"The Best Baseball Player You Don't Know..."

Notre Dame alum A.J. Pollock '09, is an All-Star outfielder with the Arizona Diamondbacks...

This was the headline today in a Washington Post story on A.J.  Story linked below...

LINK:  A.J. POLLOCK

Muffet's Irish Take on Duke Today at 2 PM ET

The #2 ranked Fighting Irish take on the Duke Blue Devils today in the ACC Tournament in Greensboro, NC.  The game is not televised -- though you can watch it at ESPN3.

Notre Dame Football's "Camp Kelly 2016"

Incoming ND Student Athlete's Special Date

Tony Pride, Jr. '20, an incoming Notre Dame student-athlete -- was asked by a  classmate he had never met before at Greer Senior High School -- to be her date for the "Tim Tebow's Night To Shine" prom.  Here's the story:

LINK:  SPECIAL DATE

#2 Ranked Fighting Irish Win Another ACC Title

Notre Dame's Women's Fencing team won their 2nd TEAM ACC TITLE to go 38 - 0 on the season! 

Muffet Named ACC Coach of the Year Today!

It's the second time in three season in the ACC that Coach McGraw has received this honor!

In addition -- Notre Dame sophomore Brianna Turner was named ACC Defensive Player of the Year!

HUGE GAME Tonight on ESPN2 for the IRISH!

Notre Dame take on the #7 ranked Miami Hurricanes tonight in a game televised by ESPN2 beginning at 7 PM ET.

The Fighting Irish need to win this game to still have a chance at a "double-bye" in the upcoming ACC Tournament and for a higher seed in the NCAA Tournament.

LINK:   GAME NOTES

Got to Love the Green ND Hockey Jersey!

I love this color green -- FIGHTING IRISH GREEN!

#4 Notre Dame Dominates California 21 - 2

NFL Combine: Notre Dame's Top Performers

Here you go -- now that the 2016 NFL Scouting Combine has finished in Indianapolis, I've taken a look at Notre Dame's top performers / performances -- Will Fuller, Elijah Shumate (photo above) and C.J. Prosise made the most noise:

WILL FULLER:

LINK:  FULLER -- 40 YD DASH -- 2ND FASTEST / OVERALL

LINK:  FULLER -- 60 YD SHUTTLE -- 8TH FASTEST / WR

LINK:  FULLER -- BROAD JUMP -- 9TH FARTHEST / WR

LINK:  FULLER -- 3 CONE DRILL -- 12TH FASTEST / WR


ELIJAH SHUMATE:

LINK:  SHUMATE -- BENCH PRESS -- 5TH MOST / SAFETY

LINK:  SHUMATE -- 40 YD DASH -- 6TH FASTEST / SAFETY

LINK:  SHUMATE -- VERTICAL JUMP -- 10TH HIGHEST / SAFETY 

LINK:  SHUMATE -- BROAD JUMP -- 12TH FARTHEST / SAFETY 

LINK:  SHUMATE -- 20 YD SHUTTLE -- 12TH FASTEST / SAFETY


C.J. PROSISE:

LINK:  PROSISE -- 40 YD DASH -- 8TH FASTEST / RB

LINK:  PROSISE -- VERTICAL JUMP -- 8TH HIGHEST / RB

LINK:  PROSISE -- BROAD JUMP -- 10TH FARTHEST / RB


ROMEO OKWARA:

LINK:  OKWARA -- BROAD JUMP -- 5TH FARTHEST / DL


NICK MARTIN:

LINK:  MARTIN -- 3 CONE DRILL -- 10TH FASTEST / OL

Fuller .09 Seconds Away from $1 Million Bonus!

Notre Dame student-athlete Will Fuller was nine hundredths of a second away from a $1 million bonus -- yesterday morning in Indianapolis.

Fuller's time of 4.32 seconds for the FORTY YARD DASH fell short of Chris Johnson's 4.24 forty time -- the time he needed to beat to earn a $1 million bonus from Adidas.

I still think this time is going to earn him at least a million dollar bonus -- as he's now being discussed as a FIRST ROUND DRAFT PICK.

Did Will Fuller Do Enough to Go in First Round?

That seems to be the consensus after the Notre Dame student-athlete turned heads with his 4.32 40 yard dash, 33.5" vertical jump, 10'-7" broad jump and catching everything thrown his way in Indianapolis...

LINK:  WINNERS

LINK:  FASTEST WIDE RECEIVER

LINK:  FULLER'S COMBINE HIGHLIGHTS 

Another Look at Will Fuller's 40 Yard Dash

NFL Network main camera angle doesn't showcase speed of these guys. Here's Will Fuller's 4.33 from a better angle https://t.co/r3t7AmXTYE

— Darren Rovell (@darrenrovell) February 27, 2016

Will Fuller's 40 vs. Cooper, Brown & Cooks

.@Will_Fuller7 vs @AmariCooper9 vs @AntonioBrown84 vs @BrandinCooks.

40yd dash simulcam!
It's CLOSE! #NFLCombine https://t.co/pYAOdP4Kaq

— NFL (@NFL) February 27, 2016

Here is Will Fuller's 40 yard dash against Amari Cooper, Antonio Brown and Brandin Cooks.

Will Fuller's 4.32 Forty Yd. Dash in Slow Motion

Let's see that #NFLCombine 40 start in SLO MO... @NDFootball WR @Will_Fuller7 ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/FirKZ0U5VN

— NFL Network (@nflnetwork) February 27, 2016

Will Fuller's official time of 4.32 is the fastest --- by far -- of all of the wide receivers this morning at the NFL Combine.  It's the second fastest time of all athletes timed in INDY this week.

Will Fuller Runs a 4.32 Today at NFL Combine

🏃💨💨💨💨@NDFootball's Will Fuller: 4.33u#NFLCombine https://t.co/HUonl4XVVz

— NFL Network (@nflnetwork) February 27, 2016

Fuller's official time of 4.32 is the fastest WR time so far -- and the 2nd fastest to date amongst all athletes!

#20 Notre Dame vs. FSU Today on ESPN2

The 20th ranked Fighting Irish travel to Tallahassee today to take on the Florida State Seminoles.  The game will be televised on ESPN2 beginning at 4 PM ET.

This is a HUGE game for Notre Dame -- the last road game of the season -- with ACC Tournament and NCAA Tournament seeding implications.

GO IRISH!

LINK:  GAME NOTES

Sporting News: ND a Spring Game to Watch!

Notre Dame's annual Blue Gold Game will be played in the Stadium on Saturday, April 16th.  The folks at the Sporting News call it one of the "hottest" Spring games in the country...

LINK:  SPORTING NEWS

#1 Notre Dame vs. #1 Michigan in Water Polo

Brian Coughlin's top ranked Notre Dame Women's Water Polo Club team will host Michigan today in the Irish Invitational -- in a battle between two of the top three teams in the country!  They square off at the Rolfs Aquatic Center at NOON ET.

UPDATE:  NOTRE DAME BEAT MICHIGAN 9 - 7 !!!

In the latest Women's Collegiate Water Polo Association national rankings -- Notre Dame, Michigan and California are all tied for #1.  See link to rankings below.

Notre Dame lost to the California Bears last year in the National Championship game.

Notre Dame beat #17 Michigan State last night.  They will also play #14 Ohio State, Indiana, Penn State and Illinois this weekend.

LINK:  WOMEN'S COLLEGIATE WATER POLO RANKINGS

Domer Jaylon Smith Meets NFL Media Today

Notre Dame All-American Jaylon Smith -- now seven weeks post operation on his knee -- met with the media today in Indianapolis at the NFL Scouting Combine.  Smith spent yesterday meeting with team doctors...

A note of caution when it comes to news coming from teams as it relates to players at the NFL Scouting Combine -- they will float stories to create concern on players, in hopes teams will drop them on their Draft Boards.

LINK:  NFL.COM STORY ON JAYLON

LINK:  FOX SPORTS ON JAYLON

LINK:  NBC CHICAGO ON JAYLON