Muffet's Fighting Irish won their first round NCAA Tournament game yesterday afternoon over an out matched Robert Morris team 93 - 42. After the game -- RM's Coach Bustaglia talked about Notre Dame and his team...
The Notre Dame football coaches clinic is going on in South Bend this weekend and those in attendance were treated to a first-hand look this morning at the Fighting Irish. Here's the video recap of today's practice -- followed by a link to Coach Kelly's post practice media session:
Jaylon Smith #9 flashes his athletic talent in the photo above!
The folks at the NFL Network didn't take long to start featuring former Notre Dame student-athlete Louis "Irish Chocolate" Nix on a frequent basis... Here is their most recent effort:
The march to a fourth-straight FINAL FOUR began today in Toledo, OH for Muffet's gang against an over matched Robert Morris. The game was over at half when the IRISH led 50 - 15 as Notre Dame finished them off by the score of 93 - 42.
Up next, Arizona State on Monday night at 6:30 PM ET.
Sixteen former Notre Dame student-athletes performed drills in front of representatives from every NFL Team yesterday in the Loftus Sports Complex. The folks at WatchND were there with their cameras -- along with members of the media to watch Notre Dame's 2014 NFL PRO DAY. Here's all the coverage linked below:
Jeff Jackson's #10 ranked Fighting Irish are playing #7 UMass Lowell this afternoon in the Semi-Final game of the Hockey East Tournament. The puck drops at 5 PM ET and you can watch the game LIVE on the NBC Sports Network. Here's what the media is saying about today's game:
Gatorade awarded it's National Player of the Year yesterday -- for women's high school basketball -- to incoming Notre Dame student-athlete Brianna Turner!
Theresa Romagnolo was introduced yesterday as the Head Women's Soccer Coach at the University of Notre Dame. Romagnolo was most recently the head coach at Dartmouth, prior to that she coached at Stanford and San Diego.
The Fighting Irish of Notre Dame were in pads today for the first time during as they prepare for next month's Blue Gold Game. After practice, Coach Kelly met with the media -- here's a replay:
Apparently the Detroit Lions used the game of golf to lure former Notre Dame All-American Golden Tate to sign a contract with them. Here's the story in Golf Digest:
The 2014 Notre Dame football schedule is projected to be the fourth most difficult in college football according to guru Phil Steele. Here is his rankings of the TOP TEN most difficult schedules -- all of the schools are ranked behind the link below:
Took a lap around the worldwide web this afternoon to see what they're saying about Notre Dame's chances to remain unbeaten through the NCAA Women's National Championship.
Here are the teams that will be in the way of Muffet's Fighting Irish's journey to a fourth straight Final Four -- assuming they will play the highest seeds in every match-up!
At 7 PM ET this evening, the Notre Dame Fighting Irish will learn who they must beat to return to the NCAA Final Four -- for a FOURTH STRAIGHT TIME! ESPN will telecast "Selection Monday" -- so tune in!
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!