It's a Final Four Easter Sunday for Notre Dame

The Fighting Irish of Notre Dame will be facing the Gamecocks of South Carolina -- in the first Final Four game on ESPN at 6:30 PM ET.

Video of Notre Dame's Final Four Open Practice

It is one of the cool traditions of Final Four Weekends...

#1 Notre Dame Stops Duke's Home Win Streak

Kevin Corrigan's top ranked Fighting Irish went down to Durham and beat Duke in dominating fashion -- ending their 21 game home winning streak!

OT: That School in Ann Arbor's Spring Game

Michigan's football coach Jim Harbaugh met with the media after their Spring Game today.  He was asked why the two Michigan offenses put up a grand total of 7 points...

The Michigan QB's must have been seeing GOLD HELMETS out there on the defensive side.

The Michigan media is in for a rude awakening with Harbaugh -- especially if they struggle this Fall...


LINK:  THE ENTIRE PRESS CONFERENCE

Notre Dame's Final Four Press Conference

Jewell Loyd, Lindsay Allen and Muffet McGraw met today with the media -- prior to tomorrow's Final Four game against South Carolina.

Under Armour's New ND Lacrosse Stick Heads

Now, this is how you represent the Notre Dame brand on the lacrosse field...

Notre Dame Fans Descending on Tampa...

ABC57 News - See the Difference Michiana

The Notre Dame FAN BASE will be well represented in Tampa this weekend!

Fighting Irish "Preparing" for Final Four Game

It looks like the Fighting Irish are enjoying the fruits of their labors this season -- FINAL FOUR WEEKENDS are as good as it gets for student athletes...

NYT: Notre Dame "Doubles Down on Mabreys"

The Fighting Irish are in Tampa this weekend for their fifth straight FINAL FOUR.  The national media is taking notice -- here's a New York Times story today about the Mabrey sisters...

LINK:  MABREY SISTERS

Former ND Coach Tony Alford's First Interview

The former Notre Dame running backs coach is now employed by "that school in Columbus..."

LINK:  ALFORD 

LINK:  STORY

Orioles Reach Out to Connaughton This Week

If I was asked to advise Pat Connaughton on his future plans -- one of the things I would recommend is exactly what I think he's doing right now...

Make the Orioles squirm a little...

They might just come to the table with an offer to convince Pat to forget basketball.

LINK:  ORIOLES REACH OUT TO CONNAUGHTON

Stanley & Day Talk About Why They Returned

The two talented linemen -- one on the offense and one on the defense -- bypassed a shot at the NFL Draft to return for their senior season at Notre Dame.

Autry Denson Talks About the Running Backs

Notre Dame's all-time leading rusher talks about his two talented running backs...

Mike Sanford Talks Notre Dame QB Competition

Notre Dame's new offensive coordinator met with the media after practice to talk about Everett Golson and Malik Zaire.

Local Media Coverage of ND Leaving for Tampa

A fifth straight trip to the FINAL FOUR!

Notre Dame's Trip to Tampa and the Final Four!

It's become a right of passage for the Notre Dame women's basketball program...

Notre Dame Football Spring Practice -- Today

Here's what took place this morning -- inside Loftus and outside at LaBar...

Muffet's THREE BIG MAC All-Americans !!!

The future Notre Dame backcourt -- was on display this evening at the McDonald's All-American Game on ESPN -- and they won their first game together!

LINK:  BIG MAC ALL-AMERICANS

Future Domer Marina Mabrey -- BIG MAC MVP!

Muffet's "IRISH-KETEERS" led the EAST TEAM to a win tonight in the McDonald's All-American Game!

Marina Mabrey (sister of Domer Michaela Mabrey) was named the game's CO-MVP -- with 12 points / 6 rebounds / 3 steals -- while fellow future Domers Arike Ogunbowale (9 points) and Ali Patberg (3 points / 6 rebounds and a team leading 5 assists -- all contributed to the EAST's 89 - 87 victory.

That's Marina -- she looks a lot like her sister Michaela -- in the photos above.

LINK:  STORY

ESPN Hyping Notre Dame vs. South Carolina

The first Final Four game Saturday night will pit the #1 seed South Carolina Gamecocks against our favorite #1 seed -- Notre Dame.

Here's some more content to digest:

LINK:  ESPN'S CHARLIE CREME