Notre Dame Conquers Trojans in Epic Goal Line Stand
By Coleman Clarke The ghosts of Knute Rockne and the Four Horsemen had to be smiling down on the Fighting Irish who conquered the USC Trojans on Saturday night in the Los Angeles Coliseum with a final score of 22-13. This was the first time since 1988, that Notre Dame has been undefeated in the [...]
Ken Casey of Dropkick Murphys Launches the First Annual Celebrity Golf Tournament
Casey has formed the Claddagh Fund which is a charity foundation based on the attributes of the Claddagh Ring of “Friendship, Love and Loyalty.” The mission of the Claddagh Fund is to raise money for the most underfunded non-profit organizations that support vulnerable populations in our communities. By Kathy McGee Burns The Dropkick Murphys [...]
Should Penn State Football Get the Death Penalty?
By Coleman Clarke The NCAA should investigate their options and use whatever legal means necessary to devise a punishment for the Penn State Football Program. The question now is what the penalty should be for the school since it is obvious that there was a massive cover–up. Some have argued that they should receive the [...]
Notre Dame Lets One Get Away…Tournament Dreams Fade
By Coleman Clarke The late second half collapse against the Xavier Musketeers was a bitter pill for Irish fans to swallow however, and does raise some questions about whether or not Notre Dame teams can be mentally tough enough to advance in future NCAA tournament games. The Fighting Irish had an 8 point lead that [...]
Notre Dame Rises from the Ashes…Roars Back Against Villanova
By Coleman Clarke With a final score of Notre Dame 74 and Villanova 70 in a nail-biter of a game before a crowd of more than 15,000 at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, the Irish managed to pick up a win in overtime and maintain their 8 straight game winning streak. After a lackluster [...]
The Amazing Doc Halladay and the Perfect Pitch
Phillies Pitcher Roy Halladay, otherwise known as ‘Doc Halladay’, traded to the Phillies this year, may just may be Charlie Manuel’s answered prayer. Before coming to the Phillies, Halladay spent the first 12 seasons of his career as a Toronto Blue Jay. He immediately garnered the attention of the league on September 20th, 1998, in [...]
Catching Up with ‘Smokin Joe Frazier’
Breakfast with the Champ… By Sabina Clarke I’m sitting before Joe Frazier, the former heavyweight champion of the world while he finishes a bowl of cereal. He is casual, warm and welcoming and greets me like an old friend. We’ve met before but I doubt if he remembers. It was in 1992 at the Black [...]
That Ol’ Green Magic
by Ronnie Norpel Hope springs eternally green, and here we are kicking off another Phillies season—having lifted a curse? In early March, I stopped by a snowy Citizens Bank Park to congratulate my new old friend, the Phillie Phanatic. New, because Tom Burgoyne and I had never met in all those years, yet old, because [...]
