Notes from the Geetar: Irish Hoops Meets Rita Mae Brown
The decision whether to renew season tickets has been a difficult one for Irish men’s basketball fans this spring. How did El K reach his?
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Notes from the Geetar: Time for Irish to Fly?
Given their seeming animosity with the Athletic Coast Conference, El K looks at the pros and cons of Notre Dame moving on?
Notes from the Geetar: Hope in the Shrewd Berry
On March 28, 2000, Notre Dame took down Penn State at Madison Square Garden in the semifinals of the National Invitation Tournament, and a nondescript web site called NDHoops.com spun up for the first time. Just under four months later, Irish head coach Matt Doherty unceremoniously bolted for North Carolina, NDHoops sagged under the weight…
Remembering My Notre Dame Friend
The first time I ever saw Lou Somogyi’s name, I was in high school. My dad had received a Blue & Gold subscription for Christmas, and given my nascent interest in attending Notre Dame, I started paging through them as well (when Dad was done, naturally). Since his name seemed to be on a lot…
Muffet McGraw Shares Message of Empowerment for Women
Special to NDNation NOTRE DAME, Ind.—Seated at a podium two years ago at the NCAA Women’s Final Four in Tampa, Fla., then-Notre Dame women’s basketball coach Muffet McGraw was posed a question about hiring practices in the sport and her role as a voice for women. McGraw, who a couple of days later would coach…