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Tuesday, April 28, 2026
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Hockey: Nugent breaks through

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Senior winger Kevin Nugent is known in the Irish locker room as a grinder, a penalty killer and a consummate team player - a guy who hustles on the ice and keeps things light off of it. But, after three years of hard work, he'll now be known in another role: goal scorer.




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ND Women's Swimming: Holden savors final season

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A senior capping off a storied career. An athlete crushing the competition since freshmen year. Winning accolades every step of the way, and now looking to carry the team to a championship. For Kim Holden, these storylines sound all too familiar..


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ND Women's Basketball: Rocky Topped

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Immediately after No. 9 Tennessee honored legendary coach Pat Summitt with a banner before tip-off Monday, an Irish star continued making the case for a banner of her own.





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Men's Tennis: Irish recover from loss to sweep Memphis

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Notre Dame did not let a close 4-3 loss to No. 28 Harvard on Saturday ruin the weekend, bouncing back the following day to sweep No. 31 Memphis 4-0 Sunday in Norman, Okla., at the ITA Kick-Off Weekend. The No. 30 Irish entered the weekend coming off another 4-3 loss last Tuesday to No. 37 Northwestern.


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ND Women's Basketball: Sky-high scorer

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When it came time for highly-recruited senior SkylarDiggins to announce her college choice in the fall of 2008, she sat in front of gathered family, friends and media in the Washington High School library and opened her letterman jacket to reveal a t-shirt with "Irish" printed over her number "4."