Tuesday, July 21, 2015

Know Thy ACC Football Opponent: Clemson



Here is Clemson head football coach Dabo Swinney talking about his Tigers at the ACC Media Day at Pinehurst.

Todd Lyght Talks Notre Dame Football


Enjoy!  Todd was in Kalamazoo yesterday talking to a UND night crowd...

LINK:  TODD LYGHT

Double Domer Named President of WBCA


Former Notre Dame women's basketball player and coach -- Coquese Washington '93, '97 -- was recently named president of the Women's Basketball Coaches Association.

Coquese is the first African American ever elected to lead the WBCA.  She earned an undergraduate degree and a law degree from the University of Notre Dame.

Washington is currently the head women's basketball coach at Penn State University.

Congratulations Coquese!

LINK:  COQUESE WASHINGTON

LINK:  WIKI - BIO

OT: Brilliant Move by the NBA and Pacers


The Indiana Pacers are going to wear "HOOSIERS" styled jerseys -- inspired by the movie Hoosiers -- for a few of their NBA games this season.

Brilliant!

Domer Achonwa Leads Canada to Historic Win


Former Notre Dame hoops star Natalie Achonwa '14, led her Canadian teammates to a win last night over the United States in the Pan-American Games for their first ever gold medal in basketball!

That's Natalie (uniform #11) seconds after the win last night in Toronto.

Congrats Natalie!

LINK:  CANADA'S GOLD

Sunday, July 19, 2015

CBS Sports Interview of Pat Connaughton


Thought you'd enjoy this...

Pat just signed a three year deal with the Trail Blazers -- first two years guaranteed at a little more than $500,000 a year.  Congratulations Pat!

LINK:  CONNAUGHTON

Domers Playing in Golf Tourney on NBC Today


There's a number of DOMERS in Lake Tahoe, NV this weekend playing in the American Century Championship for celebrity golf.

Here's the list of players with ties to Notre Dame and where they stand going into today's final round on NBC -- television coverage runs from 3 PM ET to 6 PM ET:
  • Trent Dilfer (Domer Dad) -- 15th
  • Joe Theismann (Domer) -- 20th
  • Jerome Bettis (Domer) -- 32nd
  • Tim Brown (Domer) -- 43rd
  • Tyler Eifert (Domer) -- 46th
  • Cris Collinsworth (Domer Dad) -- 76th
  • Brian Kelly (Coach) -- 78th

Note:  I found it quite interesting that the Reno-Gazette posted a number of photos of Justin Timberlake playing golf yesterday -- and then who do you find next -- Notre Dame head football coach Brian Kelly (photo above).
 
LINK:  LEADERBOARD

Friday, July 17, 2015

NEW: Notre Dame Football Under Armour Kicks

For the "fast guys" wearing the Gold Helmet!

The players' travel shoe on the left and the coaches' shoes on the right.

  
A shoe just for the special teams players!

Here's the latest footwear from Under Armour for the Notre Dame Football Team and Coaching Staff...

Domer Daughter Wins National Championship!



She's only 11 years-old and already a NATIONAL CHAMPION!

JoJo Conway, the daughter of one of my colleagues here at Notre Dame -- Luke Conway '93, won all eleven of her bouts at the Foil National Championships in San Jose, CA to win the National Championship!




Got to Love These Notre Dame Shoes


I have got to get a pair of these!!!

Domer Shannon Boxx Featured on SI Cover


Former Notre Dame soccer star Shannon Boxx was featured on this week's Sports Illustrated cover...

Skylar Diggins Adds "ESPY" to Trophy Case


The former Notre Dame All-American won the ESPY Wednesday night for best WNBA player...

CONGRATS!

LINK:  ESPY FOR SKYLAR

Jerian Grant's "Welcome to New York"


The former Notre Dame All-American penned this piece called "Welcome to New York" -- thought you'd enjoy reading it...

LINK:  WELCOME TO NEW YORK

Pat, Jerian & Luke: NBA Summer League Stats


Here's a look at the stats from the NBA Summer League games for Notre Dame rookies Jerian Grant and Pat Connaugton.  I also have the stats for Luke Harangody, who is playing for the Phoenix Sun's team:


JERIAN GRANT
  • 4 games played
  • 12.0 points per game
  • 37.1 field goal %
  • 4.5 assists per game
  • 3.3 rebounds per game

PAT CONNAUGHTON
  • 5 games played
  • 7.2 points per game
  • 41.2% field goal %
  • 4.8 rebounds per game 

LUKE HARANGODY
  • 2 games played 
  • 4.0 points per game
  • 22.2% field goal %
  • 3.0 rebounds per game

Wednesday, July 15, 2015

PHOTOS: Lady Irish at Tonight's ESPY Awards!

 Domer -- Shannon Boxx (women's soccer)

 Domer to be -- Anna Rohrer (incoming Cross Country student-athlete)

Domer Danielle Green (women's basketball)


Domer Danielle Green's Acceptance Speech


Tonight's ESPY Awards Show featured a special moment for Notre Dame alum Danielle Green.  She is an inspiration...

LINK:  DANIELLE'S ACCEPTANCE SPEECH

Notre Dame's Joe Schmidt and Jarret Grace



Joe Schmidt



Jarret Grace