How Did This Happen, Volume 10: A Teenager Saves 3 Franchises Without Playing for Them

There's never been the amount of hype, attention, derision, opinion, exploitation, player rights struggles, sensationalism, and stodgy North American tradition mixed together into one explosive powder keg quite like the teenage years of hockey player Eric Lindros. You may remember Lindros on the Flyers in the 1990's, the concussions, or even the draft snub of [...]

By |2021-06-16T12:14:09-04:00June 16th, 2021|18S Reads|11 Comments

The 18 Stripes European Championship Preview

After the smashing success of our 2018 World Cup Preview we now bring you perhaps the second most important international soccer tournament preview. More footy! *** A year late and after a threat of cancellation due to the Covid-19 pandemic we will finally witness the 16th edition of the UEFA European Football Championship this summer. [...]

By |2021-06-10T15:04:30-04:00June 10th, 2021|18S Reads|9 Comments

2022 Football Recruiting Big Board: Defense Update 6/8

The board has been fairly quiet recently, but with the NCAA recruiting dead period ending last week on June 1st, expect that not to be the case over the next few weeks. Notre Dame has already starting bringing recruits to South Bend, holding the Irish Invasion this past weekend mostly to get a jump on [...]

By |2021-06-18T22:56:04-04:00June 8th, 2021|18S Reads, Recruiting|10 Comments

2022 Football Recruiting: DT Donovan Hinish Commits to Notre Dame

In a move that surprised exactly zero people, Notre Dame gained the verbal commitment of defensive tackle Donovan Hinish at the start of this past weekend on Friday. The 6'2"/275-pounder out of Pittsburgh, PA is the 14th player to join Notre Dame's committed class of 2022 -- a class currently ranked 4th in the nation [...]

By |2021-06-18T22:58:17-04:00June 6th, 2021|18S Reads, Recruiting|3 Comments

The Weekly Rambler: The Full Football Experience is Back

Your weekly dose of Notre Dame news, opinion, and other stuff. In the News To much anticipation, Notre Dame announced there will be full attendance, plus tailgating, for home football games this fall. Let's get it. The upcoming game against Wisconsin, a home game for the Badgers at Soldier Field, will be broadcast on Fox [...]

By |2021-05-27T21:44:17-04:00May 28th, 2021|18S Reads|14 Comments

Lacrosse: Irish season ends in OT heartbreaker

Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's lacrosse fell to the Maryland Terrapins, 13-14 in overtime in the NCAA quarterfinals. The boys played well in front of their families and friends at Arlotta Stadium, but unfortunately, this closes the books for this great Irish team. They finish the season 8-4, with the four losses being one to [...]

By |2021-05-26T00:13:01-04:00May 26th, 2021|18S Reads, Lacrosse|2 Comments

The Weekly Rambler: The Pac-12 Wants to be Grand

Your weekly dose of Notre Dame news, opinion, and other stuff. In the News Former Hawaii quarterback Colt Brennan was found dead at the age of 37 years old. The NCAA seems to be clearing the way to allow NIL rights before July 1st. Buffalo hired Maurice Linquist to replace Lance Leipold after Linquist was [...]

By |2021-05-14T08:36:39-04:00May 14th, 2021|18S Reads|37 Comments

Lacrosse: Irish to open NCAA Championships against Drexel

#4 ranked/#6 seeded Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's lacrosse (7-3) will open their NCAA Championship effort against the #9/#10 ranked/unseeded CAA Champion Drexel Dragons (10-2).  The game will be hosted by the Denver Pioneers at Peter Barton Stadium, 5:00 pm EDT, ESPNU. The Draw Not unexpectedly, North Carolina was seeded #1, followed by Duke and [...]

By |2021-05-14T07:56:34-04:00May 14th, 2021|18S Reads, Lacrosse|8 Comments
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