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Football: Getting "close"

By The Observer · Friday, Aug. 27, 2010

One day after only describing practice with disappointed sentences sprinkled with harsh words, Irish coach Brian Kelly said his team was "close" Thursday after practice.

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ND Women's Soccer: Defense earns weekly honors

By The Observer · Thursday, Aug. 26, 2010

While two games is hardly a large enough sample size to make any predictions, posting back-to-back shutouts against Minnesota and Milwaukee to open the season may be an indication of things to come. Recognized for their efforts as stalwarts of the Irish defense, junior defender Jessica Schuveiller and senior goalkeeper Nikki Weiss nabbed Big East Weekly Honors in the first announcement of the season.

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Men's Tennis: Improved Irish look to build off success

By The Observer · Thursday, Aug. 26, 2010

Under the leadership of Irish coach Bobby Bayliss in his 24th season at the helm, the Irish look to continue last season's success, when they finished second in the Big East after falling to then-No. 15 Louisville in the Big East championship match.

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Football: A step back

By The Observer · Thursday, Aug. 26, 2010

Only 10 days separate Notre Dame from a game that counts, but in Wednesday's practice the Irish seemed to worry more about that game than the practice at hand.

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ND Cross Country: Talented freshmen add depth

By The Observer · Thursday, Aug. 26, 2010

With the start of the new academic year comes a new set of even higher expectations for a revamped Irish team. After placing 23rd at last year's NCAA Championships, the squad is looking to get off the bus running.

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Football: Unexpected shifts

By The Observer · Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2010

When Brian Kelly advised media members not to "get married to a two-deep right now" at his fall camp opening press conference, he wasn't kidding around.

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ND Women's Soccer: Season starts with shutouts

By The Observer · Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2010

Despite opening the season with several new faces on the pitch, the fourth-ranked Irish picked up right where they usually do — in the win column. Bolstered by the solid play of a talented freshman class, Notre Dame posted back-to-back shutouts against Minnesota and UW-Milwaukee in the first action of the 2010 season.

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ND Volleyball: Irish seek perfection again

By The Observer · Friday, Aug. 20, 2010

Losing six seniors has yet to slow the Irish down as they enter their season with two returning players named to the all-Big East preseason team, a third-place ranking in the Big East preseason poll, and six highly recruited freshmen who have already made headlines in the volleyball world.

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Football: Here comes the change

By The Observer · Friday, Aug. 20, 2010

The players will still be wearing gold helmets, the end zones will still have diagonal stripes and Tim McCarthy will still start off each fourth quarter with an awesomely bad pun.

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Men's Soccer: Irish coach reloads, not rebuilds

By The Observer · Friday, Aug. 20, 2010

After finishing as Big East runner-up and a second-round exit from the NCAA tournament, and despite the loss of four top players to the professional level, Irish coach Bobby Clark refuses to see the upcoming season as one in need of rebuilding.

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Talkin 'bout practice: August 19

By The Observer · Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010

The Irish took the LaBar practice fields for the 16th practice of fall training camp. Media members were on hand for the first four practice periods. Here's a quick rundown of what went on.

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Notre Dame Media Day: On recruiting

By The Observer · Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2010

Notre Dame has already secured 16 verbal commitments from the class of 2012, including five four-star players. That list includes four commitments made in the space of 24 hours on July 30 and 31, from running back  Justice Hayes and defensive ends Aaron Lynch, Jalen Brown and Anthony Rabasa.

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