Your weekly dose of Notre Dame news, opinion, and other stuff. 3 News Stories #1 Warde Off a Firing Well, a dark era in Michigan athletics history is about to close. But not quite yet. Warde Manuel, who has been athletic director at Michigan since 2016, will be stepping down at the end of the [...]
Your weekly dose of Notre Dame news, opinion, and other stuff. 3 News Stories #1 Eligibility Lawsuit Last week, a judge in Ohio granted a preliminary injection for 24 players in men's and women's college basketball within the state to continue their careers after the "5 for 5" ruling came down from the NCAA. Now, [...]
Your weekly dose of Notre Dame news, opinion, and other stuff. 3 News Stories #1 Eichorst is Back Notre Dame's opening opponent to the 2026 football season will be breaking in a new athletic director. Scratch that, he's not really new and will be returning to the Badgers for a second time. Shawn Eichorst is [...]
Ten years ago today we launched www.18stripes.com and I can't believe it's been that long. A decade, already? Some may know our background from the past. We had been plugging along at One Foot Down with SB Nation during the 2015 season when things turned sour. We'd been with Vox media for 6 years and [...]
Your weekly dose of Notre Dame news, opinion, and other stuff. 3 News Stories #1 CFL Stiff Arm Next stop, the UFL? That may be the move for disgraced former Cincinnati and Texas Tech quarterback Brendan Sorsby who was rejected from the NFL (they won't hold a Supplemental Draft) and this week got told a [...]
Your weekly dose of Notre Dame news, opinion, and other stuff. 3 News Stories #1 No Supplemental Of course, the drama with Brendan Sorsby isn't over yet. On Tuesday, the National Football League elected not to hold a Supplemental Draft which means the disgraced quarterback Sorsby won't be able to play in the NFL for [...]
Your weekly dose of Notre Dame news, opinion, and other stuff. 3 News Stories #1 Sorsby Hits the Parachute After a Texas judge issued a restraining order that would've delayed Texas Tech quarterback Brendan Sorsby's trial until February--effectively allowing him to play during the 2026 season despite horrid gambling accusations--all hell broke loose in college [...]
Your weekly dose of Notre Dame news, opinion, and other stuff. 3 News Stories #1 Sorsby Drama Continues Of course, this week we have to lead off with the latest news surrounding Texas Tech quarterback Brendan Sorsby. A judge's decision on Monday ruled Sorsby eligible for the 2026 season, causing chaos and outrage throughout the [...]
It doesn't seem like it was 4 years ago that Argentina were winning the World Cup and bringing Leo Messi his last piece of team hardware to cement his immortality as one of soccer's all-time kings. Yet, here we are with another edition of the world's biggest sporting tournament. And while he'll turn 39 years [...]
Your weekly dose of Notre Dame news, opinion, and other stuff. 3 News Stories #1 Sem pontapé inicial no Brasil. NC State and Virginia were supposed to be kicking off the season on August 29th during week 0 at 3:30 PM ET live from Rio de Janeiro but apparently the planning fell through and those [...]
That was a rough one to watch and re-watch. Ain’t no other way to put it. Our #2 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (13-3) lost to the Princeton Tigers (17-2) in the finals by a score of 16-9 last week. We took some time to review the game, with a short break to celebrate Shawn Lyght [...]
History has been made. A defenseman has won the award as the best player in men's college lacrosse. Notre Dame's Shawn Lyght receives the Tewaaraton Award! Shawn is the second Notre Dame lacrosse player to be recognized with the highest individual award in college lacrosse after Pat Kavanagh in 2024. The award is commonly referred [...]
Your weekly dose of Notre Dame news, opinion, and other stuff. 3 News Stories #1 Civil War Back On Due to the issues surrounding conference expansion, we won't have an Oregon vs. Oregon State football game in 2026. Or in 2027, either. It's been 2 full seasons and Oregon in the Big Ten still feels [...]
Ground balls win championships. Youth coaches everywhere feel validated. Our #2 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (13-3) lost to the #1 Princeton Tigers (17-2) in the finals by a score of 16 to 9. One wayward quarter of lacrosse ended the Irish season. Splat As Coach Corrigan has noted in the past, sometimes you are the [...]
A #1 versus #2 matchup for the National Championship deserves a manifesto. Below is the guide to the upcoming epic Notre Dame and Princeton matchup, heavy with Eddie Glazener-ese specifics, all the important details, and a new fan viewer guide. Our #2 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (13-2) beat the #6 Syracuse Orange (13-6) 15-7 this [...]
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