Former Notre Dame All-American Matt Besler '09 -- a starting "center back defender" on TEAM USA -- appears to be full go for Sunday's World Cup game against Portugal. The Domer was injured in the 41st minute of America's 2 - 1 win over Ghana.
Ironically, his replacement scored the winning goal!
Notre Dame two-sport star Pat Connaughton officially signed his contract with the Orioles and is now headed to Sarasota, FL to pitch for the Gulf Coast League Orioles.
Connaughton was taken in the 4th round by the Orioles in 2014 MLB Draft -- earlier this month -- earning a $428,000 bonus...
Pat will return to Notre Dame on July 30th to begin preparation for his senior season with Mike Brey's Fighting Irish. You'll enjoy the video of Pat being drafted by the Orioles -- and the video from last night's Oriole's game where Pat was introduced on the field during the game:
Notre Dame head football coach Brian Kelly was at the Meijer's in Mishawaka this week with a couple of his "rising" sophomore football stars: Corey Robinson and Mike McGlinchey. Folks, McGlinchey is huge -- he should be the first guy off the bus wherever we play on the road next season...
You're going to want to watch this video of their appearance -- good fun: