS National Championship Game, the MantiTe'o saga, the move to the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC), proposed renovations to Notre Dame Stadium and the contract extension with NBC.




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Men's Lacrosse: Irish get another shot against 'Cuse

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Occasionally, two college lacrosse teams will face each other twice in a season - once in the regular-season and once in a conference tournament or NCAA tournament game. Rare are the circumstances when the initial meeting and the rematch are separated by less than a week.



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Hefferon: Because it's the Cup (May 1)

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I've been trying for three years to win one of those damned RecSports champion t-shirts. I already have too many t-shirts to wear, and it usually has some ridiculous design or color scheme on it that would make it a back-of-the-rotation shirt at best. But that shirt represents the one shining moment when you stood on top of the world and defeated all comers to declare yourself as the greatest - or at least more sober than the other broomball squad on the ice.