Photo of the Day: Torii Hunter in ND Gear!

It's Spring Training in Lakeland, FL today for the American League Champion Detroit Tigers -- and the proud papa of a "soon to be" Notre Dame student-athlete was reppin' the Fightin' Irish!

The "Harlem Shake" -- Notre Dame Style!

Last night -- around 11 PM ET -- a number of students at the University of Notre Dame performed the latest dance craze sweeping YOUTUBE and the morning TV shows -- it's called the HARLEM SHAKE.

Enjoy!

LINK:  THE HARLEM SHAKE @ NOTRE DAME

Another OT Win for the Irish Over DePaul

The IRISH led by as many as 12 points in the second half -- but couldn't hold off a late rally by DePaul to take the game into overtime.  The third game in the last four for Notre Dame to go extra time.  Fortunately, the IRISH have won all three of those games and are now 20 - 5 on the season.

LINK:  GAME HIGHLIGHTS

LINK:  SOUTH BEND TRIBUNE STORY

ND Student Who Made $18,000 Shot: His Story

This is a "must-read" story for entire Notre Dame family -- click on the link below:

LINK:  CASEY MURDOCK'S STORY

Gatorade Player of the Year Signs with ND!

Notre Dame women's soccer coach Randy Waldrum announced today the signing of six of the top high school soccer players in the country -- including the #1 ranked player Morgan Andrews (photo holding the Gatorade POY trophy)!

Morgan did "double duty" kicking field goals for her high school football team.  She made a 33 yard field goal to beat their arch-rival -- on a day she played soccer and football -- see the story below!

Here's a link to an ESPN story on Andrews, a link to a hometown paper story and a link to Notre Dame's official release.

LINK:  AMERICA'S TOP PLAYER

LINK:  KICKS WINNING FIELD GOAL!

LINK:  NOTRE DAME'S CLASS

Cardinal Turkson to Celebrate Mass at ND!!!

He's one of the Cardinals being discussed as a leading candidate to replace Pope Benedict XVI -- and, he's scheduled to be at the University of Notre Dame the first weekend in March!

Cardinal Peter Turkson the Archbishop of Cape Coast -- Ghana -- is expected to be celebrating the 10 AM Mass at the Basilica of Sacred Heart on Sunday, March 3rd.

LINK:  BRITISH BOOKMAKERS NAME HIM THE FAVORITE

LINK:  ONE OF THE FAVORITES

LINK:  TWO CARDINALS IN THE RUNNING

Irish a #6 Seed in First Look at NCAA Bracket

ESPN's Joe Lunardi -- their resident "bracketologist" -- just released his first look at what he projects as the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament field this March.  You'll see NOTRE DAME gets a first round match-up with Illinois...

LINK:  NCAA BRACKET

Can't Watch This Enough -- Five OT Thriller!

The gang at Fighting Irish Digital Media produced this piece on the FIVE OT WIN Saturday night over #11 Louisville.  It was a huge win -- on many fronts -- for Notre Dame.  I'm also attaching a link to a New York Times story about the game...

Enjoy!

LINK:  FIVE OT THRILLER

LINK:  NEW YORK TIMES STORY

Photo of the Day: Coach Kelly at Pebble Beach

Notre Dame head football coach Brian Kelly is seen here walking down a fairway with San Francisco 49ers' Jim Harbaugh during Sunday's final round of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am.  Coach Kelly and his PGA Tour playing partner James Driscoll finished in 23rd place.

OT -- A Story You Must See...

I learned of this story during a meeting at Notre Dame this afternoon.

Two Oregon high school basketball players, on opposing teams -- created a moment that will touch your soul...

Enjoy.

LINK:  A STORY YOU MUST SEE

The Mornin' After ND's Historic Hoops Win!!!

It was a NOTRE DAME MOMENT...

The IRISH took FIVE OVERTIMES -- over a two day period -- to beat #11 Louisville 104 - 101 last night.  Here's what the media has to say about "Sunday morning's" historic win for Notre Dame:

LINK:  EAMONN BRENNAN -- ESPN

LINK:  DICK VITALE -- ESPN

LINK:  SCOTT GLEESON -- USA TODAY

LINK:  ERIC ANGEVINE -- NBC 

LINK:  C.L. BROWN -- LOUISVILLE COURIER JOURNAL

LINK:  MIKE DeCOURCY -- SPORTING NEWS

LINK:  BRIAN HAMILTON -- CHICAGO TRIBUNE

LINK:  TOM NOIE -- SOUTH BEND TRIBUNE

LINK:  TOM COYNE -- ASSOCIATED PRESS

LINK:  WSBT -- INTERVIEW OF JERIAN GRANT

LINK:  WSBT -- INTERVIEW OF ERIC ATKINS

LINK:  WSBT -- IRISH FANS STORM COURT

TOOK 5 OT's -- WHAT A WIN FOR THE IRISH!

The folks sitting in front of us left -- with three minutes to go in regulation time -- saying "We've had enough of this..."

Those of us that stayed -- WITNESSED HISTORY!

The first regular season game to go five overtimes in BIG EAST HISTORY -- and the first five overtime game in the 115 year history of Notre Dame basketball.

And, the IRISH WIN 104 - 101 over the 11th ranked Louisville Cardinals !

Here's some of the quick highlights:

• Jerian Grant scores 12 straight points in 28.6 seconds at the end of regulation to put the game in overtime -- after not making a shot from the floor in the first 39 minutes of the game!
• In OT -- coming off the bench in the second OT period, Garrick Sherman scores 17 points and grabs six rebounds
• Four Irish players foul out -- including three starters
• And we needed every scholarship player to finish this game out...

FOLKS -- YOU HAVE TO LISTEN TO JACK NOLAN'S CALL OF THE GAME -- it's the link called GAME HIGHLIGHTS.  A classic!

LINK:  ESPN COVERAGE 

LINK:  GAME HIGHLIGHTS

2nd Anniversary of Grandma Barb's Death...

Woke up this morning thinking about my Grandma Barb Doyle...

It was two years ago today -- about 9:40 PM ET -- that I received the phone call from my Mom that Grandma had left for heaven.

I was sitting in a South Bend restaurant at a table with Bobby Knight, Digger Phelps, Rece Davis and some friends of mine from Notre Dame -- minutes after the IRISH had beat Louisville in overtime.

And now, here we are two years later and ESPN's in town again for a Notre Dame basketball game with Louisville.

Tip-off is slated for around 9 PM an I'll be in the seats cheering on the IRISH and saying a Hail Mary for my Grandma.

I miss you Grandma...

The photo above is of my Grandma Barb Doyle at the age of 93 -- standing with her great-grandson Jimmy -- our oldest.

Coach Kelly Day 3 @ Pebble Beach Pro-Am

The Third Round of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am  is almost in the books and Notre Dame head football coach Brian Kelly and his PGA Tour playing partner James Driscoll are currently TIED FOR ELEVENTH with a NINETEEN UNDER score!

The top 25 scores and ties -- will play tomorrow in Sunday's final round -- looks like Coach Kelly will make the cut!

You'll want to tune-in to CBS at 3:00 PM ET to watch the final round.

LINK:  LIVE LEADERBOARD

Notre Dame Student Makes Shot for $18,000!

Casey Murdock '13, a senior finance major at the University of Notre Dame made a half-court shot today, during ESPN's College GameDay Show, to win a check from State Farm Insurance for $18,000 !!!

You have to see the video!

LINK:  NOTRE DAME STUDENT MAKES HALF-COURT SHOT

LINK:  ESPN GAMEDAY AT NOTRE DAME

College GameDay -- Only Sixth Time in History!

ESPN's College GameDay crew is back on the Notre Dame campus this weekend to cover tonight's game between Louisville and our Fighting Irish. 

This marks only the SIXTH TIME in history that ESPN's College GameDay has been on the same campus -- for two separate sports -- during the same academic year.  

Irish fans will recall that College GameDay was here for the Stanford football game.

Here are the six college campuses:

• Oklahoma State
• Texas
• Ohio State
• Florida State
• Michigan
• Notre Dame

LINK:  STORY

Todd Lyght & Rick Minter Join Eagles' Staff

Chip Kelly announced the hiring of a couple names -- familiar to many Notre Dame fans -- to his Philadelphia Eagles coaching staff.

Former "two-time" Notre Dame All American Todd Lyght (photo above) will become the Assistant Defensive Backs Coach and former Irish defensive coordinator Rick Minter will become the Inside Linebackers Coach.  Here's the story:

LINK:  KELLY ANNOUNCES EAGLES' STAFF

Digger Phelps Firing Up Notre Dame Students!

ESPN's Richard "Digger" Phelps -- returned home to Notre Dame last night to visit the dining halls on campus to motivate the "Leprechaun Legion" to turn-out for tomorrow's COLLEGE GAMEDAY SHOW at Purcell Pavilion.

Here's a story and video of Digger doing his thing:

LINK:  DIGGER BACK ON CAMPUS

Photo of the Day: ESPN's Rece Davis at ND!

ESPN's Rece Davis is on campus today with his cohorts from COLLEGE GAMEDAY -- preparing for tomorrow night's hoops game between the IRISH and Louisville.  Here Rece is "prepping" for tomorrow's show in the ND Training Room with Jack Cooley...   

Tonight at 10 PM -- a College Gameday Campout in the JAAC will be held -- click here for details.

Photo "tweeted" by @NDSportsBlogger -- Josh Flynt

Coach Brian Kelly -- Lowest Round of the Day!

The AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am is in its second day and Notre Dame head coach Brian Kelly's pro-am team is currently sitting in a tie for 22nd with a score of -11 after two rounds of play. 

Coach Kelly contributed 4 strokes today to their team's 9 UNDER PAR score -- the lowest score today!

The teams with the top 25 scores and ties -- after tomorrow's third round -- will advance to Sunday's final round!   Look for Coach Kelly during tomorrow's telecast of the tournament:

• Golf Channel from 1:00 PM ET to 2:30 PM ET
• CBS from 3:00 PM ET to 6:00 PM ET

LINK:  LIVE LEADERBOARD