Skylar Diggins Gets Five Stiches in Pro Debut

Former Notre Dame All-American Skylar Diggins played her first game as professional today and she has a bloody lip, 9 points (3 for 11 from the floor) and a TECHNICAL FOUL to show for it...

The cut lip required five stitches to close the wound...

Diggins and her Tulsa Shock teammates played an exhibition game tonight against the Atlanta Dream losing 72 - 58 -- here's the game story:

LINK:  SKYLAR'S WNBA DEBUT -- TULSA WORLD

Manti Te'o Signs His NFL Rookie Contract!

The amount was not released -- but, you can assume it's not that much more than what last year's 38th pick in the NFL Draft signed for:

• Guaranteed money:  $2.4 million
• Four-year contract value (including guaranteed money):  $5.1 million

CONGRATULATIONS MANTI!

LINK:  MANTI SIGNS FIRST NFL CONTRACT

Heaven's Team Picked Up a Fullback Yesterday

Asaph Schwaap '10 lost his battle to non-Hodgkins Lymphoma yesterday at the age of 26.  He was diagnosed just a year ago...

The former Notre Dame football player called "ACE" by his friends and teammates -- led a life of 'giving back' to his community -- as you'll see in this story today in his hometown's newspaper:

LINK:  ASAPH SCHWAAP