ND Men's Tennis Beats #13 Kentucky -- Again!

Last week these two teams faced each other in Lexington, KY -- at the time, Kentucky was ranked #8 in the country.  The #29 ranked IRISH beat the Wildcats (4 - 3).

Well, this afternoon in South Bend -- the now #22 ranked NOTRE DAME beat #13 ranked Kentucky (4 - 3) -- again !!!

Congrats Coach Sachire (pictured) and the Fighting Irish!

Now, if Kentucky is ranked ahead of our IRISH next week...

LINK:  MEN'S COLLEGE TENNIS RANKINGS

Two Hours to Kick-Off Which Domer Gets Ring?

Super Bowl XLVIII features two former Notre Dame football stars; the Denver Broncos' David Bruton (a team captain) and the Seattle Seahawks' Golden Tate. 

Who's going to become the 39th former Notre Dame football player to earn a Super Bowl Ring?

LINK:  NOTRE DAME IN THE SUPER BOWL

#2 Notre Dame Beats #3 Duke By 21 Points!

Muffet's Fighting Irish put on quite a show this afternoon -- as they went into Duke's Cameron Indoor Stadium to take on the #3 Blue Devils and they beat them going away 88 - 67 -- snapping Duke's 42 home game winning streak.

The win -- Notre Dame's 44th consecutive regular season win -- was the first by an ACC opponent at Duke in almost six years.

LINK:  GAME RECAP

#2 Notre Dame vs. #3 Duke on ESPN @ 2 PM ET

It's the biggest game in women's college basketball so far this season!  The undefeated and #2 ranked Fighting Irish against the once beaten and #3 ranked Duke Blue Devils at Cameron Indoor Stadium.  This is the third consecutive road game for Notre Dame against a top-10 ranked opponent...

NOTRE DAME HAS WON 43 CONSECUTIVE REGULAR SEASON GAMES!

The fun starts at 2 PM ET on ESPN -- don't miss it!

Here's what the media is saying about today's game:

LINK:  SOUTH BEND TRIBUNE 

LINK:  NOTRE DAME'S OFFICIAL SITE

LINK:  DUKE'S OFFICIAL SITE

Eric Atkins' "OT -- BC BUZZER BEATER"

It's been a difficult stretch of games for Mike Brey's Fighting Irish -- but, Eric Atkins' huge 3 pointer with less than a second on the clock in OT lifted Notre Dame to a 73 - 71 win over Boston College this afternoon.  Here's a replay of the game...

LINK:  IT'S GOOD!

Stephon Tuitt a TOP TEN NFL Draft Pick?

This was surprising to see...

A Detroit Free Press story today lists former Notre Dame student-athlete Stephon Tuitt as a potential pick for the Detroit Lions in the first round at #10 overall.

LINK:  STEPHON TUITT TO LIONS

Super Bowl XLVIII: Latest On David Bruton

Former Notre Dame student-athlete David Bruton -- and captain of the Denver Broncos -- is playing in his first Super Bowl game tomorrow night.  Here's a story about his parents' hometown.

LINK:  DAVID BRUTON

Super Bowl XLVIII: Latest On Golden Tate

Took a lap around the worldwide web this morning to see what was being reported about former Notre Dame All-American Golden Tate as he gets ready for tomorrow night's Super Bowl game.  Here's what I found:

LINK:  NESN

LINK:  KOMO NEWS -- SEATTLE

LINK:  SEATTLE TIMES

Do Domers Bettis & Brown Get NFL HOF Call?

These next 24 hours will be take forever for two former Notre Dame football stars.  Jerome Bettis and Tim Brown are finalists for induction into the NFL's Hall of Fame.  The announcement will be made tomorrow night in NYC...

LINK:  WHO MAKES THE HALL OF FAME?

Coach Denbrock and Coach LaFleur With Media

Notre Dame's new offensive coordinator Mike Denbrock and new QB coach Matt LaFleuer met with the media today to talk about their new roles.  Just click on the link below:

LINK:  NEW ROLES...

Replay of Coach Brian Kelly's Press Conference

Notre Dame head football coach Brian Kelly met with the media today to answer questions about his staff, his team and other issues related to the program.  Click on the link below:

LINK:  COACH KELLY'S PRESSER

NIKE Begins Working its Magic With Skylar

In the past week I couldn't help but notice Nike's promotion of their relationship with former Notre Dame All-American Skylar Diggins.  Their latest effort in the "leveraging" of Skylar's brand;  her trademark head band and a t-shirt with the phrase CAN YOU DIGG IT!

Randy Moss "Notre Dame Was My Team..."

One of the greatest NFL football players of all-time was recently asked to look back at his college football recruiting experience.

Randy Moss -- was interviewed by Fox Sports and he admitted that if he could do it all over again...

LINK:  "THAT WAS MY TEAM"

Super Bowl XLVIII: Golden Tate Toy for Sale

If you're a fan of former Notre Dame All-American Golden Tate -- you might want to buy this Super Bowl XLVIII keepsake...

LINK:  GOLDEN TATE

Pope Francis Meets With Notre Dame Trustees

A contingent from the University of Notre Dame is in Rome this week for a Board of Trustees meeting and this morning they were given the honor of an audience with Pope Francis.  Here's the story:

LINK:  NOTRE DAME NEWS STORY

Domer Joe Montana On ESPN's Mike & MIKE

Former Notre Dame QB and four-time Super Bowl Champion Joe Montana was a guest on ESPN's Mike & MIKE.  Click on the link below:

LINK:  JOE MONTANA

Justin Tuck on Comedy Central's Colbert Report

Former Notre Dame All-American Justin Tuck was a guest this week on Comedy Central's Colbert Report -- an interview you'll want to watch.

LINK:  JUSTIN TUCK

Super Bowl XLVIII: Justin Tuck Shows Off Rings

This morning on ESPN's Mike & MIKE Show former Notre Dame All-American and Captain of the New York Football Giants Justin Tuck, was showing off his Super Bowl Rings.

Notre Dame Stadium's Extreme Makeover !!!

The University of Notre Dame made it official in the past hour -- Notre Dame Stadium is going to be receiving an extreme makeover entitled the Campus Crossroads Project.

WOW!

Notre Dame Stadium -- which had no purpose 353 days a year -- will now come to life YEAR ROUND with what will be the most ambitious building project in the 172 year history of the University of Notre Dame.

It's estimated the construction time for the three buildings (750,000 square feet of new space) -- that will integrate academics, student life and athletics -- will take 33 months once the project is started.

I can't wait!

Just click on the link below for more information on the new look and purpose for the "House That Rock Built."

LINK:  OFFICIAL WEBSITE

Must Read: Joe Rogers' Notre Dame Story

Folks, Joe Rogers was born with one hand...

And, he's a scholarship student-athlete at the University of Notre Dame.  You are going to want to know this young man's story.

LINK:  JOE ROGERS