You will not believe that Nick O'Leary -- a football player at Florida State University and the grandson of hall of famer Jack Nicklaus -- walked away from this motorcycle crash. Incredible!
In the past 24 hours -- Robby Toma '13, signed a contract with the Arizona Cardinals and will compete for a spot on their 53 man roster. Toma, the high school pal of Manti Te'o will be lining up alongside former teammate and Notre Dame All-American Michael Floyd.
Over the past few months a few coaches have openly questioned the deal the Atlantic Coast Conference struck with Notre Dame. This past Sunday, ACC Commissioner Jack Swofford spoke about why the deal was important to make for their conference -- here's a link to the story:
If you're looking to see the Fightin' Irish of Notre Dame football team play a game this fall -- CALL BEGINNING AT 8:30 AM ET tomorrow morning! The Notre Dame ticket office will be selling tickets to these games:
August 31: Temple -- you can buy up to four tickets
October 8: Arizona State -- game at Cowboys Stadium (you can buy up to eight end zone tickets)
November 2: Navy -- you can buy up to eight tickets
November 23: BYI -- you can buy up to eight tickets
The Chicago Blackhawks announced today that they have picked the University of Notre Dame's Compton Family Ice Arena to train for four days in September (12th to the 15th).
The Stanley Cup Champions' General Manager is none other than Domer Stan Bowman '95, -- who's named after the Stanley Cup -- so I'm not surprised he's bringing his team "home" to Notre Dame.
The University of Florida's Antonio Morrison (pictured) -- expected to be their starting middle linebacker this fall -- was arrested early this morning for BARKING AT A POLICE DOG and then resisting arrest.
These two photos were recently "tweeted" by Ryan Grooms, Notre Dame's Football Equipment Manager. The top photo is the shirt the Irish players will wear under their shoulder pads. The bottom photo is a shot of the ND shoulder pads the freshmen will be wearing. Ryan's twitter handle is @NDFBEquipment
Six college football players joined a federal lawsuit against the NCAA this week.
Here's a link to the ESPN story -- which also announced that the NCAA would not re-up its contract with EA Sports and their popular college football video game.
Notre Dame senior Jamie Rae, representing his home country of Canada at the World University Games, finished second in the 1,500 meters -- after a stumble in the last turn.
I posted a story Wednesday about South Carolina's Steve Spurrier and his comments concerning Notre Dame and the respect we're given by the major conference commissioners. Well, the South Bend Tribune's Al Lesar decided to respond to the "ol' bawl coach."
Former Notre Dame basketball player Jack Cooley '13 scored 20 points and grabbed 12 rebounds in a NBA Summer League game last night for the Memphis Grizzlies. He's now gone for a "double double" in back to back games!
Notre Dame head football coach Brian Kelly was a guest this afternoon on ESPN's Scott Van Pelt Radio Show -- talkin' the state of his football team and the upcoming season:
Domer Regis Philbin '53, was given a pair of the new Google Glasses to give them a try -- while visiting the gang at the Wall Street Journal -- you'll get a kick out of this.
Thanks to the gang at the DAILY DOMER for this story!
Morgan Andrews was just named the GATORADE ATHLETE OF THE YEAR for all of high school women's sports!
Andrews is the #1 ranked women's soccer recruit in the country and she'll be arriving in South Bend next month to play for Randy Waldrum's Fighting Irish. Here's the media coverage coming out this afternoon:
The SEC had their big press junket last night and each of their football coaches took the podium to talk about the upcoming season -- and as you'll see in this story, a few other subjects as well.
The big news of the night came from Steve Spurrier, the head coach at South Carolina, who decided to take on our Fightin' Irish and their position "at the table with all of the conference commissioners.". I'll let you read and see what he had to say:
Former Notre Dame football co-captain, Byron Spruell '87 (he played offensive tackle for Lou Holtz in the late 80's) was just named vice chairman of Deloitte LLP, Central region managing principal and Chicago office managing principal.
Seattle Seahawks QB and former Notre Dame All-American Brady Quinn '07, was the subject of a wonderful story today. If you're a fan of Brady Quinn -- you'll want to read this!
Former Notre Dame defensive tackle Ian Williams is in a battle right now with former LSU star Glen Dorsey for the starting nose tackle position in the San Francisco 49ers' "3-4" defense. Here's the story:
A former student manager for Lou Holtz -- Bryan Fenton '87, was nominated earlier this month by President Obama to become Brigadier General. The career Special Forces officer is currently director of operations, Joint Special Operations Command, U.S. Special Operations Command, Fort Bragg, N.C.
Notre Dame Football Equipment Manager, Ryan Grooms -- "tweeted" this photo today of the Adidas shoes the IRISH will be wearing this season. Over 700 pairs showed up today...
A few members of the Notre Dame football team were at Mishawaka's "Strikes n' Spares" this Sunday morning to raise money for cancer research. The gang at WNDU-TV tagged along and filed this story -- there is a second link to a story in the South Bend Tribune:
As you can see they're getting close to completing the work on a new "field turf" playing surface for Notre Dame's rugby teams and recreational sports. It's located in an area just east and north of Stepan Center.
If you ever think you CAN'T -- you better watch this! I know I'll be tuning in to Wednesday night's ESPY AWARDS on ESPN to see Dick and Rick receive the "Jimmy V Award." Won't be a dry eye in the place.
Phil Steele just came out with his analysis of the toughest schedules for the upcoming 2013 college football season and Notre Dame's opponents rank the #13 most difficult. Here's a link:
Former Notre Dame All-American, NFL Hall of Famer and Minnesota Supreme Court Justice -- Alan Page, recently wrote a children's book with his daughter...
The title "Alan and His Perfectly Pointy, Impossibly Perpendicular Pinky" -- speaks to a broken pinky finger from his days with the Minnesota Vikings. (see the broken pinky finger in above photo)
Here's a link to a TV interview of Alan and his daughter Kamie:
Former Notre Dame All-American Skylar Diggins led her Tulsa Shock in scoring last night in their loss to the Los Angeles Sparks. It was the FIRST TIME in her WNBA career that she was her team's leading scorer. Skylar finished with 19 points -- here's the story:
Keep an eye out this summer for this BUS -- which carries the name of every Catholic school in America. Notre Dame's Alliance for Catholic Education (ACE) will be celebrating their twentieth anniversary with a national bus tour that will take it to more than 40 cities.
Notre Dame Football's Equipment Manager -- Ryan Grooms "tweeted this photo" of the "practice helmets" he's preparing for the freshmen football players for the Fightin' Irish!
The Minnesota Vikings and the NFL sent three former Notre Dame football stars to the United Kingdom to promote their game against the Pittsburgh Steelers this September at Wembley Stadium.
Along the way -- John Sullivan, Kyle Rudolph and Harrison Smith learned a new game...
A TV station in Myrtle Beach, SC caught up with former Notre Dame student-athlete Everett Golson as he was preparing to play in a basketball game. Golson didn't want to answer any questions about what happened -- but, he did say he was coming back...
Click on the link below to watch the entire interview:
He's one of the best left tackles in college football -- and if you remember recruiting rankings he wasn't one of the most sought after high school stars at his position...
Yet today -- as Coach Martin will tell you; "He's the best player at his position in our football program." Pretty high praise. Notre Dame fans will enjoy this story:
Former Notre Dame All-American wide receiver Jeff Samardzija is 3rd in the National League and 7th in Major League Baseball with 120 strikeouts in 113 innings pitched! His 113 innings pitched is 7th most in the National League.
Jeff's 3.34 ERA is 23rd best in the National League and 35th best in Major League Baseball.
The former sixth round draft pick out of Notre Dame is now considered "one of the best football players in the world..."
John Sullivan '07, has five years of NFL football under his belt with the Minnesota Vikings -- and he's now getting the recognition he's EARNED. In this series called All-22 All-Star Team -- the writer selects the top 22 most under appreciated football players in the NFL.
The University of Notre Dame's official photographer, Matt Cashore (@mattcashore) -- just "tweeted" this photo of the "green" roof at the Morris Inn. The Morris Inn has undergone a serious renovation since last October that is scheduled for completion by August 29th.
I had no idea this was growing on top of the Morris Inn roof!
150 years ago -- a Holy Cross priest by the name of Corby, stood on a rock overlooking the Gettysburg battlefield giving general absolution and blessing to Union and Confederate troops.
There were 51,112 casualties (dead, wounded and missing soldiers) -- from the three days of fighting.
Fr. William Corby, C.S.C. -- later went on to become the 3rd president of the University of Notre Dame.
The folks at Fighting Irish Digital Media sat down with Notre Dame defensive tackle Louis Nix to talk about a variety of subjects -- you're going to love this!
Former Notre Dame All-American, NFL Hall of Famer and Minnesota Supreme Court Associate Justice Alan Page '67, is seen in this photo "tweeted" by former IRISH offensive lineman and NFL veteran Ryan Harris '07. The two IRISH stars were in attendance tonight at the Notre Dame Club of Minnesota's Page Scholarship event.