Friday, June 25, 2010

PHOTO OF THE DAY -- IAN O'CONNOR

A private workout was held yesterday at Notre Dame Stadium for the defensive end position in Brian Kelly's new 3 - 4 Defense. Ian O'Connor (photo) is seen here rushing the QB in a drill being run by the Irish Defensive Staff. Photo courtesy of Kaity Fuja, OMG Photography. Kaity (ND Class of 2009) was inside Notre Dame Stadium yesterday to shoot photos of Coach Kelly for his new website. Now, we can't show you the photos of Coach Kelly (just yet), but here's a link to the photos OMG did take of the private workout - and a link to Kaity's website:

OMG PHOTOGRAPHY AT NOTRE DAME WORKOUT

OMG PHOTOGRAPHY WEBSITE

Brian & Paqui Kelly -- Interviewed Last Night

Notre Dame Head Football Coach Brian Kelly and his wife Paqui served as co-hosts for Football 101 at Notre Dame Stadium last night for more than 300 female fans (photo) of the Irish. This was a Kelly Cares Foundation event for breast cancer awareness and education. The 300 ND football fans were also given instruction on the fundamentals of Notre Dame Football. Sounds like they had great fun! Both Brian and Paqui also found time to talk with WSBT 960 AM's Weekday SportsBeat show. You'll find links below to both interviews as well as the WNDU-TV new story on the event:

FOOTBALL 101 -- WNDU-TV COVERAGE OF EVENT

BRIAN KELLY INTERVIEW

PAQUI KELLY INTERVIEW

Harangody Drafted by Celtics!

Congratulations to Notre Dame senior, Luke Harangody, who was drafted last night by the Boston Celtics in the second round of the 2010 NBA Draft -- 52nd pick overall! 'Gody' is the first Irish player drafted by the Celtics in the past 29 years -- Tracy Jackson was the last Notre Dame player to go to Boston, in the 1981 NBA Draft, when he was also drafted in the second round. Luke is the first Notre Dame basketball player to be named All Big East three consecutive seasons and was the leading scorer and rebounder in the Big East Conference in consecutive years. A graduate of Andrean High School in Merrillville, Indiana -- Harangody leaves Notre Dame as one of it's all time greats. Couldn't be happier for Luke and his family!