PA Media Plowright was made a dame in 2004 Dame Joan Plowright, one of Britain’s most acclaimed stage and screen stars and the widow of Sir Laurence Olivier, has died at the age of 95. Her career spanned 60 years and included an Oscar nomination for the 1991 film Enchanted April. She married Olivier in
Ohio State has looked dominant throughout the first-ever 12-team College Football Playoff. After knocking out the top-seeded Oregon Ducks in the quarterfinals, the Buckeyes defeated the Texas Longhorns in the semifinal to advance to Monday’s championship game. But one member of the Buckeyes, who rose to prominence largely due to his social media presence, will
Dame Deborah James will be ‘up there grinning from ear to ear’ after the NHS announced it would drop the bowel cancer screening age from 60. The campaigner, who passed away from the illness in 2022 at the age of 40, had led the calls for the screening age to change in the later years
ARLINGTON, Texas — And now, 15 thoughts from Notre Dame 27, Penn State 24 and Ohio State 28, Texas 14 — two much-needed, much-enjoyed fourth-quarter finishes in the College Football Playoff semifinals. 1. The camera operators for the mammoth video board at AT&T Stadium love their crowd shots. There were several between every play. Friday
By LEOCCIANO CALLAO Published: 00:33 EST, 11 January 2025 | Updated: 00:54 EST, 11 January 2025 College football fans noticed a ‘spooky’ coincidence from the movie Rudy after Notre Dame’s 27-24 win over Penn State in the Orange Bowl on Thursday. The 1993 biographical sports film was an account of the life of Daniel ‘Rudy’
By BEN NAGLE Published: 08:29 EST, 10 January 2025 | Updated: 08:31 EST, 10 January 2025 ESPN sideline reporter Molly McGrath has been slammed for trying to ‘race-bait’ Marcus Freeman in the wake of Notre Dame’s incredible victory over Penn State. The Fighting Irish’s 27-24 win takes them to this year’s National Championship and in
Notre Dame is going to the first College Football Playoff National Championship game of the expanded format era after a comeback 27-24 win over Penn State in the Orange Bowl on Thursday. Fighting Irish kicker Mitch Jeter kicked the game-winning 41-yard field goal to cap off a back-and-forth battle between the two storied programs. Notre
By ALEX RASKIN and ASSOCIATED PRESS Published: 23:20 EST, 9 January 2025 | Updated: 23:29 EST, 9 January 2025 A flu outbreak among Notre Dame players proved insignificant at Thursday’s Orange Bowl in Miami, where the seventh-seeded Fighting Irish pulled out a miraculous 27-24 win over No. 6 Penn State on a last-minute field goal
It’s next man up time for Notre Dame. The Fighting Irish inserted a backup quarterback while trailing in the Orange Bowl Thursday. Notre Dame starting quarterback Riley Leonard left the College Football Playoff semifinal late in the first half and was being evaluated by the Fighting Irish’s medical staff. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE
Notre Dame, Marcus Freeman used everything to beat Penn State — even James Franklin comments
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Before Mitch Jeter’s 41-yard field goal sent Notre Dame to the national championship game, before Christian Gray’s diving interception set it up or before Jeremiyah Love’s mutant performance on a braced right knee, Marcus Freeman stood before his team inside the Diplomat Hotel on Hollywood Beach on Wednesday afternoon. Notre Dame’s