Ron Darby was in awe as he walked around the Notre Dame campus last spring. The Potomac (Md.) High standout football player toured the athletic facilities and academic buildings and met some of the Fighting Irish coaches’ families. He felt like a star when younger children asked for an autograph. Read full article > >

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National signing day 2012: As Ron Darby shows, early commitments don’t always carry weight

SOUTH BEND, Ind. — The Navy football team stepped onto the field at Notre Dame Stadium on Saturday afternoon with the slightest flicker of hope that perhaps it could salvage a winning season. Soon after kickoff, though, it became abundantly clear the Midshipmen stood little chance against an opponent superior from top to bottom in a 56-14 loss that was Navy’s sixth in a row and most lopsided in nearly a decade. Read full article > >

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Navy football vs. Notre Dame: Mids humbled in 56-14 loss

Mike Brey won’t be Maryland ’s next basketball coach, a source close to the process of finding Gary Williams ’s successor said Sunday. Brey was crossed off the list of potential candidates Sunday before having a conversation with Maryland Athletic Director Kevin Anderson because he’s committed to remaining at Notre Dame following the Irish’s 27-7 season, which earned him Big East coach of the year honors, the source said. With Arizona’s Sean Miller agreeing to a contract extension that was announced Saturday night, that means Maryland’s search will launch into a new phase on Monday, focusing on a short list of names that haven’t necessarily been bandied about in the frenzied media reports that followed Williams’s stunning announcement last week that he was retiring after 22 years as coach of his alma mater . Read full article > >

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Mike Brey won’t meet with Maryland; search for basketball coach continues

PARIS — France’s new ban on Islamic face veils was met with a burst of defiance Monday, as several women appeared veiled in front of Paris’ Notre Dame Cathedral and two were detained for taking part in an unauthorized protest.

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Police detain women protesting on first day of French Islamic veil ban

If Notre Dame and Texas A&M could invest heavily in women’s sports, it would seem to be a better gender-equity metric than how many seats were left empty this Final Four.

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On Basketball: Crossing The Great Football Divide

Skylar Diggins scored 24 points and No. 2 Notre Dame made up for 28 years of beatings at the hands of Tennessee, upsetting the top-seeded Lady Vols to earn a spot in the Final Four.

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In Timely First, Irish Beat Lady Vols

Notre Dame’s players still remember the day they beat U.C.L.A. and ended the Bruins’ record 88-game winning streak.

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Remembering U.C.L.A. Streak’s End

Notre Dame players are faced with unavoidable pressure, but this year’s graduating class has been unable to turn the program around.

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Patience at Notre Dame Despite a Trying Season

Declan Sullivan, a 20-year-old Notre Dame student, fell to his death on Wednesday when the tower he was standing on collapsed while he was filming the school’s football practice. Shortly before he fell, he tweeted about being on the tower, “Holy…

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Notre Dame Student Falls to Death

If Notre Dame wanted a reminder of how far it has fallen in recent years, it need not have looked any farther on Saturday than across the field at New Meadowlands Stadium.

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Navy 35, Notre Dame 17: Navy Turns the Tables on Notre Dame

Tens of thousands of Roman Catholic worshippers were evacuated from Lourdes in southwest France after a bomb threat, officials with the Notre Dame de Lourdes confirmed Sunday.

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Bomb threat forces Lourdes evacuation