Spring Practice #2 for Notre Dame Football

The folks at Fighting Irish Digital Media were up early at the Loftus Sports Complex to watch practice #2 for Notre Dame football.  Here's the report:

LINK:  ND FOOTBALL

A Coach and His American Record Holder!

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. 

Very special!

LINK:  AN AMERICAN RECORD

Spring Practice #2 - Coach Brian Kelly Interview

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.

LINK:  COACH KELLY

Muffet McGraw Named ACC Coach of the Year!

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)

LINK:  COACH OF THE YEAR

Happy Birthday #126 for Knute Rockne !!!

126 years ago today -- Notre Dame coaching great Knute Rockne was born in Voss, Norway. 

What a life he lived and did he ever change the fortunes of a little Catholic school in northern Indiana...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ROCK!

LINK:  KNUTE ROCKNE DOCUMENTARY

Domer David Bruton Talking Breakfast Today!

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!

LINK:  DAVID BRUTON

Domer Dad -- Torii Hunter Sr. -- Kisses Alligator!

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...

Kids, don't try this at home!

LINK:  TORII HUNTER, SR

Sports Illustrated Story on ND's Everett Golson

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:

LINK:  SPORTS ILLUSTRATED

Tour Notre Dame's ALL SEASON Golf Facility

Ever wonder how Notre Dame's golf team trains during the winter months here in South Bend?

Take a look "inside" Notre Dame's golf program:

LINK:  INDOOR TRAINING

CSN Chicago's Interview of ND's Brian Kelly

Notre Dame head football coach Brian Kelly took a trip down memory lane in this interview with CSN Chicago's Pat Boyle.  Click on the link below:

LINK:  BRIAN KELLY

Replay of Everett Golson's Session With Media

Notre Dame QB Everett Golson met with the media today for the first time in a long time...

He spent 20 minutes answering questions -- here's a link to the session:

LINK:  EVERETT GOLSON WITH MEDIA

Coach Kelly Talks With ESPN's Todd Blackledge

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!

LINK:  INSIDE ND QB PLAY

Coach Brian Kelly With Media After Practice #1

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:

LINK:  BRIAN KELLY WITH MEDIA

Heee's Back!!! Golson at ND Spring Practice

For Notre Dame football fans -- today is a special day!

Spring Practice kicked off at 7:30 AM this morning -- INSIDE -- here in "balmy" Notre Dame, IN.  Today was the coldest March 3rd in the history of keeping track of these kinds of things...

All eyes were on some new faces -- Everett Golson, Coach VanGorder and Coach Fleur -- check on the media coverage below:

LINK:  PRACTICE HIGHLIGHTS

LINK:  PLAYER INTERVIEWS

LINK:  SOUTH BEND TRIBUNE STORY

ESPN's College Football Caravan at ND Today!

It seems appropriate that ESPN kicks-off its tour of college football teams in the country -- today on the campus of the University of Notre Dame.  Tom Rinaldi and Todd Blackledge were seen here today interviewing Brian Kelly, Everett Golson and taking in the first Spring practice for the Fighting Irish.

Here's a link to Rinaldi's and Blackledge's interview of Everett Golson:

LINK:  EVERETT GOLSON -- TOM RINALDI INTERVIEW

LINK:  EVERETT GOLSON -- TODD BLACKLEDGE INTERVIEW

Notre Dame Men's Basketball on ESPN Tonight!

The Fighting Irish are down in Chapel Hill, NC to play the Tarheels on national TV tonight at 7 PM ET on ESPN.  Word is the weather is quite bad in the area so it will be interesting to see how many  of the 21,750 "Carolina blue" seats have people in them in the "Dean Dome" tonight.

Here's a preview of tonight's match-up -- click on the link below:

LINK:  NOTRE DAME vs. NORTH CAROLINA

Notre Dame Released Its Strategic Plan Today

The University of Notre Dame released its ten year strategic plan "A Legacy Expanded" this morning.  It's the result of a two-year conversation that took place among every college, school and division at Notre Dame -- about the future of this great university.
 
You're going to want to watch the video of Fr. Jenkins, C.S.C. meeting with campus representatives -- which is the first link and then visit the Strategic Plan website, the second link.


LINK:  FATHER JENKINS

LINK:  STRATEGIC PLAN WEBSITE

ESPN Has Muffet's IRISH Favored to Win SEC!

Now, I'm sure if Notre Dame did play in the SEC we would be favored to win their women's basketball tournament -- see last line of copy on today's ESPN Women's Basketball home page! 

Hey ESPN -- we're in the ACC now!

Perfection -- Notre Dame Beats #13 by 24 Today!

This season will go down in history -- the first year in the Atlantic Coast Conference and the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame go 29 - 0 !!!

That's 52 consecutive regular season wins for Muffet's gang!

This was also the 9th win this season against a ranked opponent as North Carolina State came into the game ranked #13.  Notre Dame disposed of them early in the second half, taking an eight point halftime lead and stretching it to 30, before emptying the bench and winning 84 - 60.

Notre Dame outscored their opponents  by 527 points on the season -- an average margin of victory of 18.17 points per game.  DOMINATION!

It's now time for the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament -- see link to preview below!

LINK:  GAME HIGHLIGHTS

LINK:  ESPN'S GAME RECAP

LINK:  ACC TOURNAMENT PREVIEW BY ESPN

Daniel Yi Wins His Fourth Heavyweight Crown !

The Bengal Bouts Heavyweight Champion is none other than Daniel Yi -- a four-time champion!  The 12th "four-time" champ in the 84 year history of the Bengal Bouts at Notre Dame!

That's Daniel Yi landing a right hook in the photo above in his 2012 Bengal Bouts championship!

The Observer (Notre Dame's student paper) published a nice story about Yi...  And, I captured some video from the fight on my iPhone -- click on the links below:

LINK:  DANIEL YI

LINK:  HEAVYWEIGHT INTRODUCTIONS & FIRST ROUND

LINK:  HEAVYWEIGHT DIVISION -- ROUND TWO

LINK:  FOUR-TIME CHAMP!