Thursday, January 8, 2015

Notre Dame Running Back: USA Olympic Tryout


Notre Dame "walk-on" turned scholarship student-athlete this fall for the Notre Dame Football team -- Tyler Plantz -- is headed to Chula Vista, CA this weekend for tryouts for the USA Olympic Rugby team...

Here's the story:

LINK:  PLANTZ GETTING RUGBY SHOT
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Wednesday, January 7, 2015

Domer Todd Lyght Leaves Eagles for Vandy Job


Former Notre Dame All-American defensive back Todd Lyght has just taken a coaching job with the Vanderbilt Commodores.  Lyght leaves Chip Kelly's staff in Philadelphia where he was an Assistant Defensive Backs Coach.

LINK:  STORY
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New Spikes for Notre Dame Baseball & Softball

Under Armour just delivered these new spikes for the Notre Dame baseball and softball program today...

Sharp!
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Student / Athlete: Reggie Ho Story -- Released!


Here it is -- the 13 minute "30 FOR 30 SHORT" film -- directed by actor Ken Jeong (his directorial debut) on former Notre Dame student-athlete Reggie Ho...

THIS IS MUST SEE!

LINK:  REGGIE HO
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Domer Named Chief of Naval Research


Notre Dame alum Rear Admiral Mathias Winter '84,  just took the helm as Chief of Naval Research -- in a recent change of command ceremony at the Pentagon.

Winter will oversee the Navy's $2 billion budget for naval science and technology programs.

LINK:  CHIEF OF NAVAL RESEARCH

LINK:  WINTER'S BIO
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Domer Nussbaum Running Midwest League!


Dick Nussbaum '74 & 77', was just named president of the Midwest League -- a minor league professional baseball organization.  A former Fighting Irish baseball player, Nussbaum is also a member of Notre Dame's Board of Trustees.

The newly named South Bend Cubs are one of the 16 teams in the Midwest League.

Congratulations Dick!

LINK:  MIDWEST LEAGUE PRESIDENT
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Tuesday, January 6, 2015

Inside Look at Notre Dame's Win Over Carolina


The first ever victory for Notre Dame men's basketball in Chapel Hill...

LINK:  WATCH THIS
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Happy Birthday to Notre Dame's Hall of Famer!


Lou Holtz turns 78 years-young today -- Happy Birthday Coach Holtz!

LINK:  HOLTZ -- "ISMS"
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NASCAR Domer Jimmy Small's "Iowa Shovel"


Notre Dame alum Jimmy Small '08, surprised a family in Iowa last night by showing up in the middle of a snow storm offering to shovel their driveway.

What made this a Fox Sports news story is Small, the president of Iowa Speedway -- threw out this offer during yesterday's snow storm (on TWITTER) as part of a ticket promotion...

LINK:  THE IOWA SHOVEL

LINK:  NEWS STORY
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Ken Jeong Talks Domer Reggie Ho's "30 for 30"


Former Notre Dame walk-on kicker Reggie Ho is the subject of a "30 for 30 Short" ESPN FILM entitled "Student/Athlete The Story of Reggie Ho" directed by Ken Jeong -- his "directorial debut."

WATCH IT AT THE SECOND LINK BELOW!

LINK:  JEONG WITH OLBERMAN

LINK:   "STUDENT/ATHLETE THE REGGIE HO STORY" 
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Domer Dad Elected to Baseball Hall of Fame!


Houston Astro second baseman Craig Biggio (father to two Notre Dame baseball players; Conor '15 and Cavan '17) received the highest honor that can be bestowed upon a major league baseball player today -- he's been elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame!

Biggio will become the first baseball player to be enshrined in Cooperstown wearing a Houston Astros hat...

LINK:  BIGGIO A HALL OF FAMER

LINK:  HOUSTON CHRONICLE STORY
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Monday, January 5, 2015

TarHeels' Roy Williams Talks Notre Dame Loss


North Carolina's head basketball coach Roy Williams met with the media after their 71 - 70 loss tonight to the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame.

Here's a link to his post game press conference -- along with a second link to Marcus Paige's post game comments:

LINK:  ROY WILLIAMS -- POST GAME 

LINK:  MARCUS PAIGE -- POST GAME


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STATEMENT MADE in North Carolina Tonight!


The #12/#13 ranked Fighting Irish of Notre Dame went into Chapel Hill tonight and beat the #18 ranked Tarheels 71 - 70!

Notre Dame now leads the ACC with a 3 - 0 record!

10 three pointers and very good defense -- turned out to be the recipe in a game where North Carolina had 21 offensive rebounds and Notre Dame made only one basket from the field in the last 9:42 of the game!

BIG WIN!

LINK:  GAME HIGHLIGHTS

LINK:  ESPN STORY

LINK:  BOX SCORE
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Tarheels' Roy Williams Talks Win Over Clemson


The Notre Dame Fighting Irish play a very talented North Carolina team tonight -- the most talented team we will have played so far this season...

Game tips off at 7 PM ET on ESPN.

Here's North Carolina's head coach Roy Williams talking about their big road win Saturday night against Clemson.

LINK:  ROY WILLIAMS
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Don't Forget: #14 Notre Dame on ESPN Tonight


The Fighting Irish of Notre Dame play #19 North Carolina tonight -- in Chapel Hill -- on ESPN at 7 PM ET!

Here's the game preview:

LINK:  NOTRE DAME ON ESPN

LINK:  IRISH EXTRA
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Sunday, January 4, 2015

Domer Sergio Brown's Post Game "Ric Flair"


Got to love this...

Former Notre Dame student-athlete Sergio Brown celebrating with his Indianapolis Colts teammates after their NFL Playoff win today over Cincinnati:

LINK:  SERGIO
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Is Notre Dame Now a BASKETBALL SCHOOL?


Here's the list of the FOUR colleges in the country who have men & women's basketball teams ranked in the AP Top 15 in the country this afternoon:
  • Louisville -- #7 women / #5 men
  • Kentucky -- #11 women / #1 men
  • Duke -- #10 women / #2 men
  • NOTRE DAME -- #4 women / #14 men
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Notre Dame Hoops' New Under Armour Shoes


The #13 ranked Fighting Irish of Notre Dame are in Chapel Hill, NC today -- SEE LINK BELOW -- awaiting their game tomorrow night against #19 North Carolina.

It's a nationally televised game on ESPN -- tipping off at 7 PM ET.

These are the new shoes the FIGHTING IRISH will be wearing from Under Armour tomorrow night...

LINK:  GAME PREVIEW
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Music City Bowl Ends Up #8 in Attendance...


If your friends ever give you a hard time about why "Notre Dame always has a seat at the table when it comes to Bowl, TV and Playoff negotiations" -- just remind them of this...

The 2014 Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl ended up 8th among the 35 Bowl games in attendance -- though their bowl payout was 13th among the 35.

 Here's the TOP TWENTY (2014 - 2015) BOWL GAME attendance rankings:
  1. Rose Bowl:  91,322
  2. Sugar Bowl:  74,682
  3. Cotton Bowl:  71,464
  4. Advocare Texas Bowl:  71,115
  5. Fiesta Bowl:  66,896
  6. Peach Bowl:  65,706
  7. Alamo Bowl:  60,517
  8. Music City Bowl:  60,419
  9. Orange Bowl:  58,211
  10. Gator Bowl:  56,310
  11. Holiday Bowl:  55,789
  12. Liberty Bowl:  51,282
  13. Pinstripe Bowl:  49,012
  14. Citrus Bowl:  48,624
  15. Hyundai Sun Bowl:  47,809
  16.  Belk Bowl:  45,671
  17.  Outback Bowl:  44,023
  18.  Russell Athletic Bowl:  40,071
  19. Independence Bowl:  38,242
  20. Armed Forces Bowl:  37,888
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Domer Storm Announces Stuart Scott's Death


Notre Dame alumna Hannah Storm '83, was given the task of announcing the death this morning of former ESPN colleague Stuart Scott -- who died this morning at the age of 49.

Here is Hannah's announcement along with links to ESPN's on air tribute and long time friend Rich Eisner talking of Scott's passing:

LINK:  HANNAH STORM

LINK:  ESPN -- STUART SCOTT TRIBUTE

LINK:  RICH EISNER
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