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Notre Dame Men’s Lacrosse Throttles Bellarmine 29-10

Well that is certainly one way to start off your home lacrosse schedule! The Notre Dame Fighting Irish Men’s Lacrosse team took it to Bellarmine on Tuesday afternoon. 29-10 was the final score and if you were looking for fireworks at Arlotta, you got them all day as lots of records and individual highs were […]

New Notre Dame WR Mylan Graham said WHAT about Ohio State?

On Wednesday, Notre Dame began its “unveiling” of the incoming coaches, freshmen, and transfers by holding some combo press conferences inside the Irish Athletic Center. Probably the most talked about comments came from Ohio State transfer WR Mylan Graham. When asked about the biggest difference is between Notre Dame and Ohio State, the former New […]

Notre Dame Men’s Lacrosse beats Marquette 16-11

Notre Dame Men’s Lacrosse got their season off on the right foot with a 16-11 win against the Marquette Golden Eagles on Saturday. They are now 1-0 and head back to South Bend for a quick turnaround game as Bellarmine comes to Arlotta on Tuesday to take on the Irish in our home opener. It’s […]

Notre Dame Baseball: Irish take the series against FAU

Well, I guess the Notre Dame Baseball team IS off to a good start for the 2026 season. After an opening day loss to the FAU Owls, Notre Dame took the next two games in dominating fashion to open the season with a series win. Irish Take Series Against Owls BOCA RATON, Fla. – The Notre […]

Notre Dame Baseball: Irish drop season opener to FAU, 7-1

It’s just one game, but it was the season opener for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. After an offseason with some hope and confidence bveing put out into the universe, the Irish couldn’t get the job done in game one as they lose to the FAU Owls, 7-1. Irish Fall to Owls in Season Opener […]

Throwback Thursday: Notre Dame Fighting Irish VS LSU, 1984

Some wins are about rankings. Some are about records. And then there are the ones that arrive exactly when a team needs them most. In the fall of 1984, Notre Dame found itself at a crossroads. Three straight home losses. A losing record. Confidence shaken. Questions everywhere. And next on the schedule? A trip to […]

Notre Dame Baseball predicted to make the NCAA Tournament

If you have listened to anything Notre Dame Baseball Coach, Shawn Stiffler, has said over the past few months — there should be a decent amount of optimism running through your veins. It could be easy to dismiss given the struggles the Irish have had on the baseball diamond over the last few years, but […]

MLB

Will Notre Dame meet expectations this season?

It’s a long off-season, and that means there will be plenty of trolls, hacks, haters, and randoms that will choose to wake up one day and crap in the breakfast bowls of Notre Dame fans. They will do this with a one or all of the top four Irish hating phrases in our college football […]

SMU 89, Notre Dame 81: The Irish have fight, but keep losing

Notre Dame went down to Dallas for a midweek matchup against the SMU Mustangs, and failed to notch a win — again. The Irish have played a number of games this year in which they played hard down the stretch, but fell quite short of victory. This loss was another example of such a game. […]

Julian Love and Rylie Mills are Super Bowl Champions

The Seattle Seahawks took down the New England Patriots in the Super Bowl with a 29-13 score. Seattle was absolutely BRUTAL on defense — and yes that’s the good kind of brutal. Two players that helped Seattle have such a dominating performance were former Notre Dame stars, Julian Love and Rylie Mills. Mills got his […]

Super Bowl Open Thread

We’ve made it to the last football game of the season — the Super Bowl between the New England Patriots and the Seattle Seahawks. The comments thread is open for business.

Notre Dame officially hires two new defensive coaches

Notre Dame made public the official hires of linebackers coach, Brian Jean-Mary, and defensive backs coach, Aaron Henry. Notre Dame Announces Brian Jean-Mary as Linebackers Coach, Run Game Coordinator SOUTH BEND, Ind. – Brian Jean-Mary has joined the Notre Dame Football coaching staff as the Linebackers Coach and Run Game Coordinator.  Jean-Mary (pronounced ZHAHN muh-REE) brings […]

Who are you rooting for in the Super Bowl?

On a Notre Dame site such as this, I generally like to stay clear of too many NFL opinions — for obvious reasons. Notre Dame, after all, is a national program with fans all over the country, and those fans have differing NFL allegiances. As for myself… I’m a lifelong die-hard for the Green Bay […]

NFL

Will Tyler Buchner be QB2 for Notre Dame in 2026?

Notre Dame still has the same quarterback issue it had for next season as it had in December. Who is going to be QB2 behind CJ Carr? There was some movement in the transfer portal, and Notre Dame went looking for a possible QB2, but nothing ever came to fruition. The Irish will have three […]