Football: Manti Te'o, Irish defense build swagger
Over the past eight months, the talk surrounding Notre Dame football has revolved around the offense. Meanwhile, the talk within Notre Dame football has focused on the Irish defense.
Over the past eight months, the talk surrounding Notre Dame football has revolved around the offense. Meanwhile, the talk within Notre Dame football has focused on the Irish defense.
After a successful 2011 spring — which included a Big East championship and a 10th place finish in the NCAA tournament — Irish coach Jim Kubinski said the biggest victory of the spring campaign was his squad's newfound belief in themselves as true competitors on the national scene.
New Irish coach Christine Halfpenny shifted gears as soon as she learned she had earned the Notre Dame job. On the sidelines of a high school camp, Halfpenny quickly moved on from recruiting for William & Mary and started pitching Notre Dame.
After a 2010 season in which she saw her team go 18-13 and fall to Cincinnati in the Big East semifinals, Irish coach Debbie Brown has high expectations for improvement in the 2011 campaign. With a strong core of experienced players returning and a versatile group of newcomers, the Irish look poised to improve on the results of a year ago.
Entering his second year at Notre Dame, Irish coach Brian Kelly is now more confident in the state of his program than he was at this point last fall.
Although it was only the first day of Notre Dame's fall practice, senior DayneCrist may have emerged as the leading candidate for the starting quarterback position after making strides with his footwork, which was inhibited by his recovery from knee surgery in the spring.
CARSON, Calif. – Three-time Bengal Bouts champion Mike Lee dominated yet another fight Saturday night with a third-round knockout victory over Michael Birthmark at the Home Depot Center.
Irish receiver Michael Floyd is expected to enter a plea agreement with the state over his drunken driving charges in the next few weeks, the South Bend Tribune reported Tuesday.
Irish receiver Michael Floyd has been given clearance to participate in voluntary summer workouts with the team, but has not been reinstated to the squad.
Nov. 22, 2010 marked the official end of a career for 13 seniors. While many of them would continue to compete in track during the winter and spring months, their time as long-distance racers came to an end.
After a successful fall season, the Irish entered the winter and spring with a firm sense of who they were. Led by the defending Big East player of the year, the Irish golfers were a top-30 squad looking to claim a Big East championship that barely evaded them the year before.
It was another successful season for the Irish, as they won the Big East championships for the eighth consecutive season, this time as an underdog.
Mike Joyce faced a daunting task in his first year as the Belles' coach.
Saint Mary's ended its season on a five-game winning streak, turning a rough mid-season into a successful finish. The Belles finished with a record of 20-13, though their 9-7 conference record was not enough to secure them a spot in the postseason.
This season has been another feather in the hat for Irish coach Bobby Bayliss. The team finished second in the Big East and earned a berth as a No. 2 seed in the 64-team NCAA tournament for the 20th time in 21 years.
The Irish endured a chaotic season, as they relied primarily on senior leadership without a head coach alongside the team and fell short of extending their 14-year winning streak in the Big East championship.
Looking to build on an already strong winning tradition with great play this spring, Saint Mary's looks to establish itself as a national power with another NCAA tournament appearance.
2011 proved to be a year of firsts as Notre Dame reached unprecedented levels of success on the links. In addition to winning their fourth Big East title, claiming four spots on the All-Big East Team and Susan Holt winning the Big East Coach of the Year award, the Irish qualified for the NCAA championship finals for the first time.
Success manifested itself in the form of records, individual titles and annual awards for the Irish this year, but not in the form of a team title at the Big East championships.
Under the guidance of coach Joe Piane, Notre Dame has built a tradition of success on the track. After a year full of all-Americans, broken records and team championships, Notre Dame has asserted itself as a national contender.