This photo was taken of poster featuring former Notre Dame All-American Skylar Diggins in a Nike store in Tokyo, Japan. It looks like she made a great business decision signing with Jay Z and Roc Nation.
Sunday, March 2, 2014
Nike Using Skylar Diggins All Over the World!
This photo was taken of poster featuring former Notre Dame All-American Skylar Diggins in a Nike store in Tokyo, Japan. It looks like she made a great business decision signing with Jay Z and Roc Nation.
The Ultimate "Statement" for a Notre Dame Fan!
So, you want to make a statement that you're a Notre Dame fan...
Notre Dame Recruit -- Texas State Finals MVP!
Brianna Turner (with ball in photo above) finished her high school basketball career last night -- with a "double-double" (17 points and 17 rebounds), a STATE CHAMPIONSHIP, a FINALS MVP (that's Brianna holding her award in the photo above), and a win over MaxPreps #1 ranked team in women's high school basketball -- who was on a 105 game winning streak...
Turner, considered by many the #1 incoming women's college basketball recruit, will be wearing a Notre Dame jersey this fall!
Here's the media reaction this morning to Manvel's 58 to 53 win over Duncanville in the Texas 5A State Championship Final:
LINK: HOUSTON CHRONICLE
LINK: DALLAS MORNING NEWS
LINK: THE CHRON
Saturday, March 1, 2014
Brianna Turner Leads Manvel To First State Title
Notre Dame's top women's basketball recruit Brianna Turner (Manvel High School) just led her team tonight to their first ever STATE CHAMPIONSHIP! Beating two time defending Texas 5A State Champion and MAXPREPS #1 ranked team in the country -- Duncanville 58 - 53!!!
In the process they broke Duncanville High School's 105 game winning streak!!!
Brianna -- who many think is the #1 incoming recruit in the country -- led her team with a "double-double" scoring 17 points and grabbing 17 rebounds. She was also named PLAYER OF THE GAME for the State Championship Final!
CONGRATULATIONS BRIANNA!
Key game stat: four of the five Duncanville starters fouled out in this game -- I'm sure the locals will not be happy about this!
LINK: BOX SCORE
Eleven Notre Dame Teams Ranked in Top 25 !!!
Took a look at the national rankings of all of the Notre Dame sports teams that are currently in season -- pretty impressive!
ELEVEN NOTRE DAME TEAMS ARE RANKED IN THE TOP-25!!!
- Women's Basketball: #2 in the country
- Men's Fencing: #3 in the country
- Women's Fencing: #4 in the country
- Men's Tennis: #10 in the country
- Men's Indoor Track & Field: #10 in the country
- Men's Lacrosse: #11 in the country
- Women's Lacrosse: #12 in the country
- Men's Hockey: #14 in the country
- Women's Softball: #24 in the country
- Women's Swimming: #24 in the country
- Women's Tennis: #25 in the country
- Men's Swimming: #26 in the country
FALL SPORTS -- FINAL RANKINGS
- Men's Soccer: NATIONAL CHAMPIONS!
- Women's Rowing: #13 in the country
- Women's Soccer: #14 in the country
- Men's Cross Country: #19 in the country
- Men's Football: #20 in the country
- Women's Cross Country: #23 in the country
Notre Dame's Men's Lacrosse Beats #2 UNC!
Kevin Corrigan's Fighting Irish traveled to Chapel Hill today to take on the #2 ranked North Carolina Tarheels -- and #11 Notre Dame beat them 11 - 10 !!! The Irish were down 7 - 3 at halftime but rallied for the big win in their first ever ACC game!
Here are the highlights along with a link to photos of the game:
LINK: ND BEATS UNC!
LINK: PHOTO GALLERY -- ND vs. UNC
ND Hockey Beats #1 Boston College in OT!!!
It was a huge win for Notre Dame as they make a late run at a NCAA Tournament selection.
The win also broke BC's nineteen game unbeaten streak! Here's a replay of the winning goal and the game highlights:
LINK: ND OT GAME WINNER
LINK: GAME HIGHLIGHTS
Incoming ND Hoops Recruit -- McDonald's AA!
The second highest rated recruit in Muffet's 2014 recruiting class is Kathryn Westbeld from Fairmont, OH. Westbeld was recently selected to play in the McDonald's All-American game along with fellow Irish commit Brianna Turner.
Here's a local Ohio TV station's news story on Kathryn's selection:
LINK: A MCDONALD'S ALL-AMERICAN!
Video of ND Women's Hoop Recruit's Back Flip!
Notre Dame women's basketball will welcome point guard Mychal Johnson to the Fighting Irish this August. Johnson, in a recent ESPN interview, was filmed doing a standing BACK FLIP! She's going to be a great addition to our women's basketball program!
LINK: BACK FLIP
ND Football and Golf Team Visit YMCA
The folks at WNDU-TV caught up with Jaylon Smith and Greg Bryant as they joined some fellow student-athletes from the Notre Dame football and men's golf teams at the South Bend YMCA yesterday...
Here's a link to their interviews:
LINK: SMITH AND BRYANT
Muffet's #1 Recruit Takes on Winning Streak!
Brianna Turner -- arguably the #1 women's high school basketball recruit in America -- has one more high school game tonight before she heads to the University of Notre Dame...
And, what a game it is.
Turner and her Manvel HS teammates are taking on Duncanville HS -- one of the top ranked high school girls team in the country on a 105 game winning streak -- at 8:30 PM in the Texas Class 5A State Championship game.
Duncanville has won back-to-back state championships.
The two teams played earlier this season and Manvel lost to Duncanville 56 - 50 after leading 32 - 18 at halftime. Should be a great game on the campus of the University of Texas!
Here's the media coverage:
LINK: A FIRST FOR MANVEL
LINK: DUNCANVILLE GOES FOR THREE-PEAT
LINK: PREVIOUS MEETING
LINK: HOUSTON TV STATION
Winter Workouts -- Notre Dame Football Style!
The Fighting Irish have been training this off-season (outdoors and indoors) as they get ready for the 2014 season opener against Rice -- 182 days from today!
Watch it right here!
LINK: WINTER CONDITIONING
Friday, February 28, 2014
Coach Kelly's Spring Practice Press Conference
Notre Dame head football coach Brian Kelly met with the media, this morning, for the first time since National Signing Day to talk about the upcoming Spring Practice schedule and some position changes...
Here's a link to the replay:
LINK: BRIAN KELLY PRESSER
Thursday, February 27, 2014
Muffet McGraw Coaches Game #1,000 Tonight!
Notre Dame's Hall of Fame coach Muffet McGraw coached her 1,000th game tonight as her Fighting Irish "hung a hundred" on the Tarheels from North Carolina! Final score: #2 Notre Dame 100 -- #15 North Carolina 75.
This was the eighth win this season for Notre Dame against a ranked opponent! Notre Dame is now 28 - 0 on the season and have won 51 straight regular season games!!!
Muffet's career record: 742 - 258 -- with 654 of those wins coming during her 27 seasons at Notre Dame!
Here's what the media has to say about tonight's win:
LINK: ESPN
LINK: ASSOCIATED PRESS
Didn't Take NFL Long to Discover Louis Nix III
LINK: JOB INTERVIEW
Notre Dame's Campus Crossroads Project...
Here is a Notre Dame Law School alum's perspective of the University's plans to incorporate academic and student focused space into the footprint of Notre Dame Stadium.
The University of Notre Dame's VP, Office of Public Affairs & Communications -- Paul Browne, authored this VIEWPOINT in today's Observer (Notre Dame's student run daily newspaper). I thought you'd enjoy reading this.
LINK: CAMPUS CROSSROADS PROJECT
Wednesday, February 26, 2014
Coach Brey Wins Game #300 at Notre Dame!
The Fighting Irish of Notre Dame beat Georgia Tech tonight by the score of 65 - 62 as the "Wrambling Wreck" missed a flurry of three pointers in the closing seconds!
The win put Coach Brey's career record at Notre Dame to 300 wins and 156 losses in his 14th season in South Bend. Here's how Coach Brey stacks up on the all-time win list at ND:
- Digger Phelps: 393 - 197
- George Keogan: 327 - 97
- Mike Brey: 300 - 156
LINK: GAME REPLAY
Tuesday, February 25, 2014
Notre Dame Players -- NFL Combine Results
The 2014 NFL Scouting Combine came to an end this afternoon in Indianapolis with the defensive backs going through their paces. Here's a look back at the work product of the nine former Notre Dame football players at the Combine -- overall it was quite outstanding!
Just click on the player's name to see the details of their performance at the NFL SCOUTING COMBINE -- please note that Chris Watt did not run a 40 yard dash in Indy this past weekend. However, they have a "phantom" time for him on his profile. Just goes to prove you can't trust the internet!!! :)
LINK: GEORGE ATKINSON III
LINK: ZACK MARTIN
LINK: BENNETT JACKSON
LINK: T.J. JONES
LINK: TROY NIKLAS
LINK: LOUIS NIX III
LINK: PRINCE SHEMBO
LINK: STEPHON TUITT
LINK: CHRIS WATT
Monday, February 24, 2014
Replay of Nix's 40 Yard Dash -- NFL Combine
"Irish Chocolate" strutted his stuff today in front of NFL scouts in Indianapolis. Here is the NFL Network's replay of Louis' 40 yard dash. His official time was 5.42 seconds.
LINK: LOUIS NIX'S 40
Louis Nix's Broad Jump Replay -- NFL Combine
LINK: REPLAY OF BROAD JUMP
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