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Indianapolis Star
9 hours ago
- Sport
- Indianapolis Star
Revenge game? Former Notre Dame star takes 'cooking' to next level to beat Fever, former coach
INDIANAPOLIS — It was another scoring outburst in the state of Indiana by a former Notre Dame women's basketball star. Marina Mabrey scored 15 of her game-high 26 points to lead her Connecticut Sun to an 85-83 win over the Indiana Fever on Friday at Gainbridge Fieldhouse. And not even a minute after beating her former coach, Stephanie White, and teammate, DeWanna Bonner, Mabrey found herself in an unfamiliar position as rookie teammate Saniya Rivers said she would teach Mabrey how to cook in their next TikTok video, and it was Mabrey who would select which meal they'd prepare. 'We should make pizza,' Mabrey said. Rivers shook her head and scratched her forehead before offering a response. 'We're done,' Rivers said. 'That's a terrible answer.' Rivers' and Mabrey's news conference was filled with more friendly jabs and an abundance of laughter after the Sun captured their first victory of the season, and sending the hobbled Fever to a third straight loss. Mabrey's outburst in Indiana is no surprise. The 5-foot-11 guard won a national championship in 2018 with Notre Dame and still holds the school's record for most 3-pointers with 274. She was 10-for-17 shooting and 4 for 9 on 3s Friday, adding five rebounds, five assists and two steals. 'I won a national championship here, so I love being here, and the Indiana fans always welcome me back with open arms,' Mabrey said. 'I always appreciate them.' The Sun's lead grew to 74-59 with 8:47 left before Bonner checked into the game and led the Fever on a furious run. Indiana (2-3) scored 16 straight points, helped by Bonner's three 3s in that stretch, to take the lead. But the Sun had an 8-3 burst of their own. A clutch 2-pointer from Mabrey with 1:15 remaining and a free throw from Rivers in the final seconds handed the Fever their second straight loss without star guard Caitlin Clark. Mabrey also reunited with Bonner, who spent four years with Sun before joining the Fever this year, and former Sun coach Stephanie White. Although Mabrey only played half a season with Bonner after getting traded to the Sun right before last year's All-Star break, the two-time WNBA champion still impacted Mabrey. 'I love seeing them, and they're great competitors. Of course, DB coming in at the end trying to take that sh-- from us, I was like, 'Here, she goes.'' Mabrey said. 'She was one of the greatest leaders I ever played with and I learned so much from her. She's so gentle in the way that she leads and I hope she enjoys the rest of her career because we'll all miss her when she's gone.' 3 lessons: Fever can't sort out offense, battle injuries in loss to previously winless Sun Rivers has become a recipient of the gentleness Bonner offered Mabrey. Rivers' mother died roughly two weeks after she was drafted to the Sun in April's WNBA draft. Rivers said Mabrey 'was there consistently,' which helped as she grieved. 'As soon as I got here, she let me know off rip that, 'You could talk to me about basketball and off-court stuff.' When I (returned to the team), she said, 'Anything you need, I'm here, whether it's a hug or conversation,'' Rivers said. 'On the court, she tries to instill confidence in me and (tells me) 'Shoot the ball. If you mess up, give yourself grace, but also, if you mess up, make sure you mess up going 100%. I feel like I have been taking that into account.' It was an important place and time for Mabrey, who requested and was denied a trade in February by the Sun. Instead she became a veteran and one of the few holdovers of a team that lost its coach and starting lineup, and her impact is noticeable. Mabrey's on-court guidance gives Rivers utmost faith that one day, the mentee will defeat the mentor. 'I told Marina that I'm going beat her one-on-one, and she doesn't believe me. But that goes with the confidence piece, so I'm gaining momentum,' Rivers said as Mabrey looked on shockingly. 'That's a big jump,' Mabrey said before River's followed with another bold statement. "I'm going to beat you 11-7,' she said. The latest: Sydney Colson, Sophie Cunningham leave Fever's loss to Sun with injuries Rivers said she hopes the 'good thing' between her and Mabrey continues as she listens to her vet. She made a career-high three 3s after entering the game with two in five games. However, Mabrey's cooking skills may cost the former national champion her credibility.
Observer
14 hours ago
- Politics
- Observer
I'm normally a mild guy. Here's what's pushed me over the edge
When I was a baby pundit, my mentor, Bill Buckley, told me to write about whatever made me angriest that week. I don't often do that, mostly because I don't get angry that much — it's not how I'm wired. But this week, I'm going with Bill's advice. On Monday afternoon, I was communing with my phone when I came across a Memorial Day essay that Notre Dame political scientist Patrick Deneen wrote in 2009. In that essay, Deneen argued that soldiers aren't motivated to risk their lives in combat by their ideals. He wrote, 'They die not for abstractions — ideas, ideals, natural right, the American way of life, rights, or even their fellow citizens — so much as they are willing to brave all for the men and women of their unit.' This may seem like a strange thing to get angry about. After all, fighting for your buddies is a noble thing to do. But Deneen is the Lawrence Welk of postliberalism, the populariser of the closest thing the Trump administration has to a guiding philosophy. He's a central figure in the national conservatism movement, the place where a lot of Donald Trump acolytes cut their teeth. In fact, in his acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention, JD Vance used his precious time to make a point similar to Deneen's. Vance said, 'People will not fight for abstractions, but they will fight for their home.' Elite snobbery has a tendency to set me off, and here are two guys with advanced degrees telling us that regular soldiers never fight partly out of some sense of moral purpose, some commitment to a larger cause — the men who froze at Valley Forge, the men who stormed the beaches at Normandy and Guadalcanal. But that's not what really made me angry. It was that these little statements point to the moral rot at the core of Trumpism, which every day disgraces our country, which we are proud of and love. Trumpism can be seen as a giant attempt to amputate the highest aspirations of the human spirit and to reduce us to our most primitive, atavistic tendencies. Before I explain what I mean, let me first make the obvious point that Deneen's and Vance's assertions that soldiers never fight for ideals is just plain wrong. Of course warriors fight for their comrades. And of course there are some wars such as Vietnam and Iraq, where Vance served, where the moral causes are unclear or discredited. But when the moral stakes are made clear, most soldiers are absolutely motivated in part by ideals — even in the heat of combat. For his book 'For Cause and Comrades: Why Men Fought in the Civil War,' the great historian James M McPherson read about 25,000 letters and 249 diaries from soldiers who fought in that war. Their missives were filled with griping about conditions, about the horrors of war — they had no need in their private writings to sugarcoat things. But of the 1,076 soldiers whose writings form the basis of his book, McPherson found that 68 per cent of the Union soldiers and 66 per cent of the Confederate soldiers explicitly cited 'patriotic motivations' (as they interpreted them) as one reason they went into combat. Other soldiers were probably also motivated by their ideals, but they found it too obvious to mention. 'Sick as I am of this war and bloodshed as much oh how much I want to be home with my dear wife and children,' a Pennsylvania officer wrote, 'every day I have a more religious feeling, that this war is a crusade for the good of mankind.' An Indiana man wrote, 'This is not a war for dollars and cents, nor is it a war for territory — but it is to decide whether we are to be a free people — and if the Union is dissolved I very much fear that we will not have a republican form of government very long.' People who are more theologically advanced than I have a name for that kind of dehumanisation: spiritual warfare. All of us humans have within us a capacity for selfishness and a capacity for generosity. Spiritual warfare is an attempt to unleash the forces of darkness and to simultaneously extinguish the better angels of our nature. Trump and Vance aren't just promoting policies; they're trying to degrade America's moral character to a level more closely resembling their own. Years ago, I used to slightly know both Deneen and Vance. Vance has been in my home. We've gone out for drinks and coffee. Until Inauguration Day, I harbored him no ill will. Even today, I've found I have no trouble simultaneously opposing Trump policies and maintaining friendship and love for friends and family who are Trump supporters. In my experience, a vast majority of people who support Trump do so for legitimate or at least defensible reasons. But over the past four months, a small cabal at the top of the administration — including Trump, Vance, Miller and Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought — have brought a series of moral degradations to the nation those Union soldiers fought and died for: the betrayal of Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Ukraine, the cruel destruction of so many scientists' life projects, the ruination of PEPFAR. According to the HIV Modeling Consortium's PEPFAR Impact Tracker, the cuts to that programme alone have already resulted in nearly 55,000 adult deaths and nearly 6,000 dead children. We're only four months in. Moral contempt is an unattractive emotion, which can slide into arrogance and pride, which I will try to struggle against. In the meantime, it provoked this column from a mild-mannered guy on a beautiful spring day. — The New York Times. David Brooks Brooks is a book author and political and cultural commentator
Yahoo
15 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Notre Dame amp-up song reported to be included in major video game franchise
Notre Dame fans might be getting a little treat inside the Electronic Arts video game EA Sports College Football 26 when it launches on July 10. Fighting Irish fans who attend home games or watch them on NBC/Peacock know that the stadium operations crew plays The Dropkick Murphys' "I'm Shipping Up to Boston" to fire up the crowd just before kickoff. The song, which was also popularized in the 2006 movie The Departed and is a staple of rowdy bars every St. Patrick's Day, might be included in the game. Whether that will only be for when the player is playing as the Irish and it's a home game, or for every Notre Dame home game (i.e. if the player is playing as another school visiting a computer-controlled Irish squad), remains to be seen. Notre Dame won't be the only school getting this treatment -- Virginia Tech's use of the Metallica classic "Enter Sandman" might also be replicated in the virtual world, along with others. Apparently, when it comes to pump-up music, "it's in the game." Contact/Follow us @IrishWireND on X (Formerly Twitter), and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Notre Dame news, notes, and opinions. Follow Tim on X: @tehealey This article originally appeared on Fighting Irish Wire: Notre Dame amp-up anthem might be part of major video-game title
USA Today
17 hours ago
- Sport
- USA Today
Top Tennessee prospect and Notre Dame commit Chaston Smith transferring high schools
Top Tennessee prospect and Notre Dame commit Chaston Smith transferring high schools One of Notre Dame's football commitments in the Class of 2026 is on the move ahead of the 2025 football season. Tennessee native Chaston Smith is transferring from McCallie to Knoxville Catholic for his senior season, according to Knoxville Catholic head coach Philip Shadowens. The three-star defensive back spent two years at Bearden prior to his junior year at McCallie. He is the No. 25 cornerback and No. 313 overall prospect in the 247Sports Composite Rankings and committed to Notre Dame last December while holding offers from Tennessee, Alabama, Florida, LSU and Vanderbilt among others. The move brings the 6-foot-1, 175-pounder closer to home, as his mother is an administrator for Knox County Schools and his brother serves as cornerbacks coach at Catholic. Smith played in just five games last season at McCallie due to injury, but he recorded five tackles, an interception and two pass breakups.
Yahoo
18 hours ago
- General
- Yahoo
Notre Dame will host top Illinois QB recruit Jameson Purcell at Irish Invasion camp June 6
One of the top quarterbacks in Illinois is set to visit South Bend for Notre Dame football's Irish Invasion prospect camp June 6. Maine South (Park Ridge, IL) three-star recruit Jameson Purcell announced Thursday his plans to return to campus for the showcase event. The 6-foot-2, 181-pounder is also set to perform in camps at Clemson, Florida, Auburn, Florida State and Ohio State this summer. Advertisement The Class of 2027 recruit is the No. 21 quarterback and No. 293 overall recruit nationally according to the 247Sports Composite Rankings. His visit to South Bend will be his third. The Irish have not yet offered a quarterback recruit for the 2027 class. Noah Grubbs is currently in the fold for 2026. Blake Hebert was brought in during this year's cycle. The Irish Invasion prospect camp has been an important recruiting tool for Marcus Freeman and his staff during his tenure as they will look to find players who fit the Notre Dame mold once again. This article originally appeared on Fighting Irish Wire: Jameson Purcell, a top Illinois quarterback recruit, is set to visit Notre Dame
