Thought Notre Dame fans would enjoy catching up with -- now 60 year-old -- Adrian Dantley...
LINK: DETROIT FREE PRESS STORY
Friday, January 9, 2015
Irish Hoops Great Adrian Dantley a HS Referee!
Thought Notre Dame fans would enjoy catching up with -- now 60 year-old -- Adrian Dantley...
LINK: DETROIT FREE PRESS STORY
Notre Dame's Under Armour Lacrosse Cleats!
Here they are -- the first ever Notre Dame Lacrosse cleats from Under Armour -- pretty slick!
The Fighting Irish are ranked #2 in the country in the pre-season rankings.
Pat Connaughton: ESPN "Dual Sport Decision"
The folks at ESPN have taken notice of our #12 ranked Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball team.
Here's a story today on student-athlete Pat Connaughton:
LINK: A DECISION TO MAKE
Thom Gatewood Elected to College FB HOF!!!
Former Notre Dame All-American Thom Gatewood has just learned that he's the 45th player in Fighting Irish history to be elected to the College Football Hall of Fame!
Congratulations Tom!
You can see "Theisman to Gatewood" in the video link below:
LINK: 1971 COTTON BOWL GAME
LINK: GATEWOOD'S REACTION
Thursday, January 8, 2015
Brian Kelly on ESPN's Colin Cowherd Show
Notre Dame head football coach Brian Kelly was a guest this morning on ESPN's "The Herd" -- and he talked about a number of things:
- Jameis Winston -- "smarts and NFL ability"
- Use of technology to get plays into a defensive player
- Oregon
- Urban Meyer
- The SEC
- The Notre Dame job
- Private jet...
LINK: KELLY ON THE HERD
Domer Dad Craig Biggio: Letterman Last Night
Biggio (father of ND baseball players Conor '15 and Cavan '17) was named to the Baseball Hall of Fame on Tuesday.
Here he is with other "Hall of Famers" reading the TOP TEN LIST...
LINK: LETTERMAN
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
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
New Spikes for Notre Dame Baseball & Softball
Sharp!
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
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
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
Tuesday, January 6, 2015
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
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"
Domer Dad Elected to Baseball Hall of Fame!
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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
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
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
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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