Details: Live Webcast of Fr. Hesburgh's Funeral

The University of Notre Dame will be LIVE STREAMING over the internet the following services this week for Fr. Ted from campus:

• Tuesday -- 7:30 PM ET:  WAKE
• Wednesday -- 2:00 PM ET:  FUNERAL MASS
• Wednesday -- 7:30 PM ET:  MEMORIAL TRIBUTE

You'll be able to watch these events LIVE at the URL linked below:

LIVE:  LIVE VIEWING

ND Hockey Beats #9 Boston College 3 - 1

Jeff Jackson's Fighting Irish have beaten two top-ten teams the last two weekends from the city of Boston. 

Tonight it was freshman goalie Cal Peterson who STOPPED 55 SHOTS as the Irish beat Boston College!

LINK:  IRISH BEAT BC

Domer Molly Seidel Wins ACC MVP Award!

The ACC Indoor Track & Field Championships were held this week in Blacksburg, VA -- and Notre Dame start Molly Seidel was named ACC Championship MVP this evening, after winning the 3000 and 5000 meter runs!

That's Molly with the MVP award above!

Chicago Tribune: A Nice Tribute to Fr. Ted

Thought you'd enjoy reading this from Don Wycliffe '69 -- an opinion piece in the Chicago Tribune.

LINK:  A TRIBUTE

Digger Phelps Talks About Fr. Ted Hesburgh

Notre Dame basketball coaching legend Digger Phelps -- sat down with the folks at WNDU-TV to talk about his friend FATHER TED.

Kleenex alert!

LINK:  DIGGER

Notre Dame News Conference This Morning

The University of Notre Dame's president Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C. held a news conference at 11 AM ET this morning to discuss the passing of Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C.

LINK:  REPLAY OF NEWS CONFERENCE

Notre Dame Students Pay Tribute to Father Ted

Students met early this morning at Fr. Ted's favorite place on the campus of the University of Notre Dame...

LINK:  ALMA MATER

Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C.

One of Notre Dame's all-time greats -- FATHER TED -- died late last night at the age of 97.

It's being reported that Fr. Ted celebrated his last Mass at 11:30 AM ET yesterday morning with his family -- he left for Heaven exactly 12 hours later...

As Fr. John Jenkins, C.S.C. wrote in his email to the Notre Dame family early this morning:

"He is now with Our Lady, whose university he served so well, and with the Lord." 

Father Ted's funeral Mass will be this Wednesday, March 4th at 2:00 PM ET at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart.

LINK:  REMEMBERING FR. TED

Coach Kelly to Introduce New Coaches Monday!

Notre Dame head football coach Brian Kelly will be meeting with the media Monday to introduce the following additions to his staff:

• Mike Sanford
• Todd Lyght
• Autry Denson
• Keith Gilmore

I'll have the link up once it's published -- so you can watch it LIVE right here.

Bengal Bouts -- FINALS -- Friday Night!!!

It's an eighty-four year tradition at the University of Notre Dame...

The 84th Annual Bengal Bouts Finals will take place this Friday night at Purcell Pavilion.  Eighteen Notre Dame students are left in the nine weight classes.

Notre Dame football's Tyler Plantz will be fighting in the HEAVYWEIGHT class -- should be quite a night!

LINK:  BENGAL BOUTS FINALS

Brady Quinn Thinking About a NFL Comeback?

Former Notre Dame All-American, now turned Fox Sports broadcaster -- Brady Quinn -- is rumored to be working on his QB game in hopes of a comeback...

Here's the story:

LINK:  QUINN

Domer Jerome Bettis Giving Back to Pittsburgh

The man is also a Hall of Famer in the game of life...

Former Notre Dame student-athlete Jerome Bettis was in Pittsburgh today to announce his foundation's involvement with Allegheny County and the city of Pittsburgh in launching a teen summer job program.

Bravo Mr. Bettis!

LINK:  DOING THE RIGHT THING

Domer Mike Lee Talks About His Win Saturday

Professional boxer Mike Lee '09, who's a THREE TIME BENGAL BOUTS CHAMP -- won his fight Saturday night to go 14 - 0 as a pro!

Here's a great TV interview of Mike on 120 SPORTS:

LINK:  MIKE LEE

Notre Dame Football's "TIRE TUG" Video!

You're going to want to watch Notre Dame Football's "tire-tug" -- you'll see incoming freshmen Tristen Hoge and Jerry Tillery.  That's Tillery winning the final tug on the video...

LINK:  TIRE TUG

Mike Sanford's "ND Family" Photo on Twitter

Well, this might be the confirmation Notre Dame fans have been looking for...

It's been rumored for nearly two weeks that Mike Sanford was leaving Boise State to join Brian Kelly's staff with the Fighting Irish.

Here's a photo of Mike and his wife Ann-Marie and their two kids in ND GEAR!

Notre Dame Trustee Don Keough Heaven Bound

One of the all-time great IRISH AMERICANS -- Don Keough -- died this morning from pneumonia at the age of 88.

The world knows him as the man who ran Coca-Cola for many years.  The Notre Dame family knows him for his wisdom -- as a member of the Board of Trustees, his passion and his generosity:

• Keough Hall -- a men's dorm on campus
• Keough School of Global Affairs -- Notre Dame's first new college in almost 100 years, which will open up in 2017
• Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies
• Endowed Chairs, Summer internships in Ireland
• Etc.,

Keough, who served as the Chair of Notre Dame's Board of Trustees from 1986 - 1991 -- sent five of his kids to Notre Dame.

Saying he will be missed is an understatement.

LINK:  DON KEOUGH -- ATLANTA JOURNAL CONSTITUTION

LINK:  NOTRE DAME'S STATEMENT

Big Win Tonight for Muffet's Fighting Irish!

The #4 ranked Notre Dame Fighting Irish took on the #8 Louisville Cardinals tonight and beat them 68 - 52 in front of a national television audience.

The win puts the IRISH at 26 - 2 on the season and 13 - 1 in the ACC.  Notre Dame is now 8 - 1 on the season against ranked teams.

Notre Dame was led by Jewell Loyd's 20 points, Taya Reimer's "perfect" night going 8 for 8 from the field for 16 points and Brianna Turner's 7 blocked shots as the Irish put the game away with a 16 - 0 run in the second half.

LINK:  ONE OF TURNER'S BLOCKS

LINK:  GAME RECAP

Incoming ND QB -- Brandon Wimbush Video

Notre Dame fans are going to want to get acquainted with this young man...

LINK:  WIMBUSH

Davaris Daniels Meets With Media for First Time

Former Notre Dame student-athlete Davaris Daniels is in Indianapolis this weekend for the 2015 NFL Combine. 

Daniels ran a disappointing 4.62 forty-yard dash today in front of the NFL scouts.  Here are his other "measurables" from today:

•  40 Yard Dash:  4.62
•  Vertical Jump:  37"
•  Broad Jump:  10'-2"
•  Bench Press Reps of 225 lbs:  13 

LINK:  NFL COMBINE RESULTS

He also held a media session for the first time since he was expelled from Notre Dame.  Here's what he had to say to the media:

LINK:  CHICAGO TRIBUNE

OT: Syracuse Misspells Last Name of Honoree

Syracuse basketball honored two of their greats today Louis Orr and Roosevelt BOUIE -- retiring their jerseys...

Unfortunately -- Syracuse misspelled Roosevelt Bouie's last name on the framed jersey -- see photo above.

LINK:  STORY

IRISH Shoot 66% From the Field in Win Over BC

WOW -- what an offensive performance.

The #10 ranked Fighting Irish of Notre Dame beat Boston College 87 - 70 this afternoon to go 24 - 4 on the season and 12 - 3 in the ACC.  Here's some of the offensive highlights:

• Field Goals:  66% 
• 3 PT Field Goals:  53.8%
• Free Throws:  83.3%
• Assists:  19
• Turnovers: 9

Here's where Notre Dame's offense ranks in NCAA national statistics:

• Field Goal %:  50.8% / 2nd in the country
• Assist to Turnover Ratio:  1.66 / 4th in the country
• Points Per Shot:  1.42 / 5th in the country
• Points Per Game:  79.5 pts / 12th in the country
• 3 PT Field Goal %:  40.1% / 14th in the country
• 3 PT Field Goals Made:  238 / 14th in the country

LINK:  GAME STATS

Emma Reaney Wins ACC Title Last Night!

Notre Dame All-American Emma Reaney swam the third fastest time in the country last night winning the 100 Breaststroke in a time of 58.72 at the ACC Swimming & Diving Championship!

Tonight she returns to the pool to swim the 200 Breaststroke -- an event in which she set the AMERICAN RECORD last year at the ACC Championship!

LINK:  SWIM RESULTS

First Look Inside Notre Dame's Winter Workout

Here's a "nine-second" video from the winter conditioning going on here at Notre Dame.

As you can see in the photo I took above this AM it is cold -- in fact, it is the COLDEST FEB 20th in HISTORY here in "South Brrrrrend."

LINK:  CONDITIONING

Jerian & Jewell -- Their Game of H-O-R-S-E

Notre Dame basketball fans will enjoy this Fighting Irish Digital Media feature on our two hoops stars...

Something tells me Jerian might not hear the end of this.  WOW!

LINK:  A GAME OF HORSE

Notre Dame Fans -- Meet Avery Sebastian !!!

Notre Dame made it official today -- Avery Sebastian, a graduate of the University of California at Berkeley -- has been accepted as a grad student-athlete.

The safety will join the Fighting Irish this summer and will be wearing that GOLD HELMET this fall!

Here's a little info on Avery:

LINK:  INTERVIEW

LINK:  ESPN STORY

LINK:  CHICAGO TRIBUNE STORY

NFL "Pre-Combine" Draft Grades -- ND Players

Three former Notre Dame student-athletes will "officially" begin their quest to play professional football this weekend in Indianapolis at the 2015 NFL COMBINE.  Here's what the talent evaluators think of each...

LINK:  KYLE BRINDZA

LINK:  DAVARIS DANIELS

LINK:  BEN KOYACK

Our New Defensive Line Coach? -- Mic'd Up

The rumored new Notre Dame defensive line coach Keith Gilmore -- is seen in this video during his time at Illinois coaching the "d-boys."  Enjoy!

LINK:  GOING TO BE FUN

On Track For One of the All-Time Great Records

In 110 years of Notre Dame Men's Basketball -- 23 wins in a season, has only been bettered TEN TIMES in history!

The #10 Fighting Irish, with their win tonight over Wake Forest, are now 23 - 4 on the season -- the ELEVENTH MOST WINS in a season in history. 

Here's the list of the "top-five WIN" seasons in Notre Dame Men's Basketball history:

ALL-TIME TOP FIVE MOST WINS IN A SEASON:

• 1908-09:  33 - 7  -- coached by Raymond Scanlon
• 2010-11:  27 - 7  -- coached by Mike Brey
• 1973-74:  26 - 3  -- coached by Digger Phelps
• 2007-08:  25 - 8  -- coached by Mike Brey
• 2012-13:  25 - 10 -- coached by Mike Brey

News: Gilmore & Denson Join Notre Dame Staff

Keith Gilmore, currently the defensive line coach at the University of North Carolina -- is rumored to be taking the same position here at Notre Dame.  And, Notre Dame's all-time leading rusher Autry Denson is rumored to have accepted the running backs coach position.  STORY

THERE HAS BEEN NO CONFIRMATION OF THEIR HIRING BY NOTRE DAME.

Gilmore -- a new name to IRISH fans in the coaching rumor mill -- has served on Brian Kelly's coaching staff at Grand Valley State, Central Michigan and Cincinnati. 

Here's what I could find about Keith Gilmore:

LINK:  COACHING BIO

LINK:  INTERVIEW -- NATIONAL SIGNING DAY

LINK:  INTERVIEW -- CINCINNATI COACHING STAFF

ND Freshman Scores SIX GOALS in First Game!

It didn't take long for Mikey Wynne (Sykesville, MD) to become a name on "scouting reports" all over the college lacrosse world...

Wynne was the "fourth ranked" high school lacrosse player in the country last year.

The freshman -- playing in his first ever college game -- scored SIX GOALS in #2 Notre Dame's 14 - 12 opening game win over Georgetown.

Here's some of the highlights -- and a couple of stories:

LINK:  ND BEATS GEORGETOWN

LINK:  LACROSSE MAGAZINE 

LINK:  STORY

Manti Te'o Talks to Nike Football Campers

 

Former Notre Dame All-American Manti Te'o recently spoke at a Nike Football Camp in his home state.  Here's what he had to say to the next generation of Hawaii football stars...

LINK:  MANTI

Jimmy Clausen's Wedding Photos Today!

Former Notre Dame QB Jimmy Clausen married USC alum Jess Gysn this afternoon. 

Congratulations!

Domer Dunne & Reed -- THIRD PLACE FINISH!

Notre Dame alum and Board of Trustee member Jimmy Dunne III '78, finished in third place this afternoon at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am!

Dunne and U.S. Ryder Cup team member Patrick Reed finished at (-39) for the four-day tournament -- just three shots behind the winning team of Pat Perez and his amateur partner Michael Lund (co-founder of Pandora).

Jimmy had quite a week on the Pacific coastline -- he contributed TWENTY-SEVEN STROKES to their team score -- with handicap -- over the four-day tournament.

Dunne shot a 69 at Pebble Beach (without handicap) on Thursday -- beating his playing partner Patrick Reed (who shot a 70), the #15 ranked player in the world!!!

Congratulations Jimmy -- I don't think an amateur had a better tournament than you this week!

Photo above:  That is Jimmy in a pink shirt / white pants on the 13th tee at Monterey Peninsula Country Club during Friday's round -- as his PGA Tour playing partner Patrick Reed tees off.

LINK:  FINAL LEADERBOARD

Domer Dunne & Reed Tee Off at 12:35 PM ET

If you're hoping to see Notre Dame Board of Trustee member Jimmy Dunne '78, on TV today -- you'll want to be watching the first two hours of the Golf Channel's coverage (1:00 PM ET to 2:30 PM ET) of the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am.   

CBS picks up their coverage beginning at 3:00 PM ET going to 6:30 PM ET.

Dunne and his PGA Tour playing partner Patrick Reed tee-off at 12:35 PM ET off of the 10th tee at Pebble Beach -- meaning they'll be playing the closing holes on the back nine around 2 PM ET or so...

Jimmy's the only amateur in the foursome of Patrick Reed, Dudley Hart and Greg Chalmers -- should be quite a day for the Domer!

They are in FIFTH PLACE going into today's Final Round -- five strokes behind the leaders.

LINK:  TEE TIMES AND PAIRINGS

LINK:  LEADERBOARD

Jimmy Clausen and DOMER Wedding Photos

Former Notre Dame QB Jimmy Clausen will get married Sunday -- and all week long he's been joined by a bunch of his former Fighting Irish teammates.  You'll see Clausen and his USC Trojan alum wife in the top photo and additional photos with Golden Tate, Michael Floyd, Kyle Rudolph...

Domer Dunne in 5th Place Going Into Sunday!

Jimmy Dunne, '78, and his PGA Tour playing partner Patrick Reed are in FIFTH PLACE going into tomorrow's final round of the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am.

The Notre Dame Board of Trustee member and his Ryder Cup team member partner are five strokes back after shooting a 64 today at Spyglass Hill GC.  Dunne had another great day on the course contributing SEVEN SHOTS to their eight under team score!!!

Only the top 25 Pro-Am teams get to play in Sunday's final round -- which will be televised on the Golf Channel and CBS -- here's the broadcast schedule:

• GOLF CHANNEL:  1:00 PM ET to 2:30 PM ET
• CBS:  3:00 PM ET to 6:30 PM ET

LINK:  LEADERBOARD

Notre Dame Hockey Shutout of #10 Providence

The Fighting Irish beat #10 Providence tonight 2 - 0 -- as Notre Dame freshman goalie Cal Peterson turns away 38 shots on goal!

The win puts ND into a tie for third place in Hockey East!

Here's the game story!


LINK:  PROVIDENCE JOURNAL

LINK:  NOTRE DAME STORY

Domer Dunne & Reed: 4th Place After Round 2

Notre Dame Board of Trustee member Jimmy Dunne III '78, and his PGA Tour playing partner Patrick Reed continued their great play at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am -- shooting a (-9) score in today's 2nd Round -- giving them a two-day score of (-20) good for fourth place!

Dunne, once again came up big -- contributing FIVE SHOTS to their team score!  To those of you counting -- that's now 14 shots Jimmy has contributed to their team score in two days -- playing with the #15 ranked player in the world!

You can see Jimmy and Patrick play tomorrow on the Golf Channel and CBS -- they will play Spyglass Hill GC -- here's the broadcast schedule:

• Golf Channel:  1:00 PM ET to 2:30 PM ET
• CBS:  3:00 PM ET to 6:00 PM ET

The top 25 pro-am teams after tomorrow's third round make the cut for Sunday's final round...

GO JIMMY & PATRICK!

LINK:  PRO-AM LEADERBOARD

Torii Hunter Jr. Playing Notre Dame Baseball!

The story broke today that Notre Dame student-athlete Torii Hunter, Jr. is adding "baseball" to his list of Fighting Irish teams he's playing for...  Can't say I'm surprised when you carry that name around.

The football wide-receiver is with Mik Aoki's baseball team this weekend in Oklahoma -- wearing uniform #2 and playing the outfield.

Notre Dame fans will remember that Torii was drafted by the Detroit Tigers (36th Round of the 2013 MLB Draft) coming out of high school -- here's Torii talking about playing baseball for the IRISH:

LINK:  TORII TALKS ND BASEBALL 

LINK:  NOTRE DAME RELEASE

LINK:  TIGERS DRAFT HUNTER JR.

Domer Dunne in 4th Place After First Round!

Jimmy Dunne III '78, a member of Notre Dame's Board of Trustees is in 4th place after today's first round of the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am!

Dunne and his PGA Tour playing partner -- US Ryder Cup team member Patrick Reed -- are at (-11) after their round today at Pebble Beach.  Reed shot a 2-under 70 -- meaning Jimmy contributed NINE SHOTS to their team score with his 4 handicap...

Folks, if you haven't figured it out, Dunne is quite a player -- he holds the course record at Shinnecock Hills with a 63 -- he shot this in 2011.

Reed and Dunne tee off at 3:50 PM ET tomorrow at Monterey Peninsula Country Club's Shore Course.  You can watch the tournament LIVE on the GOLF CHANNEL tomorrow from 3 PM ET to 6 PM ET.

The TV broadcast schedule for Saturday & Sunday:

• Golf Channel:  1:00 PM ET to 2:30 PM ET
• CBS:  3:00 PM ET to 6:00 PM ET -- 6:30 PM ET on Sunday's Final Round

Good luck Jimmy!!!

LINK:  PRO-AM LEADERBOARD

Is This Alford's Replacement at Notre Dame?

Deland McCullough is one of the latest rumors swirling around the media as a potential replacement for recently departed Tony Alford.

He's currently the running back coach at Indiana University -- where he's served the Hoosiers in that capacity the past four seasons.  Deland was a four-year starter at Miami of Ohio at running back before bouncing around NFL rosters in Cincinnati and Philadelphia for a few seasons.

The Big Ten Network picked him as one of the top assistant coaches in the conference this past season -- see link below.

Here is Deland being interviewed by the media:

LINK:  DELAND -- TALKING HOOSIER RB'S

LINK:  TOP ASSISTANT COACHES -- BIG TEN

Vanderbilt Has Already Replaced Todd Lyght

And, he hasn't been announced yet as a coach at Notre Dame...

LINK:  VANDY REPLACES LYGHT

ND Women Picked an "Early" #1 NCAA Seed

The NCAA Women's Division I basketball committee released their "top four" teams -- as of today...

And, the IRISH are sitting in the #3 overall position -- not a bad place to be this season.

UCONN is the overall #1 seed followed by South Carolina, Notre Dame and Tennessee.

Here's the story:

LINK:  NOTRE DAME A TOP SEED

Notre Dame Fans: Get to Know Mike Sanford Jr.

Took a lap around the worldwide web this evening to see what I could find in regards to Mike Sanford Jr., -- the rumored "soon to be hired" football coach at Notre Dame...

Here's what I've found:

LINK:  INTRODUCTORY NEWS CONFERENCE AT BOISE STATE

LINK:  INTERVIEW AFTER FIESTA BOWL WIN

LINK:  TALKING BOISE STATE QB'S

Mike Sanford Joining Notre Dame Football Staff

The story broke this afternoon that Boise State's offensive coordinator Mike Sanford, Jr. would be joining Brian Kelly's staff at Notre Dame -- the local media in Boise is reporting he's off to South Bend as well...

THERE HAS BEEN NO OFFICIAL CONFIRMATION FROM NOTRE DAME.

Sanford is considered to be one of the "hot" young guns in the college football coaching ranks. He is rumored to have turned down Urban Meyer to be the Offensive Coordinator at Ohio State just a few weeks ago.

Sanford is no stranger to the area.  He played QB at Mishawaka's Penn HS (photo above) while his dad (Mike Sanford, Sr.) coached QB's at Notre Dame on Bob Davie's staff -- his sister Lindsay is a Notre Dame alumae.

Sounds like an exciting addition to the Notre Dame football staff!

LINK:  IDAHO STATESMAN STORY

LINK:  BOISE STATE SCHOOL NEWS SITE

LINK:  NBC SPORTS