Tuesday, January 21, 2014
Under Armour Stock UP 3.87% as of 2 PM ET
Under Armour's stock was up nearly 4% less than three hours after their announcement today that they had signed a ten-year agreement with the University of Notre Dame.
Folks, a 3.87% lift in their stock price is approximately a $330,000,000 increase in their company's value!
Think their shareholders are smiling right now?
LINK: UNDER ARMOUR STOCK CHART
Replay: Notre Dame & Under Armour Deal !!!
At this very moment -- the folks in Beaverton, OR and athletic departments all over the country are talking about Notre Dame and Under Armour.
The University of Notre Dame and Under Armour just announced the largest financial deal ever between a brand and a university. Deal highlights:
- Notre Dame has the option to take an ownership position in Under Armour (shareholder)
- Under Armour will outfit each of Notre Dame's 26 athletic teams
- Under Armour will incorporate Notre Dame into their global marketing efforts
At 11:33 AM ET -- the Under Armour stock price was up more than 2% since the announcement -- the impact of Notre Dame has already been felt!
This is a big deal.
LINK: REPLAY OF ANNOUNCEMENT
LINK: ESPN COVERAGE
Monday, January 20, 2014
Replay of Digger Phelp's Day at Notre Dame
Here's a replay of Notre Dame's induction of Richard "Digger" Phelps into the RING OF HONOR last night. Enjoy!
LINK: RING OF HONOR
Watch Muffet's #2 Ranked IRISH on ESPN2!
The undefeated #2 ranked Fighting Irish of Notre Dame play the #11 ranked Tennessee Volunteers tonight on ESPN2 -- the game tips off at 7 PM ET. Should be a great game!
LINK: ESPN BRACKETOLOGY
Watch Tuesday's Announcement Live: 11 AM ET
The University of Notre Dame's Athletics Department has called an 11 AM ET press conference for Tuesday, January 21st. If you'd like to watch the event LIVE -- click on the link below:
LINK: WATCH THE ANNOUNCEMENT LIVE
Sunday, January 19, 2014
Notre Dame Celebrates Digger Phelps Today
Richard "Digger" Phelps will be inducted into Notre Dame's Ring of Honor in a ceremony at half-time of the Irish's ACC game tonight against Virginia Tech.
Many of his former basketball players are in town for what I expect will be an emotional evening for Digger and his family. I can't wait to see what Notre Dame will place on Digger's banner that will forever hang from the rafters -- will it be;
- The number 393 -- signifying his all-time wins record at Notre Dame?
- The number 78 -- signifying the year his Irish played in their only FINAL FOUR?
- Or, will it be the number 56 -- signifying the number of players who played four years for Digger and their 100% graduation rate!
Here's a story on the UND.COM about Digger called a "Dream Realized." You'll like this!
LINK: A DREAM REALIZED
The Final Four Minutes of ND Over UCLA
It was forty years ago this very day when the #2 ranked Fighting Irish of Notre Dame beat #1 UCLA to end their 88 game winning streak. The longest winning streak in collegiate sports history. The Irish also broke Bill Walton's personal winning streak that had reached more than 140 games -- Walton had not lost a game since his junior year in high school.
What we forget is this -- the IRISH were down 11 points with just a little more than three minutes left in the game -- and there isn't a three point line nor a shot clock and UCLA can hold the ball...
You have to watch the final four minutes to watch how the Irish pulled this off -- gives me goose bumps every time! (the photo above is of Dwight Clay's game winner with 23 seconds left)
LINK: THE WINNING STREAK IS OVER
Saturday, January 18, 2014
Notre Dame's Basilica Will NOT BE OPEN...
Just received word from the University of Notre Dame that the Basilica of the Sacred Heart will not re-open this weekend for Mass. The Basilica has been closed since December 26th to install a slate floor.
The release said this; "The expectation is to open the Basilica on Monday, Jan. 20."
I can't wait to see it in person!
(Just click on the photo to enlarge)
ND Athlete Named to "Top Bachelor 2014" List
Notre Dame freshman student-athlete Corey Robinson was profiled in Town & Country magazine as one of the Top 40 Bachelors of 2014.
I'm sure he won't hear the end of this from the coaching staff, his teammates and classmates at Notre Dame!
Here's the top-40 list:
LINK: COREY ROBINSON
Rees, Shembo & Jackson Play Today at 4 PM ET
Former Notre Dame football players Tommy Rees, Prince Shembo and Bennett Jackson will be playing in the East West Shrine Game today at 4 PM ET on the NFL Network. They will be playing for the WEST Team.
T.J. Jones was also invited to play in the game -- unfortunately, the shoulder injury he sustained in the Rutgers game kept him at home this week.
Here's a couple of reports on how the three players have been doing in practice this week in front of the NFL scouts -- along with a link to the West Team roster:
LINK: RATING THE PASSERS
LINK: SHEMBO AND JACKSON PRACTICE UPDATES
LINK: WEST TEAM ROSTER
T.J. Jones was also invited to play in the game -- unfortunately, the shoulder injury he sustained in the Rutgers game kept him at home this week.
Here's a couple of reports on how the three players have been doing in practice this week in front of the NFL scouts -- along with a link to the West Team roster:
LINK: RATING THE PASSERS
LINK: SHEMBO AND JACKSON PRACTICE UPDATES
LINK: WEST TEAM ROSTER
They're Not At Notre Dame Anymore...
Former Notre Dame football coaches Bob Diaco and Ernest Jones -- were "rebuked" by the University of Connecticut's president for comments made by Jones to the UCONN football team.
LINK: TOUCHDOWN JESUS
OT: Lighting Strikes Christ Statue's Right Hand
A lighting strike this week in Rio de Janiero broke a finger of the right hand off their Christ the Redeemer statue. Thought you'd enjoy what Father Omar, the Rector of the Shrine, had to say about this...
LINK: LIGHTING DOES STRIKE TWICE
Golden Tate Talks Sunday's Game With 49ers
The former Notre Dame All-American is playing in his next "biggest game of his life" tomorrow evening (6:30 PM ET) when the Seattle Seahawks host the San Francisco 49ers in a game where the winner moves on to play in the Super Bowl XLVIII.
Here's what he had to say to the media before practice.
LINK: GOLDEN TATE
Friday, January 17, 2014
Must See: "Shipping Up To Boston" Tonight!
The Notre Dame hockey team's recent trip to Boston to play Boston College in historic Fenway Park was captured in a Fighting Irish Digital Media partnership with 3 Penny Films production called "Shipping Up To Boston" -- which will air this evening at 10 PM ET on the NBC Sports Network.
If you miss tonight's show -- the NBC Sports Network will "re-air" the show at these dates and times:
- January 23 at 1:30 AM ET
- January 29 at 12:30 AM ET
- February 8 at 10:30 PM ET
List of "The 50 Most Powerful Irish in America"
The 2014 list of the fifty most powerful Irish in America was just released by Irish Central and it includes a few names who have ties to the University of Notre Dame:
- #7 Don Keough -- the former President and COO of Coca-Cola is a past Chairman of the Board of Trustees at the University of Notre Dame (pictured above)
- #23 Brian Kelly -- head football coach at the University of Notre Dame
- #39 Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C. -- president of the University of Notre Dame
LINK: MOST POWERFUL IRISH AMERICANS
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