Austin Carr Press Conference

Last night -- the University of Notre Dame honored it's greatest basketball player of all-time.  The fact that it took 40 years to do it -- is a mute point now.  What was great to see is how much it meant to this Notre Dame Man.  Here's a link to a page at UND.COM where you can find Austin Carr's press conference:

LINK:  AUSTIN CARR -- NOTRE DAME'S BEST!

Abromaitis Scores 1,000th Point -- Irish Win!

Tim Abromaitis and Ben Hansbrough led a "sluggish" Irish team over Seton Hall 60 - 48.  The win puts #9 Notre Dame 23-5 on the season and 12-4 in the Big East.  With one more win in the Big East for the Irish or a Louisville loss -- ND will earn a "double-bye" in the upcoming Big East Tournament at Madison Square Garden.  Here's a link to the BOX SCORE:

LINK:  BOX SCORE -- IRISH WIN AGAIN!

It Took 40 Years for ND To Do Him Right...

Notre Dame's greatest basketball player of all-time, Austin Carr -- was honored tonight, 40 years after he last wore an Irish uniform.  Carr, who still holds NCAA Tournament records for "career scoring average" -- more than 40 points a game -- and, for most points scored in a single game;  61 -- is one of the greatest college basketball players of all-time.   During the halftime ceremony, Notre Dame finally hung a banner in his honor (why did it take 40 years?) in their "Ring of Honor" and they named the Lower Concourse in Purcell Pavillion "Austin Carr Concourse."  Once a video is posted of his speech, we'll have it here.

LINK:  ND HONORS AUSTIN CARR

ND Basketball Tonight on ESPNU @ 7 PM EST!

The #9 Fighting Irish of Notre Dame take on the Pirates of Seton Hall tonight -- in a game that will honor Notre Dame's greatest basketball player of all-time at halftime.  Austin Carr -- will finally be placed in Notre Dame's Ring of Honor -- during the halftime ceremony.  You can tune in on ESPNU @ 7 PM!  Here's a link to the game preview:

LINK:  NOTRE DAME TAKES ON SETON HALL -- TONIGHT!

A Domer's Daughter -- What A Talent!

Isabela Nanni, the 14 year-old daughter of Lou and Carmen Nanni -- Lou '84, is Vice President for University Relations at the University of Notre Dame -- recently performed a song she wrote at halftime of ND Women's Basketball's "Pink Zone" game.   

The Pink Zone Basketball Game has become an annual effort by ND to raise money and awareness for breast cancer awareness. 

WNDU-TV caught up with Isabela for a wonderful interview about the motivation behind her song.  What a talented young lady!  Here's the link to the WNDU-TV story along with a link to the YOUTUBE video of her performance -- WOW!:

LINK:  ISABELLA NANNI -- WNDU-TV

LINK:  ISABELLA NANNI -- "BEAUTIFUL"

The Heisman "Watch List" -- Already Out!

And, to know surprise -- a "Notre Dame QB" is on the list...  It may surprise which Notre Dame QB is on the list.  Click on the link:

LINK:  A NOTRE DAME QB ON HEISMAN WATCH LIST

Duerson Still In the News...

This morning, CNN.COM published a story on the death, last week, of former Notre Dame All-American and University Trustee -- Dave Duerson.  As you probably know by now, Duerson asked his oldest son (in a note) to donate his brain to Boston University for research.  Here's a link to the CNN.COM story:

LINK:  DUERSON'S BRAIN

Weis Gets $2.6 Million From Gators...

Former Notre Dame Football Coach, Charlie Weis '78 reportedly signed a three-year deal with the Florida Gators worth $2.6 million with a car, $10,000 from Nike as part of an apparel contract -- and a $100,000 signing bonus.  It's a record salary for a Florida assistant coach.  Here's a link to the story:

LINK:  CHARLIE GETS $2.6 MILLION

LINK:  CHARLIE'S RECORD SALARY

ESPN's Spring Look at Notre Dame Football

The folks at ESPN -- published a story today on what to look for this Spring with Notre Dame Football.  Spring Practice begins on March 23rd.  Here's the link:

LINK:  NOTRE DAME FOOTBALL -- PREVIEW

Kyle Rudolph -- NFL Combine Today

The annual NFL "casting call" is taking place this week in Indianapolis -- and former Notre Dame football star, Kyle Rudolph started the process today.  Offensive Lineman and Tight Ends were the stars of the show today.  Here's a few links to what the "experts" are saying about Kyle today:

LINK:  KYLE RUDOLPH -- HEIGHT, WEIGHT & HAND SIZE 

LINK:  PRO FOOTBALL TALK -- KYLE RUDOLPH

Harangody Traded to Cleveland Cavaliers

Former Notre Dame All-American Luke Harangody was traded today with a teammate -- from the Celtics to the Cleveland Cavaliers -- for a second round pick.  Here's a link to the breaking story:

LINK:  HARANGODY TO CLEVELAND

Notre Dame Wins 94-93 Over Providence!

The Irish won another road game in the Big East tonight -- despite giving up 52 points to an opposition player.  Marson Brooks big scoring night was the most ever given up by ND to an opponent -- in the 100+ year history of Irish basketball.  Yet, it wasn't enough for Providence to upset Notre Dame.  The #9 Irish are now 22-5 on the season and 11-4 in the Big East.  Here's a link to highlights of the game along with an audio link to Coach Brey's post game press conference:

LINK:  GAME HIGHLIGHTS -- IRISH VICTORY!

LINK:  COACH BREY'S PRESS CONFERENCE

Google -- A Forecaster for Wall Street?

Two Notre Dame associate professors Zhi Da and Paul Gao just won the 2010 Crowel First Prize for outstanding research for their paper "In Search of Attention."  The Crowel prize is awarded by the Quantitative Research Group at PanAgora Asset Management.  Their paper suggested tracking aggregate search frequency on Google to determine investor attention -- and to help predict the stock market.  Now, these two guys are "much smarter than me" -- so, I'm going to get out of the way here and let you link to what they're thinking:

LINK:  GOOGLE -- A STOCK MARKET PREDICTOR?

A Notre Dame Man -- Returns Home!

Notre Dame football fans may remember the name Joey Hiben -- he was a member of Charlie Weis' first recruiting class at Notre Dame.  Unfortunately, Joey decided to leave ND and transferred to the University of Minnesota...  Well, he's back at Notre Dame -- and he's throwing punches in the Bengal Bouts.  The folks at the South Bend Tribune caught up with Joey and published this story today -- you'll enjoy!

LINK:  JOEY HIBEN -- BENGAL BOUTS

Duerson Donates Brain to NFL for Research

Former Notre Dame All-American Dave Duerson -- who died this past week, left behind a note asking that his brain be donated to research for chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE).  Duerson's brain will be examined by Boston University's Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy.  Here's a link to the story:

LINK:  DUERSON'S BRAIN TO BE STUDIED

Rudolph -- Hamstring Healed!

Chicago Tribune's Notre Dame beat reporter, Brian Hamilton -- caught up with former Notre Dame tight-end Kyle Rudolph -- to talk about his rehab after hamstring surgery and preparation for the upcoming NFL Draft.  "Draft experts" -- have Kyle rated as the #1 tight-end in the draft and a lock to go in the 1st Round.  Didn't they say that about Clausen too?  Oh, well -- here's a link to the article:

LINK:  KYLE RUDOLPH -- BACK TO NORMAL!

ND Football Assitant Named to Hall of Fame

Notre Dame football assistant coach, Tim Hinton -- will be inducted into the Harding High School Hall of Fame on April 8th.  Hinton, the running backs coach at Notre Dame -- was a former head football coach at Harding (OH) -- where he led them to a 78-40 record and five league championships.  Congratulations Coach Hinton!  Here's a link to the story:

LINK:  COACH HINTON -- HALL OF FAMER!

A Domer Oversees 2/3rds of U.S. Bank Assets

His name is John Walsh '73 -- and he has one of the great business card titles;  "Office of Comptroller of the Currency" -- which means he oversees approximately 2/3rds of the commercial banking assets in the United States.  Think he might be good at math?  Here's a link to his bio:

LINK:  JOHN WALSH -- BIO

LAX National Championship Game -- Part II

The sixth ranked Fighting Irish of Notre Dame kicked off the 2011 college lacrosse season with a big win over the fifth ranked Duke Blue Devils -- in a rematch of the most recent National Championship game.  The game part of the Sunshine Classic in Jacksonville, FL -- and televised on ESPN -- saw the Irish break open a close game scoring five of the last six goals in a 12-7 victory!  A big win for the Irish over Duke!

LINK:  ESPN COVERAGE

Irish Play Mountaineers at 1 PM EST on CBS

Notre Dame hoops fans will have the opportunity to watch the Irish today on CBS -- as they travel to Morgantown, WV to take on Bob Huggins and his West Virginia Mountaineers.  The #7 Fighting Irish are on a seven-game winning streak and currently stand in 2nd place in the Big East.  Here's a link to UND.COM's preview of today's matchup.

LINK:  BIG GAME FOR THE IRISH