The former Fighting Irish star, Super Bowl Champ and NFL MVP -- sat down with my old colleague Kelly Elbin to talk about the upcoming celebrity golf tournament in Lake Tahoe...
Thursday, July 11, 2024
Joe Theismann Talks American Century Celebrity Golf
Wednesday, July 3, 2024
Ian Cole Signs Deal w/ Utah Hockey Club
Domer Ian Cole just signed a one-year deal with the NHL's Utah Hockey Club worth $3,100,000. This guaranteed contract moves Cole, on Notre Dame's all-time professional sports compensation list, to just behind NFL Hall of Famer Jerome Bettis!
- Monty Williams: $125,900,000
- Harrison Smith: $122,735,243 -- not guaranteed, contract to 2026
- Quenton Nelson: $118,010,393 -- not guaranteed, contract to 2026
- Mike McGlinchey: $116,981,966 -- not guaranteed, contract to 2026
- Jeff Samardzija: $116,341,666
- Zack Martin: $113,240,531 -- not guaranteed, contract to 2025
- Ronnie Stanley: $108,645,183 -- not guaranteed, contract to 2024
- AJ Pollock: $78,498,337
- Anders Lee: $66,044,038 -- guaranteed contract to 2025
- Troy Murphy: $66,000,000
- Kyle Rudolph: $59,936,853
- Cole Kmet: $59,161,763 -- not guaranteed, contract to 2027
- Golden Tate: $56,421,672
- Stephon Tuitt: $55,710,551
- Brad Lidge: $55,335,000
- Pat Connaughton: $50,727,479 -- guaranteed contract to 2026
- Kyle Palmieri: $50,192,154 -- guaranteed contract to 2025
- Bryan Rust: $46,670,000 -- guaranteed contract to 2028
- Bryant Young: $44,000,000
- Justin Tuck: $43,248,463
- Romeo Okwara: $36,855,601
- John Sullivan: $35,800,027
- Jerome Bettis: $35,122,500
- Ian Cole: $35,049,694 -- guaranteed contract to 2025
- Jeff Faine: $34,456,892
- Will Fuller: $34,246,582
- Jaylon Smith: $33,316,297 -- free agent
- Joe Alt: $33,160,944 -- guaranteed contract to 2027
- Matt Carroll: $29,537,032
- Tim Brown: $28,432,686
- Laphonso Ellis: $27,939,000
- Rocket Ismail: $27,885,021
- Tyler Eifert: $26,310,317
- Joe Montana: $26,000,000
- Nick Martin: $25,185,579 -- free agent
- Steve Beuerlein: $22,238,265
Monday, June 24, 2024
Saturday, June 22, 2024
Monty Williams Climbs Up ND's Highest Paid List
This past week the Detroit Pistons made the decision to let Notre Dame alum Monty Williams go while still owing him $65 million for the remaining years of his contract. Williams made $7.9 million during his NBA playing career.
Add on his years as a NBA coach -- with three head coaching stints in New Orleans, Phoenix and Detroit -- Monty did quite well.
NBA head coaching salaries are rarely made public. Monty was a head coach for nine seasons, before signing his huge contract with the Pistons. Let's assume that Williams made on average $4 million per year (conservative assumption) over those nine seasons as a head coach and $500,000 per season (conservative assumption) during his 7 seasons as an NBA assistant coach. This would total $39.5 million.
Williams' Detroit Pistons contract totaled $78.5 million -- add up all of his compensation in professional sports and you have: $125,900,000 -- which places him FIRST on the all-time list of former Notre Dame student-athletes:
- Monty Williams: $125,900,000
- Harrison Smith: $122,735,243 -- not guaranteed, contract to 2026
- Quenton Nelson: $118,010,393 -- not guaranteed, contract to 2026
- Mike McGlinchey: $116,981,966 -- not guaranteed, contract to 2026
- Jeff Samardzija: $116,341,666
- Zack Martin: $113,240,531 -- not guaranteed, contract to 2025
- Ronnie Stanley: $108,645,183 -- not guaranteed, contract to 2024
- AJ Pollock: $78,498,337
- Anders Lee: $66,044,038 -- guaranteed contract to 2025
- Troy Murphy: $66,000,000
- Kyle Rudolph: $59,936,853
- Cole Kmet: $59,161,763 -- not guaranteed, contract to 2027
- Golden Tate: $56,421,672
- Stephon Tuitt: $55,710,551
- Brad Lidge: $55,335,000
- Pat Connaughton: $50,727,479 -- guaranteed contract to 2026
- Kyle Palmieri: $50,192,154 -- guaranteed contract to 2025
- Bryan Rust: $46,670,000 -- guaranteed contract to 2028
- Bryant Young: $44,000,000
- Justin Tuck: $43,248,463
- Romeo Okwara: $36,855,601
- John Sullivan: $35,800,027
- Jerome Bettis: $35,122,500
- Jeff Faine: $34,456,892
- Will Fuller: $34,246,582
- Jaylon Smith: $33,316,297 -- free agent
- Joe Alt: $33,160,944 -- guaranteed contract to 2027
- Ian Cole: $31,949,694 -- free agent
- Matt Carroll: $29,537,032
- Tim Brown: $28,432,686
- Laphonso Ellis: $27,939,000
- Rocket Ismail: $27,885,021
- Tyler Eifert: $26,310,317
- Joe Montana: $26,000,000
- Nick Martin: $25,185,579 -- free agent
- Steve Beuerlein: $22,238,265
Thursday, June 20, 2024
Monday, June 17, 2024
Ian Book's Wedding Photos from Notre Dame's Campus
Sunday, June 16, 2024
Domer Skip Holtz's "Personal Three-Peat" Champs!!!
Skip Holtz just won his third straight USFL / United Football League Championship!
Congrats Skip!
Skip Holtz shares a special Father's Day message after receiving the UFL Championship Trophy 🏆❤️ pic.twitter.com/13wRypeqFX
— United Football League (@TheUFL) June 17, 2024
Top Non-Conference Games in College Football - 2024
There is only one team who falls on this list THREE TIMES...
Fast forward the video to the 15:47 mark to see where Notre Dame falls on the list for the first time.
Monday, June 10, 2024
Sunday, June 9, 2024
Future Domer "Deuce" Playing in 7on7 Tournament
Deuce Knight's team just beat "the #1 ranked 7-on-7 team in the world" to advance to the Championship game -- which will be televised at 5 PM ET on NFL NETWORK. Be sure to tune in!!!
Advance the video to the 3:03:18 mark to see his most recent game.
Bralan Womack -- who camped at Notre Dame this past week, and received a scholarship offer, is a teammate of Deuce's on the Coastal Stars.
Domer Pat Connaughton Wins Celebrity Pro-AM
Top photo is Pat with Andy North. Their -6 score won the AmFam Championship Celebrity Pro-AM this week in Madison, WI. The bottom photo is Pat with his fiance Ryan Gareis (Houston Dash) and their son Crew Leo Connaughton who was born on May 3rd.
LINK: CONNAUGHTON / GAREIS ENGAGEMENT
Greg McIlroy Talks "Low Ceiling / High Floor" for Irish
The Notre Dame talks at the 20:11 mark -- fast forward to this spot.
Friday, June 7, 2024
Wednesday, June 5, 2024
Tuesday, June 4, 2024
Monday, June 3, 2024
The University of Notre Dame's New Team Leader!
The eighteenth president of the University of Notre Dame started his duties on Saturday! Fr. Bob Dowd, C.S.C. -- who I've been fortunate to get to know -- is a wonderful man with an interesting back story.
Here''s a great look into Notre Dame's new leader of the team!
LINK: FR. BOB DOWD, C.S.C.