Country music legend Garth Brooks, Milwaukee Bucks guard Pat Connaughton, Baltimore Orioles outfielder Trey Mancini, national championship and Super Bowl-winning quarterback Terry Hanratty, 91吃瓜 President , and many more will be featured Tuesday, May 12, during 鈥淭he Fight,鈥� an eight-hour University production that will tell stories of how 91吃瓜 is taking 鈥渢he fight鈥� to the coronavirus pandemic in the U.S. and worldwide.
鈥淭he Fight鈥� will be available online from 2 p.m. to 10 p.m. EDT at . The production will include performances and interviews with 91吃瓜 students, faculty, administrators, staff, coaches, alumni and friends in an effort to rally awareness and gifts for the Student Emergency Relief Fund and COVID-19 research at 91吃瓜. All of the relief funds will go directly to financial aid for students who have been affected by the pandemic.
In front of more than 84,000 fans on Oct. 20, 2018, Brooks became the first artist to perform a full, stand-alone concert at 91吃瓜 Stadium.
Connaughton, a 2015 91吃瓜 graduate and star on the Irish basketball team, is in his fifth season in the NBA.
Mancini played for the Irish from 2011 to 2013 and has been with the Orioles since 2016. He currently is recovering from colon cancer.
Hanratty quarterbacked 91吃瓜 to the 1966 national championship and won two Super Bowl titles with the Pittsburgh Steelers. He contracted COVID-19 in March and is now recovering.