Kevin Corrigan's #11 Notre Dame Men's Lacrosse Team "doubled up" on #7 Virginia this afternoon in the first ever ACC home game for this program -- winning 18 - 9 !!!
The Fighting Irish of Notre Dame did what most in the hockey world would have thought impossible -- beat #2 Boston College on their home ice in a three game series in the Hockey East Tournament...
What a statement series for Jeff Jackson's Irish! They now move on to play Lowell next weekend at the "new" Boston Garden in the Semi-Finals.
Click on the link below to see the game winning goal:
Former Notre Dame All-American wide receiver Jeff Samardzija was named the Chicago Cubs Opening Day starter by their manager this week -- his second straight opening start!
Congrats Jeff!
Here's an interview he game after hearing the news:
With the Patriots decision this week to cut nose tackle Vince Woolfork -- did they open the door to taking former Notre Dame student-athlete Louis Nix in the NFL Draft's First Round? They're talking about it in the Boston media...
Notre Dame's Muffet McGraw was named national Coach of the Year for women's college basketball by ESPNW! I suspect this will be just the first of many such national awards for Muffet and her undefeated Fighting Irish!
Jeff Jackson's Fighting Irish crushed the #2 ranked Eagles of Boston College last night 7 - 2 in game of a best-of-three Hockey East Tournament series. BC scored the game's two first goals, on their home ice, before Notre Dame scored seven unanswered goals.
The Irish are on a roll at the right time -- eight straight wins -- as they make their case for a NCAA bid.
Game two is played this afternoon -- again in Boston -- at 4 PM ET. Go Irish!
PREDICTION: Notre Dame freshmen Greg "Thunder" Bryant and Tarean "Lightning" Folston (both from Florida) combined with Cam "Superman" McDaniel -- will make up the best three back rotation we've seen in South Bend since the days of Bettis (1st Round Draft Pick), Brooks (2nd Round Draft Pick) and Watters (2nd Round Pick) and we can't forget Culver (4th Round Draft Pick) either...
The Captain of the New York Football Giants' signed a deal to play for the "BLACK & SILVER" in Oakland. Tuck leaves the Big Apple for the Black Hole -- never saw this coming...
Tuck, the former Notre Dame All-American, signs a two-year deal for $11 million. CONGRATS!
The wealthiest couple in the world, Bill and Melinda Gates (pictured above) -- through their Foundation -- gave the University of Notre Dame $23 million to fight malaria and dengue fever. Notre Dame biologists Nicole Achee and Neil Lobo are leaders of this international research effort.
This represents the second largest research grant ever given to the University of Notre Dame!
Former Notre Dame All-American Golden Tate left his Super Bowl Champion teammates in Seattle today -- signing a five year contract with the Detroit Lions. Here's a link to his press conference:
In the past few minutes, the story is breaking that former Notre Dame All-American and Super Bowl Champion Golden Tate has agreed to a five-year $31 MILLION DOLLAR ($13.25 million guaranteed) contract with the Detroit Lions.
It is Tuesday, March 11th -- and within 24 hours we're expecting as much as 8" or more of new snow here on the campus of the University of Notre Dame.
What a winter it has been.
Leave it to the folks at the Weather Channel to come up with a list of the "snowiest universities" in America. Not surprisingly, Notre Dame is on that list. Click on the link below to see where we ended up.
In less than five years -- sixty-two companies have launched inside the walls of Notre Dame's Innovation Park. Pretty impressive!
The South Bend Tribune's Kevin Allen caught up with Notre Dame's Dave Benner -- to talk about the impact Innovation Park has had on the South Bend community.
The folks at Fighting Irish Digital Media bring this inside look at Notre Dame's post game celebration after yesterday's ACC Tournament Championship win!
Here's the television replay of Lindsay Allen's alley-oop pass to Jewell Loyd in Notre Dame's 69 - 53 win today in the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament championship game! Loyd was named the ACC Tournament MVP!
Muffet's Fighting Irish overcame a lack luster first half to pull away and beat #10 Duke by a score of 69 - 53. Jewell Loyd and Kayla McBride combined for 51 points -- just two shy of the entire Blue Devils team.
The win leaves Notre Dame 32 - 0 -- with a couple of trophies from the Atlantic Coast Conference in their inaugural season. Now it's NCAA Tournament time! GO IRISH!
Muffet's Fighting Irish are on quite a roll these days...
31 - 0 on the season!!!
Notre Dame raced out to a 12 - 0 lead then 42 - 15 just before the first half was over -- as they cruised to a 83 - 48 win over 14th North Carolina State. The victory puts Notre Dame into the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament Championship Final tomorrow evening against #10 Duke.
Here's the highlights, post game press conference and a news story linked below:
Former Notre Dame All-American QB Brady Quinn got married yesterday to long-time girlfriend Alica Sacramone (photo above). Sacramone won an Olympic Silver Medal in gymnastics at the 2008 Olympics.
#2 ranked Notre Dame plays #14 North Carolina State this afternoon at 5 PM ET in a sem-final game of the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament. You can watch the game live on ESPNU.
Former Notre Dame defensive lineman Louis Nix met with Chicago's 87.7 "The Game" to talk about his time in South Bend and the upcoming NFL Draft. He's always entertaining:
Notre Dame won their first ever Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament game tonight 83 - 57 over the Seminoles. Not a bad start for the Fighting Irish! North Carolina State is up next tomorrow at 5 PM ET on ESPNU.
19,000 people die each year in the United States from a bacteria called MRSA. Yesterday, two Notre Dame chemists Mayla Chang and Shariar Mobashery (photo above) announced they have discovered a new class of antibiotics that can fight this bacteria.
Adidas, outfitting Notre Dame men's basketball for the last time -- as Under Armour takes over July 1st -- has provided Brey's Fighting Irish with this look for the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament.
I like everything but the zebra shoes -- and I hope they gave them a "white and gold" version of the shoes in the upper right of the photo, like they did Muffet's team...
Former Notre Dame All-American, Super Bowl Champion and captain of the New York Football Giants -- Justin Tuck, is being encouraged to explore free agency...
The #2 ranked Notre Dame Fighting Irish are going to look real sharp in their uniform combination for the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament! I love it!
A couple of weeks ago -- Notre Dame junior swimmer Emma Reaney set a new AMERICAN RECORD in the 200 Yard Breaststroke at the 2014 ACC Championships! Here's a video of Notre Dame Women's Swimming Coach Randy Barnes and Emma watching the race together for the first time.
After today's morning practice "indoors" at the Loftus Sports Complex -- Notre Dame head football coach met with Fighting Irish Digital Media's Jack Nolan to talk about his team.
The ACC made the official announcement this morning -- Notre Dame women's basketball coach Muffet McGraw was named the 2014 ACC COACH OF THE YEAR! Muffet's #2 ranked Irish finished the regular season at 29 - 0 with a 52 game regular season winning streak.
This is the sixth time Muffet has earned conference coach of the year honors -- but, obviously the first in the Atlantic Coast Conference!
2014: Atlantic Coast Conference Coach of the Year
2013: Big East Conference Coach of the Year
2001: Big East Conference Coach of the Year
1991: Midwestern Collegiate Conference Coach of the Year
1988: North Star Conference Coach of the Year
1983: East Coast Conference Coach of the Year (Lehigh Head Coach)
Former Notre Dame football player and current Denver Broncos' captain -- David Bruton, visited Hillcrest Elementary in Northglenn, CO today to talk about the importance of breakfast. Thought you'd enjoy this story!
Detroit outfielder and father to Notre Dame wide receiver Torii Hunter, Jr. -- Torri, Sr. -- kissed a live alligator yesterday at the Tiger's Spring Training facility in Lakeland, FL. Click on the story linked below to find out why...
The national media made the trek to South Bend this week to capture the return of Everett Golson to Notre Dame football. Here is Sports Illustrated's take on the Fighting Irish's QB:
Notre Dame fans -- you're going to enjoy this "inside access" with Coach Brian Kelly as he talks about Everett Golson's return to the Fighting Irish with ESPN's Todd Blackledge. Good stuff here!
Notre Dame Football kicked off Spring Practice this morning -- and after today's session Coach Kelly met with the media. Here's a link to that conversation: