Why NYC cheers Notre Damea s Fighting Irish

... Dame is a Bronx team; a Queens team, too. It is a team for all boroughs, in fact. A century ago, Notre Dame came to New York to beat Army with the introduction of the forward pass. That's a historic marker, but it doesn't explain why legions of ...

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