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Notre Dame Athletic Director Welcomes the Glare

Nov. 25, 2009
As Notre Dame's expected search for a new coach becomes the biggest story in college sports, the athletic director Jack Swarbrick is in the spotlight.
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SOUTH BEND, Ind., July 16 (UPI) -- John B. Swarbrick Jr. was introduced Wednesday as the new athletic director at Notre Dame.

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DURHAM, N.C., May 31 (UPI) -- Notre Dame University's athletic director left the school Saturday and accepted a similar position at Duke.

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Notre Dame's Mainieri interviews at LSU

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Bernard Muir named AD at Georgetown

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Notre Dame fires Willingham

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Lori Anne Madison, 6, competes in Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, of Woodbridge, Virginia, spells out the letters in her word as she competes during the opening round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Madison, the youngest known qualifier in the history of the contest, correctly spelled the word "dirigible*", a lighter-than-air aircraft, to advance. UPI/Mike Theiler