Hard and soft power: Emmet Ryan on a spectacular sporting experience
Gridiron comes to Dublin next August when Navy and Notre Dame face each other at the Aviva Stadium. Ahead of the showpiece fixture, Emmet Ryan went to Annapolis in Maryland to see all the pomp and circumstance for himself
On a dreary November day in 1996, the cries were clear and pointed. “We beat Air Force,” the Navy Midshipmen supporters taunted the travelling Notre Dame Fighting Irish fans on their way into Hill 16.
That Notre Dame side had lost in shocking fashion to Air Force just two weeks prior to the Fighting Irish and Navy ...
