Word: dame
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...very long one. After you get past the first few obvious names--Jack Dempsey, Mickey Cochrane, Charlie Conerly--the roster of Celtic greats starts to resemble a "Who's He?" of modern, and not-so-modern, athletics. Real old-timers--the ones ancient enough to remember when Notre Dame actually had more than two Irish ballplayers per year--like to pull out the names of The Great Ones. Big Ed Delahanty, the first man to hit four home runs in a major league game, and "Tip" O'Neill, who hit .435 in 1887 (thanks to the rules...
...course, recent years have seen a resurgence of Irish blood in the locker-rooms as the likes of Ken McAffee and Ronnie Perry have again brought joy to the dyspeptic spirits of greenhearted barflies throughout the land. But it's never enough just for Notre Dame to beat Texas; that's expected. The trick comes in convincing the heathens that the Irish aren't making a comeback, but that they've been on top all along...
...answer this query, you must go beyond the slick, master-salesman style that characterizes the amiable former Notre Dame assistant coach and led one Boston columnist to crack that McLaughlin would have made a mint selling Arizona real estate...
...madeth the arduous journey from the holy land they calleth Notre Dame with much fanfare. He traveled to the Houses, and spoketh great words about the future, attracting believers who followed Him up the steep pilgrimmage to the ancient roundball mecca in Cambridge...
...Notre Dame 100, Houston...