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Notre Dame, USC to be featured throughout NBC tripleheader Nov. 23

Don’t make any plans for that day.

Notre Dame and USC make up an intersectional rivalry unlike any other in the country. One upcoming Saturday will showcase both schools on national TV perhaps like never before.

NBC Sports has a longtime association with Irish football, and USC now is part of a Big Ten which has its games broadcast by the same company. And the stars are aligning for one heck of day.

NBC will kick off a tripleheader of coverage involving both schools with the Irish and Trojans women’s basketball teams meeting in Los Angeles at 4 p.m. EST. All eyes will be on that to see whether [autotag]Hannah Hidalgo[/autotag] and [autotag]Olivia Miles[/autotag] get the best of JuJu Watkins and Kiki Iriafen. Both duos are incredibly dangerous.

Next will be the Irish football team’s annual Shamrock Series game with Army at Yankee Stadium. Wrapping up the day’s coverage will be the Trojans football team facing UCLA at the Rose Bowl. Both games will be the teams’ last before playing each other at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum the following week.

Clear your schedule for Nov. 23, Irish fans. It will be the right day to do so.

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When did the Yankees and Mets play in the World Series against each other? Here’s the answer.

We have not seen this in more than two decades!

The New York Yankees have both advanced to the ALCS and the New York Mets have advanced to the NLCS. Could they meet in the World Series?

The Yankees last won the World Series in 2009 and the Mets have not won since 1986. The Yankees have not won the ALCS win then while the Mets won the NLCS in 2015.

But just how rare is it for these two teams actually play in the World Series against each other as crosstown rivals? It is incredibly uncommon and has only once, occurring in 2000.

The Yankees won the series, 4-1, and Derek Jeter was named MVP.

It was a very different time in America as the New York rivals took the field. The most popular songs were by Christina Aguilera, Madonna, Creed, and 3 Doors Down. Meanwhile, the most popular movies were Meet The Parents, Remember The Titans, The Exorcist, and Almost Famous.

Two decades later, history could repeat itself once again in New York City.

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New York Yankees Museum features relics from Notre Dame-Army rivalry

Want to see pieces of Irish history in the Bronx?

The 2024 Shamrock Series will mark the first time Notre Dame has faced Army at Yankee Stadium since 2010. However, Irish football historians know that the teams playing each other in the Bronx goes back nearly a century.

The Irish and Black Knights faced each other at the original Yankee Stadium nearly every year from 1925 to 1946. The one exception was 1930, when the game was played at Soldier Field in Chicago.

I was in New York this past weekend to make my first trip to Yankee Stadium, where I came across the New York Yankees Museum. That’s where I discovered programs from the teams’ games at the original stadium in 1941 (a scoreless tie) and 1945 (a 48-0 blowout victory for the Knights).

The relics didn’t end there though. There was a piece of the goalpost from the 1932 game (the Irish won, 21-0) and a marker indicating that the 1928 contest is when [autotag]Knute Rockne[/autotag] famously told his team to “Win One for the Gipper”, which it did, 12-6.

So if you ever get to visit Yankee Stadium, swing by the New York Yankees Museum before or during the game. Admission is free, and you’ll be in awe by every historical relic you see, but especially those related to the Irish.

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The Mets absolutely destroyed the Yankees in front of their biggest home crowd of 2024 so far

This was not a good night for Yankees fans.

The New York Mets absolutely obliterated the New York Yankees, 12-3, at Yankee Stadium on Wednesday night.

What made it even sweeter for Mets fans was that the victory came in front of the biggest crowd at Yankee Stadium so far this season.

While we’re sure a good portion of Wednesday evening’s crowd was from the Mets contingent of New York, this is still a terribly embarrassing result for the Yankees against their crosstown rival.

Newsday Sports reporter Tim Healey noted the Yankee Stadium crowd featured 48,760 people, plenty of likely miserable Yankees fans among them.

While the Yankees are still formidable playoff contenders in the American League, they’ll probably want to put Wednesday’s loss behind them quickly.

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Watch: Notre Dame head coach Marcus Freeman throws the first pitch in Yankee Stadium

Just a bit outside

We all knew this was coming, Notre Dame football head coach [autotag]Marcus Freeman[/autotag] has thrown out another first pitch at a Major League Baseball game.

This time it came in New York, as the Yankees invited the Irish leader along with multiple players out for the event. Although this is the new version of their historic stadium, it still has that baseball feel.

Unfortunately for Freeman, the atmosphere didn’t quite translate into a strike, as the throw went a bit high and to the left. The main reason why he was invited was to create some hype around the Shamrock Series game against Navy that will be played in that same venue.

The Irish have played in Yankee Stadium before, as they faced off against Rutgers in the 2013 Pinstripe Bowl. Notre Dame’s return to the baseball diamond will happen on November 23rd.

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Hannah Hidalgo, Notre Dame to face JuJu Watkins, USC in home-and-home

You won’t want to miss these two First Team All-Americans battle it out.

Women’s basketball fans will be in for a real treat over the next two seasons. Notre Dame’s [autotag]Hannah Hidalgo[/autotag] and USC’s JuJu Watkins both were First Team All-Americans as freshmen during the 2023-24 season. Given that and the schools’ football history together, there was an appetite to see these two face off in college. Fortunately, we’ll have that chance.

The Irish and Trojans have announced a home-and-home for the next two seasons. The first game will be played Nov. 23 in Los Angeles, hopefully before the football team’s Shamrock Series game at Yankee Stadium kicks off. The Trojans will come to South Bend the following season.

This isn’t only about the two phenoms though. Both the Irish and Trojans are expected to contend for the national championship this coming season, and everyone with even a slight interest in women’s basketball should be excited for this first game especially. We’ll see where the teams are by the second game, but for the moment, this is a series worth getting hyped for.

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Notre Dame will face Army in 2024 Shamrock Series at Yankee Stadium

There are historical ties to this game.

This year will mark 100 years since the game that gave birth to the famed Four Horsemen moniker took place. This is cause for celebration, so why not do it during the annual Shamrock Series?

Notre Dame and Army, the teams involved in the Four Horsemen game, will face each other Nov. 23 in New York, the city where the game took place. The Shamrock Series is returning to Yankee Stadium for the third time, and it’s the third time the Irish will face the Knights in the annual off-site home game. These teams also met at Yankee Stadium in the 2010 game.

It would be surprising if the buildup for this game didn’t feature many references to the Four Horsemen. They played a big part in making Notre Dame the legendary program it’s been for much of its history. The least they can do is do those gentlemen homage as part of the hype machine.

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Wait – Notre Dame football is playing at Yankee Stadium in 2024?

Notre Dame headed back to the Bronx?

Sunday afternoon it was announced that Notre Dame will play in the Sun Bowl against Oregon State.  It’s the second trip to El Paso all-time for the Fighting Irish and it’ll be the third time they’ve ever taken on the Beavers.

The way Notre Dame wound up in the Sun Bowl is certainly interesting and worth sharing more.  However, there is also somewhat seemingly bigger news out of this that was also revealed Sunday.

It would appear that Notre Dame will be playing at Yankee Stadium towards the start of the 2024 season.

Sun Bowl executive director Bernie Olivas was doing an interview with Colin Deaver of KTSM-TV on Sunday, discussing how Notre Dame wound up in El Paso.  He also revealed the Yankee Stadium news.  Check it out below:

Now who is Notre Dame playing in the Bronx and when is that game taking place are the questions?

Notre Dame is set to open the season on Aug. 30 at Texas A&M before opening the home slate on Sept. 7 vs. Northern Illinois.

Oct. 5, Nov. 2, and Nov. 23 are currently Saturdays that remain open on Notre Dame’s 2024 schedule.  Stay tuned as this develops.

Related: Notre Dame’s entire 2024 schedule

Devastating Canadian wildfires made for an eerie scene at Yankee Stadium

A spooky haze descended upon Yankee Stadium as a result of the destructive Canadian wildfires.

Smoke from the devastating Canadian wildfires made its way to Yankee Stadium on Tuesday and caused quite the sinister scene.

As of Tuesday, more than 6.3 million Canadian acres have been burned in 2023, marking a horrific beginning to wildfire season. Eastern Canada, in particular, has been hit hard, with approximately 14,000 people forced to evacuate Quebec due to 150 fires in the area.

Thanks to the wind currents, wildfire smoke has made its way across the northeastern United States, causing hazy conditions and worse air quality from the midwest to as far south as South Carolina. As a result, when the New York Yankees lined up to play their Tuesday night game against the Chicago White Sox, cloudy skies and smoky-smelling air were reported in the region.

Yeah, that’s quite the eerie scene. Hopefully the wildfires can be contained in short order soon enough.

Here’s how Yankee Stadium looked as smoke from the devastating Canadian wildfires made its way across the region.