Thursday, May 1, 2014
Wednesday, April 30, 2014
Honoring Notre Dame's Student-Athletes
If you watch next week's Commencement at the University of Notre Dame (LIVE ONLINE) -- keep an eye out for the "stoll" with the MONOGRAM (see photo above) -- it will signify a graduating student-athlete...
USA Today Story on Skylar Diggins and Jay Z
It's been a very smart business move for Skylar -- read this story in USA Today -- today:
LINK: SKYLAR AND ROC NATION
Photo of Notre Dame's Main Building Today
The Notre Dame Grounds Crew posted this photo today on their TWITTER account (@ndgroundscrew) of their work after adding new mulch around the University's iconic Golden Dome.
Today is the last day of classes for the students -- two study days -- then final exams start next Monday. This school year went by too fast!
Tuesday, April 29, 2014
First ND Alumnae Celebrate with Father Ted
Notre Dame's Fr. Ted Hesburgh, C.S.C., celebrated his upcoming 97th birthday -- early -- with a few of the first females who graduated from the University of Notre Dame -- the cameras at WNDU-TV were in attendance...
Enjoy!
LINK: FR. TED
Notre Dame Men's Lacrosse Wins ACC Title!
In their first ever ACC Championship game -- the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame beat #4 ranked Syracuse 15 -14 to win the title! Congratulations!
Here are the highlights:
LINK: ACC CHAMPS!
Notre Dame's "fiND Your Happy" -- Must See!
On the morning after we produced the first ever 29 HOUR LIVE broadcast of Notre Dame Day -- this video arrived in my email in-box. I needed this!
Thought you'd enjoy!
LINK: FIND YOUR HAPPY
Sunday, April 27, 2014
Notre Dame Day's LIVE Broadcast Schedule
Folks, as I write this blog post we're exactly nine hours away from something quite special...
At 6:42 PM ET today (Military time of 18:42 -- the year Notre Dame was founded) -- the LIVE EVENT called Notre Dame Day will commence. It's a 29 hour -- global celebration of Notre Dame that will be broadcast live over the internet.
You can watch it LIVE at: http://notredameday.nd.edu
No other college or university has ever attempted anything like this -- a 29 HOUR LIVE BROADCAST!
Here's the most updated broadcast schedule -- as of 9 AM ET this morning -- I'm just listing some of the guests that will appear in the first few hours of the show:
Sunday, April 27th
6:42 PM ET:
- Fr. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C.
- Natalie Achonwa
- Live look-in at Bookstore Basketball Championship Game
- Live performance by ND Alum Pat McKillen
- Dillon Hall vs. Alumni Hall -- TUG OF WAR
8:00 PM ET:
- 2014 Bookstore Basketball Champions with Digger Phelps
- John Scully, the guy who wrote HERE COME THE IRISH
- Joe Rogers -- the "one-handed" Notre Dame Hockey Goalie
- Erin Hoffman-Harding -- VP, Student Affairs
- McGlinn Hall vs. Welsh Family Hall -- TUG OF WAR
9:00 PM ET
- Zack Martin, Chris Watt and Tommy Rees
- ND Men's Soccer National Champions
- Ruth Riley
- Live performance by Notre Dame Pom Squad
- Morrisey Manor vs. Fisher Hall -- TUG OF WAR
10:00 PM ET
- Louis "Irish Chocolate" Nix III
- Live performance by Pat McKillen
LINK: WATCH ALL 29 HOURS LIVE RIGHT HERE!
Saturday, April 26, 2014
Huge Last Second IRISH Win Over #7 Maryland
The #9 ranked Notre Dame Fighting Irish scored a game winning goal with FIVE SECONDS left in yesterday's ACC Champioinship Semi-Final game against #7 ranked (and the top seeded team in the tournament) Maryland!
The Fighting Irish advance to tomorrow's ACC Championship game against #4 ranked Syracuse -- the game will be televised LIVE on ESPNU -- beginning at 1 PM ET.
Here's the replay of Matt Kavanaugh's game winner!
LINK: GAME WINNER
Friday, April 25, 2014
Notre Dame Day -- Just Two Days Away!
The Notre Dame Day Studio is being built in LaFortune Student Center's main lobby -- for Sunday night's broadcast launch. (photo above)
The fun begins at 6:42 PM ET Sunday -- LIVE on the web -- click on the link below to watch the 29 HOUR live broadcast:
LINK: WATCH NOTRE DAME DAY -- RIGHT HERE!
Wednesday, April 23, 2014
Notre Dame's Fortunato Living Up to the Hype
She came to Notre Dame with these plaudits; "the #1 player in the country and ONE OF THE MOST HIGHLY ACCLAIMED RECRUITS OF ALL-TIME" in women's lacrosse...
Courtney Fortunato (Northport, NY), a freshman attacker for the Fighting Irish, is already the team's leading scorer and has been named a Mid-Season All-American...
LINK: LEADING SCORER
LINK: COURTNEY FORTUNATO
101 Year-Old Domer Running for U.S. Congress!
Folks, this is not a typo...
101 year-young Joe Newman -- a 1936 graduate of the University of Notre Dame -- is campaigning to be a "write-in" candidate for the 16th District Congressional Seat in the State of Florida.
You've got to love this!
LINK: FOX NEWS
LINK: NBC TV INTERVIEW
Golden Tate's Detroit Debut on Monday Night!
Former Notre Dame All-American and Super Bowl Champion -- Golden Tate, is going to make his Detroit Lions' debut on Monday Night Football. Here's the story:
LINK: A GOLDEN MONDAY!
Florida Transfer to Bolster Notre Dame's "D"
Cody Riggs, who will be in South Bend in about five weeks -- instantly becomes the most experienced football player in the Notre Dame football program. Here is a story about his arrival to the Fighting Irish:
LINK: WHAT RIGGS BRINGS
Tuesday, April 22, 2014
New LED Lighting: Notre Dame's Golden Dome
The photos above -- taken by Notre Dame's Matt Cashore -- shows off the illumination power of the new lighting installed at the Main Building. The top photo is the "before" -- the bottom photo the "after."
Impressive!
Less Than Five Days to NOTRE DAME DAY!
Here's a list of a few of the interviews that have been scheduled to date for this Sunday, April 27th -- during the first few hours of NOTRE DAME DAY!
Notre Dame Day is a 29 HOUR global celebration of Notre Dame -- that kicks off LIVE at 6:42 PM ET this Sunday and ends at Midnight ET on Monday -- just click on the link below to learn more!
Sunday's Interview Schedule
- 8 PM: Brady Quinn
- 9 PM: Zack Martin, Chris Watt and Tommy Rees
- 10 PM: Louis Nix
- 11 PM: Ruth Riley
LINK: NOTRE DAME DAY
Monday, April 21, 2014
Every Notre Dame Fan Needs One of These!!!
This is a photo taken today of a driver with a Notre Dame paint job -- courtesy of Hydrographics -- the company who paints our football helmets. WOW!
I'd be afraid to mark this up!
Louis Nix III Story Today in USA TODAY
Former Notre Dame student-athlete Louis "Irish Chocolate" Nix was the subject today of a USA Today story you'll enjoy!
LINK: LOUIS NIX
Domer Molly Huddle Wins BAA 5K!
Former Notre Dame All-American Molly Huddle (photo above) won the Boston Athletic Association's 5k race on Saturday -- on the same streets they ran today's Boston Marathon.
Molly won the BAA 5K in a record-tying time of 15:12 -- passing the race leader in the last 100 meters of the race! Here's the story:
LINK: HUDDLE WINS 5K
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