| Vol XXXIV No. 130 |
Monday, April 30, 2001 |
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Celebrities, athletes take court in Hall of Fame game
By KATIE HUGHES
Sports Writers
 Individually they are the elite, the media darlings, the ballers, the Sports Illustrated cover girls, the All-Americans, the Adidas-adorned celebrities and the Stepan legends. United they are the Green team versus the White team, seeing who can get to 15 first. ... [more]
Stroker's win prevents No. 1 vs. No. 2 championship
By KATHLEEN O'BRIEN
Senior Staff Writer
The Bookstore Basketball championships almost went down to a No. 1 vs. No. 2 battle just like last year, but the sixth-ranked Nylon Strokers nixed that possibility with a 21-19 semifinals upset Saturday of second-ranked Versatility. Top-seeded Five Reasons Your Girl ... [more]
Nylon Strokers: "This has been a dream"
Nylon Strokers upset Five Reasons Your Girl Left You 21-19 to claim Bookstore title
By KATHLEEN O'BRIEN
Senior Staff Writer
The glass slipper turned out to be a perfect fit for the Nylon Strokers, as the sixth-ranked squad finished its Cinderella run through Bookstore Basketball 2001 with a 21-19 upset Sunday of No. 1 Five Reasons Your Girl Left You. "This ... [more]
Dunbar-led Slappy's All-Stars wins women's title
By KATIE HUGHES
Sports Writer
Slappy's All-Stars defeated the Hardcore Strokers 21-16 in the final game of the women's Bookstore tournament. Senior Imani Dunbar, a reserve guard for the Irish women's basketball team, became the only varsity team member who can boast two championships in 2001 ... [more]
Bookstore Basketball brings back high school glory days
By KATHLEEN O'BRIEN
Senior Staff Writer
Crowds full of friends cheering you on. Mental pictures of a triumphant finale. Dreams dashed in defeat. Fantasies fulfilled with a run of victories. Bookstore Basketball is like high school all over again. Most of us at Notre Dame, an athletics-obsessed ... [more]
Irish sweep weekend doubleheaders with Eagles, Friars
By PETER FRASSO
Sports Writer
This past weekend, while most of the campus' thoughts were on football, the Notre Dame women's softball team worked on their own season, sweeping two doubleheaders and extending their winning streak to 29 games, the longest in the nation. On Saturday ... [more]
Irish arms baffle Red Storm in weekend sweep
By CHRIS FEDERICO
Sports Writer
Notre Dame moved to within one win of the regular season Big East title with a three-game sweep of the St. John's Red Storm this weekend. The Irish, now 40-6-1, reached the plateau of 40 wins faster than any other team ... [more]
Nylon Strokers, Verzatility advance
By LAUREN CONTI
Sports Writer
It was a close contest Saturday on the Stepan Courts, as the Nylon Strokers picked up a 21-17 victory against the 14th-seeded Lazy Boyz. The Lazy Boyz were riding high after upsetting third-seeded NDToday.com on Thursday night, but not quite high ... [more]
Givens sheds some light on Irish expectations
By TED FOX
Sports Writer
It's almost May, and that can only mean one thing. Football. As a lot of students are getting ready to leave campus for the summer, a select few are already looking forward to next fall. The Notre Dame football team, which ... [more]
Irish place fifth at Big East despite Ratay's top finish
Special to The Observer
Notre Dame junior golfer Steve Ratay shot a one-over par 71 on Sunday afternoon at the Metacomet Country Club for a 54-hole total of 215 to take a share of the 2001 Big East Golf Championship. Ratay, finished in a three-way ... [more]
Notre Dame improves to 10-4 with win over Rutgers
By Anthony Bishop
Sports Writer
The Notre Dame women's lacrosse team defeated both Rutgers and adversity in a penalty-stricken match Sunday. The Irish (10-4) defeated the Scarlet Knights (7-9) despite penalties and hard play by Big East foe Rutgers. After 60 minutes of play, the scoreboard ... [more]
Defense prevails 74-40 in Blue-Gold game
By ANDREW SOUKUP
Associate Sports Editor
He said he was only 85 percent. Saturday afternoon, David Givens played like he was 100 percent. Givens, who has been suffering from a hamstring injury for most of the spring, caught a pair of touchdown passes as the defense beat ... [more]
Quarterbacks get opportunity to showcase talent
By ANDREW SOUKUP
Sports Writer
You can't help but wonder what in the world Bob Davie is thinking. After Saturday's scrimmage, Davie said that having three equally talented quarterbacks was his "best case scenario." If this is Davie's best case scenario, you wonder what his worst ... [more]
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