Notre Dame Officially Announces Coach Hiring

Take a look at @coachLT39's first morning at Notre Dame.#GoIrish ☘️ pic.twitter.com/THVQAKqBdI

— Notre Dame Football (@NDFootball) February 12, 2019

First day on the job for new Notre Dame RB coach, Lance Taylor.

Notre Dame Mom Receives Major Honor...

WNDU-TV anchor Maureen McFadden was given the Sagamore of the Wabash award (learn more about the honor at the link below) today by Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb.  Maureen, a Saint Mary's graduate and the mother of a Notre Dame alum (and two Indiana University alums) has teamed up with her Domer brother Terry McFadden here on the airways in South Bend.

The sister-brother anchor duo has had a long run together -- with just days to go -- as Maureen announced a few months ago that March 15th would be her last day, after nearly 40 years at the station...

That's Maureen in the photo above with her brother Terry...

Congrats Mo!

LINK:  SAGAMORE OF THE WABASH

Notre Dame's Gold & Blue Company...

Muffet’s Irish Roll Over #25 FSU Today

Notre Dame beat Florida State 97-70 in their first game back after their loss to Miami on Thursday.

Notre Dame's Highest Paid Athletes -- All Time

Here's a look at the TOP 21 former Notre Dame athletes (football, basketball, baseball and hockey) who have been paid the most as a professional athlete :

• Jeff Samardzija:  $127,625,000 -- guaranteed contract to 2021
• Zack Martin:  $102,308,800 -- not guaranteed, contract to 2024
• A.J. Pollock:  $76,397,500 -- guaranteed contract to 2023 
• Troy Murphy:  $66,000,000 
• Stephon Tuitt:  $64,760,551 -- not guaranteed, contract to 2022
• Harrison Smith:  $63,666,546 -- not guaranteed, contract to 2021
• Bryant Young:  $44,000,000
• Justin Tuck:  $43,248,463 
• Kyle Rudolph:  $41,797,098 -- not guaranteed, contract to 2019  
• John Sullivan:  $40,050,021 -- not guaranteed, contract to 2019
• Jerome Bettis:  $35,122,500
• Jeff Faine:  $34,456,892
• Golden Tate:  $33,978,849 -- free agent 
• Kyle Palmieri:  $30,192,154 -- guaranteed, contract to 2021
• Tim Brown:  $28,432,686
• Joe Montana:  $26,000,000
• Ian Cole:  $23,049,694 -- guaranteed, contract to 2021
• Ronnie Stanley:  $20,484,331 -- not guaranteed, contract to 2019
• David Phelps:  $19,233,850 -- guaranteed, contract to 2020
• Michael Floyd:  $19,080,535 -- free agent
• Rocket Ismail:  $18,000,000

Here's the four former Notre Dame athletes who signed biggest contracts in their era:

• Joe Montana 
• Rocket Ismail
• Joe Theismann 
• Carl Yastrzemski

Notre Dame's highest paid athlete of all-time, Jeff Samardzija was just asked what advice he would give Oklahoma's two-sport star Kyler Murray -- here's that story. 

Here's what the current former Notre Dame student-athletes are getting paid in their respective sports:

LINK:  NFL CURRENT CONTRACTS -- NOTRE DAME 

LINK:  MLB CURRENT CONTRACTS -- NOTRE DAME 

LINK:  NHL CURRENT CONTRACTS -- NOTRE DAME

Domer Dunne & Masters Champion in 40th...

Notre Dame alum and Trustee Jimmy Dunne is playing with reigning Masters' Champion Patrick Reed this week in the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am.  You'll get a brief glimpse of Jimmy in the last Phil Mickelson highlight above...

They currently stand in a tie for 40th place -- going into Saturday's round.

Dunne & Reed will be playing Pebble Beach Golf Links Saturday with Phil Mickelson and his playing partner Scott Ozanus, the COO of KPMG -- Phil's tour sponsor.  They tee off at 12:39 PM ET.

You can watch them tomorrow on these channels:

• 1:00 PM to 2:45 PM:  Golf Channel
• 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM:  CBS

The Top 25 teams make it to Sunday's final round.  Dunne & Reed currently sit 2 strokes out of the Top 20.

Notre Dame alum Condoleezza Rice and her professional partner Trey Mullinax are a stroke behind Dunne and Reed at -9 and ND alum John Baumer and his professional partner John Chin are at -1 -- putting them in a tie for 143rd place.

LINK:  LEADERBOARD

"Stupid Humans" -- Something You Must See!

Jorge "Jay" Rivera-Herrans is a "once-in-a-generation" type talent here at the University of Notre Dame.  Stupid Humans -- a musical that he's written about a "med school dropout" debuts later this month. 

Here's a video of Gold & Blue Company performing "Won't Give Up" -- one of the 20+ songs that Jay wrote for Stupid Humans....

LINK:  GET YOUR TICKETS HERE!

Notre Dame Students -- Doing the Right Thing

Notre Dame in the NFL -- Super Bowl Party

ESPN's Tom Rinaldi on "The Riding Irish..."

Domer Update -- AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am

Here's a look at the Notre Dame alums who are playing in this week's AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am.

The players with Notre Dame connections:

• Jimmy Dunne -- ND alum and Trustee, playing with Patrick Reed
• Condoleezza Rice -- ND alum, playing with Trey Mullinax
• John Baumer -- ND alum, playing with John Chin

You can catch them on TV on the Golf Channel today and tomorrow -- and then on the Golf Channel and CBS on Saturday and Sunday.


LINK:  NOTRE DAME LEADERBOARD

Tough Night for Brey's Fighting Irish...

National Signing Day -- Notre Dame Football

ND Women's Golf Practice Facility

You can practice golf -- year round at Notre Dame!

Domer Ruth Riley Gets Hall of Fame Call!

The former All-American, National Champion and Ring of Honor member at Notre Dame -- will be inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame on June 8th.

Congrats Ruth!

LINK:  STORY

Muffet McGraw's Radio Show...

Fighting Irish Beat Another Top Ranked Team!

The Irish win with this double-match  point from @Lebs_World!

Notre Dame leads 4-2 with court four still in action. #GoIrish pic.twitter.com/9pGRxiCVgc

— NDMensTennis (@NDMensTennis) February 3, 2019

This was the match point that clinched another Notre Dame Men's Tennis win over a ranked opponent...

Here's what has happened the last fifteen days:

• Beat #14 Texas A&M -- today
• Beat #12 Virginia -- February 1
• Beat #13 Oklahoma -- January 27
• Beat #29 Kentucky -- January 19

The Global Reach of Notre Dame Athletics...

You may have heard that Notre Dame football was recruiting in Europe this past week -- well, that is becoming more prevalent for the Fighting Irish as Notre Dame team rosters currently include 23 student-athletes from 15 countries beyond the United States of America...


MEN'S BASKETBALL

• Canada

CROSS COUNTRY / TRACK & FIELD

• Canada

FENCING:

• Austria
• Canada
• China 
• France
• Germany 
• Italy
• Russia
• Singapore

FOOTBALL:

• Canada

MEN'S GOLF:

• China 

HOCKEY:

• Sweden
• Canada (2)

MEN'S SOCCER:

• Japan
• Scotland
• Canada

WOMEN'S SOCCER:

• Canada
• England 

SWIMMING & DIVING:

• Mexico 
• Hungary

MEN'S TENNIS:

• Peru 

The image above is the colorful globe that is part of the official mark for Notre Dame's Keough School of Global Affairs.

Rooting for the Guy With Notre Dame Tattoo

The Notre Dame Monogram (AKA the interlocking N-D) will be worn on the field today -- on the left upper arm of Los Angeles Rams' John Sullivan...

Sullivan, in his 11th year in the NFL -- will be playing in his first Super Bowl today.

GO RAMS and GO IRISH!

Djogo Has the Game of His Life! ND Over BC!