Bonzie Colson & Matt Farrel Make NBA Choices

Bonzie Colson has committed to play for the Cleveland Cavaliers Summer League Team and Matt Farrell will play for the Miami Heat's Summer League Team.

Still awaiting word on where Martinas Geben will play...

Go get it!

1.5 Million Notre Dame Fans and Counting!

When I started this blog eight years ago -- I could have never dreamed this big...

At 10:23 PM ET this evening -- unique Notre Dame fun number 1,500,000 showed up for the first time at my ND GO IRISH BLOG.   Fighting Irish Fan number 1.5 million hails from Spring, Texas!

It all began on January 24, 2010 with this simple little post -- POST #1 -- and he we are 3,071 days later and this is POST number 20,343.

For you "math majors" out there that's an average of 6.6 positive stories -- EVERY SINGLE DAY -- over these last eight years about the University we all love.  Pretty crazy isn't it...

Thanks for making the ND GO IRISH BLOG one of your stops on the worldwide web -- where you can read positive news about the University of Notre Dame, its students, faculty staff, alumni, parents and friends.

I hope I have a few more days and stories in me to share about Notre Dame.

Thanks 1.5 million!!!

Equanimeous Holding His Own in Green Bay

The former Notre Dame wide receiver is putting on a show in Green Bay during the Packer's mini camp...

LINK:  EQ

Photos of Incoming Freshmen Working Out

 John Dirksen

 Tommy Tremble #24

 Shayne Simon

 Jayson Ademilola

The Fighting Irish Football Team is back on campus -- getting tuned up for the 2018 Football Season.  Here's a few of the incoming freshmen at work today.

Vote For Arike's Game Winner for the ESPYS

Vote below...

LINK:  ARIKE'S GAME WINNER

Here's Why You Come to Notre Dame...

Last week we completed our 2018 #4for40 Excellence BeyoND program with a career trek to Chicago.

Check it out ⬇️#GoIrish ☘ pic.twitter.com/3dSTGKK9tf

— Notre Dame Football (@NDFootball) June 20, 2018

Domer Lili Thompson Drafted by Globetrotters!

Former Notre Dame women's basketball team member (and National Champion) Lili Thompson -- was one of five players drafted today by the world famous Harlem Globetrotters!

Notre Dame fans will recall that Lili tore her ACL in early January -- ending her season and Notre Dame career way too early...

This should be fun!

LINK:  STORY

The Freshmen FB Players Arrive at Notre Dame

The freshmen have officially arrived and are ready to make their mark. #GoIrish ☘ #IrishBouND18 pic.twitter.com/8VcvTFwgM0

— Notre Dame Football (@NDFootball) June 19, 2018

Arike Commemorates a National Championship

Go Irish ☘️ pic.twitter.com/dIdskrCjjX

— Arike Ogunbowale (@Arike_O) June 17, 2018

Look Who Is Leading the WNBA in Scoring!

 

She played under the Golden Dome...

LINK:  WNBA STATS

What Your Father Gives You -- Your Name...

On Father's Day -- I'm always reminded of the gift every Dad gives their kids -- their NAME.

That's my Dad in the photo above, he's on the right, sitting next to Al Kaline who is sitting next to Harvey Kuehn in the Detroit Tiger's dugout...

This is one of my "two" all-time favorite poems...

Your Family Name

You got it from your father
It was all he had to give
So it's yours to use and cherish
For as long as you may live

If you lost the watch he gave you
It can always be replaced;
But a black mark on your name
Can never be erased

It was clean the day you took it
And a worthy name to bear
When he got it from his father
There was no dishonor there

So make sure you guard it wisely
After all is said and done
You'll be glad the name is spotless
When you give it to your son

Happy Father's Day to My Dad & All the Dads!

This is a photo of my Dad (in the middle) celebrating the news, with four of his teammates, that he had just become a Dad for the first time!

He was a professional baseball player and in the middle of a road trip when word got to the team that I was born.  Back in the "good old days" baseball teams didn't allow you to stay home for the birth of a child.  Thankfully, those days are in the past...

I've been very lucky to have a wonderful Dad in my life -- who is as big of a Notre Dame fan as me!

Happy Father's Day -- DAD!

On a side note -- I had never seen this photo until a week ago.  My Aunt Barb found this in a box and gave it to my cousin Mike Doyle to text it to me to see if I could identify who was in the photo with my Dad. 

Mike McGlinchey and Joe Staley's "Bromance"

The two offensive tackles share a common bond in San Francisco -- they both played for Brian Kelly...

LINK:  STORY

OT: FSU Bulldog Super Fan in Tennessee!

I received a text this morning from my cousin Patrick Doyle (like me, a huge Notre Dame fan) with a photo of a young man named Dan DelGrosso (pictured above) sporting a Ferris State Bulldogs National Championship T-shirt at Two Rivers Ford in Mt. Juliet, TN.

Our Ferris State Bulldogs won the NCAA Division II National Championship in basketball this past April!

Dan, a 1973 Ferris grad, grew up in Dearborn, MI -- but now calls the Volunteer State home.  Pat's son Dustin (he's my cousin but, I think of him as a nephew) works with Dan in their Commercial Sales Department.

I loved seeing Dan representing the "crimson and gold" of Ferris (my alma mater and Pat's too!) in an area fond of the color orange...

When was the last time they won a National Championship in Tennessee?

Thanks Dan!

Go Bulldogs!

Zack Martin -- Biggest NFL Contract in History!

In the last 24 hours, former Notre Dame All-American Zack Martin signed a contract extension with the Dallas Cowboys for six years and $84,000,000.  The largest contract in NFL history for an Offensive Guard!

The link below is of a TV interview he did today...

LINK:  RECORD SETTING CONTRACT

LINK:  DALLAS MORNING NEWS STORY

Kelly Cares -- Notre Dame Football 101

Domer Jimmy Dunne -- Golf Channel Story

Getting the ND Football Gear Ready...

Notre Dame Football vs. The Force

ESPN's "Way to Early Top 25" CFB Rankings

I was surprised to see the Fighting Irish ranked this high.

LINK:  RANKINGS