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...
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Notre Dame Lets One Get Away…Tournament Dreams Fade
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...
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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,...
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Merry Christmas to Charlie Manuel and to all Our Readers—Nollaig Shona Dhuit, Charlie!
Phillies Manager Charlie Manuel | illustration (2009) © Megan Lawlor
The Holy Family Boxing Club at the “Rocky” Statue
The Holy Family Boxing Club of Belfast, North Ireland in front of the "Rocky" statue on the steps of Philadelphia Art Museum. The Club includes Ryan Burnett, Anthonly Upton, Sonny Upton, James Upton, Niall Rooney, Christian Griffith, Seamus McCall, Paul Upton, James Ferrin and Ciaran "Coco" McCauley. | photo © Tom Keenan
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...
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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,...
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