A Feature On Notre Dame's Return "Home" to Ireland

More Photos of Notre Dame's Shamrock Series Gear

Notre Dame Unveils New Shamrock Series Look...

 

 

 

Only Notre Dame Takes Their MEDIA DAY to NYC!

Harry Douglas Picks His Top Five CFB Stadiums!

Freeman & Leonard Join ESPN's GET UP

Marcus Freeman's ESPN Interview Thursday

Know Your Foe: Mike Elko Talks Texas A&M Football

Domer Marina Mabrey Traded to Connecticut Sun

EA Sports Runs Simulation of ND vs. Texas A&M

ESPN's Greg McIlroy Releases His Top Ten...

 

Advance the video to the 17:25 mark if you'd like to get to where he ranks Notre Dame at --- and why.

Jim Tressel Interviews Notre Dame's Marcus Freeman

Tim Brown Talks About His Hole-In-One Last Week

Tim Brown Leads the Notre Dame Team in Tahoe

 

Tim Brown made his "FIFTH" hole-in-one yesterday during the First Round of the American Century Celebrity Championship on the shore of Lake Tahoe.  Brown also leads the players with a Notre Dame connection in the tournament going into tomorrow's final round:

9th:  Tim Brown -- 35 points

14th:  Harrison Smith -- 33 points

35th:  John Carlson -- 15 points

41st:  Jerome Bettis -- 10 points

71st:  Joe Theismann -- (-17 points)

83rd:  Kyle Rudolph -- (-33 points)

85th:  Mike Golic -- (-36 points)

 

You can watch tomorrow's FINAL ROUND on NBC.

LINK:  LEADERBOARD

 

Big 12's Yormark Rumored to Be After Notre Dame

 

LINK:  STORY

Joe Theismann Talks American Century Celebrity Golf

The former Fighting Irish star, Super Bowl Champ and NFL MVP -- sat down with my old colleague Kelly Elbin to talk about the upcoming celebrity golf tournament in Lake Tahoe...

Ian Cole Signs Deal w/ Utah Hockey Club

Domer Ian Cole just signed a one-year deal with the NHL's Utah Hockey Club worth $3,100,000.  This guaranteed contract moves Cole, on Notre Dame's all-time professional sports compensation list, to just behind NFL Hall of Famer Jerome Bettis!

• Monty Williams:  $125,900,000 
  
• Harrison Smith:  $122,735,243 -- not guaranteed, contract to 2026 
• Quenton Nelson:  $118,010,393 -- not guaranteed, contract to 2026
• Mike McGlinchey:  $116,981,966 -- not guaranteed, contract to 2026
• Jeff Samardzija:  $116,341,666
  
• Zack Martin:  $113,240,531 -- not guaranteed, contract to 2025
• Ronnie Stanley:  $108,645,183 -- not guaranteed, contract to 2024
  
• AJ Pollock:  $78,498,337
• Anders Lee:  $66,044,038 -- guaranteed contract to 2025
  
• Troy Murphy:  $66,000,000 
• Kyle Rudolph:  $59,936,853 
• Cole Kmet:  $59,161,763 -- not guaranteed, contract to 2027
  
• Golden Tate:  $56,421,672
  
• Stephon Tuitt:  $55,710,551
  
• Brad Lidge:  $55,335,000 
• Pat Connaughton:  $50,727,479 -- guaranteed contract to 2026
  
• Kyle Palmieri:  $50,192,154 -- guaranteed contract to 2025
  
• Bryan Rust:  $46,670,000 -- guaranteed contract to 2028 
• Bryant Young:  $44,000,000
• Justin Tuck:  $43,248,463 
• Romeo Okwara:  $36,855,601
  
• John Sullivan:  $35,800,027
• Jerome Bettis:  $35,122,500
• Ian Cole:  $35,049,694 -- guaranteed contract to 2025
  
• Jeff Faine:  $34,456,892 
• Will Fuller:  $34,246,582
  
• Jaylon Smith:  $33,316,297 -- free agent
• Joe Alt:  $33,160,944 -- guaranteed contract to 2027
  
• Matt Carroll:  $29,537,032 
• Tim Brown:  $28,432,686
• Laphonso Ellis:  $27,939,000
• Rocket Ismail:  $27,885,021
  
• Tyler Eifert:  $26,310,317
  
• Joe Montana:  $26,000,000 
• Nick Martin:  $25,185,579 -- free agent
  
• Steve Beuerlein:  $22,238,265

Yared Nuguse Qualifies for the U.S. Olympic Team!

Monty Williams Climbs Up ND's Highest Paid List

This past week the Detroit Pistons made the decision to let Notre Dame alum Monty Williams go while still owing him $65 million for the remaining years of his contract.  Williams made $7.9 million during his NBA playing career.  

 Add on his years as a NBA coach -- with three head coaching stints in New Orleans, Phoenix and Detroit -- Monty did quite well.

NBA head coaching salaries are rarely made public.  Monty was a head coach for nine seasons, before signing his huge contract with the Pistons.  Let's assume that Williams made on average $4 million per year (conservative assumption) over those nine seasons as a head coach and $500,000 per season (conservative assumption) during his 7 seasons as an NBA assistant coach.   This would total $39.5 million.

Williams' Detroit Pistons contract totaled $78.5 million -- add up all of his compensation in professional sports and you have:  $125,900,000 -- which places him FIRST on the all-time list of former Notre Dame student-athletes:

• Monty Williams:  $125,900,000 
• Harrison Smith:  $122,735,243 -- not guaranteed, contract to 2026 
• Quenton Nelson:  $118,010,393 -- not guaranteed, contract to 2026
• Mike McGlinchey:  $116,981,966 -- not guaranteed, contract to 2026
• Jeff Samardzija:  $116,341,666
  
• Zack Martin:  $113,240,531 -- not guaranteed, contract to 2025
• Ronnie Stanley:  $108,645,183 -- not guaranteed, contract to 2024
  
• AJ Pollock:  $78,498,337
• Anders Lee:  $66,044,038 -- guaranteed contract to 2025
  
• Troy Murphy:  $66,000,000 
• Kyle Rudolph:  $59,936,853 
• Cole Kmet:  $59,161,763 -- not guaranteed, contract to 2027
  
• Golden Tate:  $56,421,672
  
• Stephon Tuitt:  $55,710,551
  
• Brad Lidge:  $55,335,000 
• Pat Connaughton:  $50,727,479 -- guaranteed contract to 2026
  
• Kyle Palmieri:  $50,192,154 -- guaranteed contract to 2025
  
• Bryan Rust:  $46,670,000 -- guaranteed contract to 2028 
• Bryant Young:  $44,000,000
• Justin Tuck:  $43,248,463 
• Romeo Okwara:  $36,855,601
  
• John Sullivan:  $35,800,027
• Jerome Bettis:  $35,122,500
• Jeff Faine:  $34,456,892 
• Will Fuller:  $34,246,582
  
• Jaylon Smith:  $33,316,297 -- free agent
• Joe Alt:  $33,160,944 -- guaranteed contract to 2027
  
• Ian Cole:  $31,949,694 -- free agent
• Matt Carroll:  $29,537,032 
• Tim Brown:  $28,432,686
• Laphonso Ellis:  $27,939,000
• Rocket Ismail:  $27,885,021
  
• Tyler Eifert:  $26,310,317
  
• Joe Montana:  $26,000,000 
• Nick Martin:  $25,185,579 -- free agent
  
• Steve Beuerlein:  $22,238,265
  

Domer Chris Guiliano Wins 100 Free Olympic Trials!