Sports

Notre Dame lacrosse comes from behind to defeat Detroit

May 14, 2013

Shooting a sport I’ve never photographed before can be both exciting and terrifying. On one hand, I’m approaching it with fresh eyes, but at the same time I’m not sure what the “standard shot” is. The last time I had this foreign yet freeing experience of shooting an unknown sport was a couple summers ago with the Cheyenne Frontier Days rodeo. Notre Dame lacrosse was a fun assignment: I moved around along the sidelines and spent the entire third quarter shooting down from the roof of the press box to mix up my vantage points. It was hard resisting the urge to motordrive through bits of action in an attempt to catch the ball or the sticks in interesting peak action moments. This made for a long editing process after the game since I shot more than I probably should have. Good games always provide for good pictures and such was the case on Saturday: Notre Dame trailed for most of the game, but made a furious comeback to win 9-7 to advance in the tournament.

Notre Dame Detroit NCAA Men's Lacrosse — Notre Dame’s Matt Kavanagh (50), right, celebrates a score during the first round of the NCAA men’s lacrosse tournament on Saturday, May 11, 2013, at Notre Dame. Notre Dame won 9-7. (James Brosher/South Bend Tribune)

Tim Tebow speaks in Benton Harbor

May 10, 2013

Notre Dame Blue-Gold spring football game

April 21, 2013

Notre Dame concluded spring practices with the annual Blue-Gold scrimmage in front of fans at Notre Dame Stadium. The scrimmage is offense verses defense with a system of scoring that reminds me of scoring on “Whose Line is it Anyway?” When the smoke cleared, the defense won … or at least I think they did.

Notre Dame Blue-Gold Game — Notre Dame players take the field before the Blue-Gold spring football game on Saturday, April 20, 2013, at Notre Dame Stadium. (James Brosher/South Bend Tribune)

South Bend Silver Hawks defeat Fort Wayne TinCaps

April 18, 2013

The South Bend Silver Hawks played a rare midweek matinee on Wednesday stealing a few bases – and ultimately the victory – from the Fort Wayne TinCaps. I’ve been on quite a stretch of sports assignments at the Tribune recently, which will continue this weekend with Notre Dame’s Blue vs. Gold spring football game. After months of shooting basketball, I’m starting to dust off some rust with my baseball shooting. When you’re used to constant action in basketball, it’s a change of pace to suddenly need to summon the patience and attention it takes to photograph baseball properly.

Silver Hawks TinCaps Baseball — Silver Hawks center fielder Socrates Brito, right, slides safely into third base in front of a throw to TinCaps third baseman Gabriel Quintana during the third inning of a minor league baseball game on Wednesday, April 17, 2013, at Coveleski Stadium in downtown South Bend. Moments later Brito stole home after a pitch went past the catcher into the backstop. (James Brosher/South Bend Tribune)

Marian Lacrosse Captain John Jessup

April 15, 2013

Last week I got to hang out at Marian lacrosse team practice to photograph John Jessup, a senior captain, who has a prosthetic leg. Jessup was born missing four toes on his right toe and with Fibular Hemimelia, a condition where one leg is substantially shorter and smaller than the other. At age 15 when he started experiencing pain in his knees and hip, he decided to have his right leg amputated. I’ve never photographed lacrosse before and although I was unfortunately unable to shoot a game for this story, it looked like a very interesting – and challenging – sport to shoot. His coach refers to him as an assistant coach because of his skill on the field and knowledge of the game.