Saturday, February 13, 2016
Notre Dame All-Time Great Leaves for Heaven
Heisman Trophy winner Johnny Lattner '54, died this morning from lung cancer. Lattner was 83 years-old.
LINK: LATTNER
Notre Dame Now Tied For 3rd Place in ACC
The win over Louisville and Duke's buzzer beater over Virginia -- puts the Fighting Irish in a tie for 3rd place --- a game behind North Carolina.
Here's a link to the ACC standings:
LINK: ACC STANDINGS
Notre Dame Beats #13 Louisville 71 - 66
Let's hope this win finally gets Notre Dame back into the TOP 25!!!
Skylar Walks the Runway at NY Fashion Week!
Former Notre Dame All-American and WNBA star Skyar Diggins was in NYC Thursday night for the American Heart Associations' "GO RED FOR WOMEN RED DRESS" fashion show during New York Fashion Week.
Here's a the LIVE VIDEO from Thursday night's event:
LINK: GO RED FOR WOMEN -- LIVE EVENT
Coach Brey Talks With Media About Louisville
The Fighting Irish take on Louisville today at 4:00 PM ET -- the game is sold out -- but, you can watch it at home on ESPN2.
Muffet a Finalist for Basketball Hall of Fame!
The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame announced 14 finalists yesterday during the NBA All-Star Weekend in Toronto -- and Notre Dame's Muffet McGraw was on the list!
Now Muffet has to wait...
The Class of 2016 for the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame will be announced April 4 at a press conference in Houston, Texas, prior to the NCAA Division I men’s basketball championship game. A finalist needs 18 of 24 votes from the Hall’s Honors Committee for election, with this year’s enshrinement festivities scheduled for Sept. 8-10 in Springfield, Massachusetts.
LINK: MUFFET A FINALIST!
Now Muffet has to wait...
The Class of 2016 for the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame will be announced April 4 at a press conference in Houston, Texas, prior to the NCAA Division I men’s basketball championship game. A finalist needs 18 of 24 votes from the Hall’s Honors Committee for election, with this year’s enshrinement festivities scheduled for Sept. 8-10 in Springfield, Massachusetts.
LINK: MUFFET A FINALIST!
Friday, February 12, 2016
Domers Playing in 2016 AT&T National Pro-AM
Notre Dame Board of Trustee Jimmy Dunne '78 a long with fellow Notre Dame alums Condoleezza Rice '75 and John Veihmeyer '77 are playing this week in the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am .
Dunne and his professional playing partner Patrick Reed are in a tie for 35th place with fellow Domer Veihmeyer and his professional playing partner Phil Mickelson at -11. Condi and her professional playing partner Jason Bohn are tied for 115th place at -5, after the first two rounds.
The fun thing for Notre Dame fans today is Dunne and Veihmeyer are playing in the same foursome. -- they will be playing Pebble Beach's "back nine" first on Saturday -- teeing off at 12:39 PM ET. This group should get plenty of TV time since Mickelson is in second place -- among the professionals -- going into tomorrow's third round.
You may recall that last year Dunne and Reed teamed up to finish THIRD in last year's tournament! They will have to move up to the TOP 25 teams to make the cut to play in Sunday's final round.
TV coverage of Saturday's third round is as follows:
- GOLF CHANNEL: 1:00 PM ET to 2:30 PM ET
- CBS: 3:00 PM ET to 6:00 PM ET
LINK: SCOREBOARD
Will Fuller Reaches 22.2 MPH on Treadmill!
The former Notre Dame wide-receiver is training for the 2016 NFL Combine -- see link below to how he's training for the vertical jump test:This is what 22.2 mph looks like@Will_Fuller7 is going to make a splash at the combine. #PathtotheDraft #PROcasthttps://t.co/SlWfIZGYAK— FOX Sports: PROcast (@Procast) February 12, 2016
LINK: WILL FULLER -- VERTICAL JUMP
LINK: IS 22.2 MPH FAST?
Thursday, February 11, 2016
Corey Robinson: ND Student Body President!
The results of the Notre Dame Student Body President & Vice President election were just released and the ticket of Corey Robinson '17 and Becca Blais '18 -- won!
Here's how Corey and Becca told their story to the Notre Dame student-body:
LINK: CAMPAIGN WEBSITE
Wednesday, February 10, 2016
Domer Dad Drops Out of Presidential Race
New Jersey Governor -- and Notre Dame parent -- Chris Christie announced this afternoon that he was suspending his campaign for President of the United States of America.
Tuesday, February 9, 2016
Domer Tommy Rees Now a NFL Asst. Coach
Former Notre Dame QB Tommy Rees has a new gig -- he was hired today as an Offensive Assistant with the San Diego Chargers. Tommy worked on the Northwestern Wildcats staff this past season...
LINK: CHARGERS HIRE REES
Monday, February 8, 2016
Domer Golden Tate Plays Trump National
You're going to love seeing Golden Tate "reppin" his alma mater in this Young Hollywood TV story called "Beyond the Athlete..."
Notre Dame vs. Clemson Tonight on ESPNU
The Fighting Irish get back in action tonight at Clemson -- where they take on a Tiger team that is coming off of a loss Saturday night to Virginia Tech (highlights above). Clemson has never beaten Notre Dame in basketball -- Irish lead the series 3 - 0.
Game tips off at 9:00 PM ET on ESPNU -- GO IRISH!
Sunday, February 7, 2016
26 Straight Wins in Games Less Than 10 pts!!!
How excited were we to get this road win and stay atop the ACC?!?!— NOTRE DAME WBB (@ndwbb) February 7, 2016
Unbelievable 🍀 pic.twitter.com/ix2aaKTyJT
Here's the Fighting Irish celebrating their latest victory...
That's 26 straight wins for Notre Dame in games decided by TEN POINTS or less!
Muffet's Irish -- Just Win Baby! 49 - 1 in ACC!!!
If you watched this game -- you had to doubt if Notre Dame would find a way to win -- trailing the entire way...
Madison Cable's three pointer (video above) with 2:01 left in the game was the shot of the game in #3 Notre Dame's 66 - 61 win over #13 Louisville. The victory broke Louisville's 15 game winning streak!
LINK: BOX SCORE
All of the Super Bowl 50 TV Commercials!!!
Here they are -- in alphabetical order -- all of the Super Bowl 50 TV spots that will play today.
Some of the prime time placements cost $5 million -- for the ad time for a 30 second spot!
LINK: ALPHABETICAL LIST OF SUPER BOWL SPOTS
Domer Bruton Will Watch From SB 50 Sideline
Denver Broncos' team captain David Bruton, Jr. (a Notre Dame alum) who broke his leg in a December game against the Steelers, will be watching his teammates from the sideline today...
LINK: DAVID BRUTON, JR.
Domer Ryan Harris' First Super Bowl!
The former Notre Dame offensive lineman -- and eight year NFL vet -- will be playing in his first Super Bowl today at offensive tackle for the Denver Broncos.
LINK: A LONG-TIME COMING
Long Snapping to Notre Dame & Super Bowl 50!
Notre Dame alum J.J. Jansen is playing in his first Super Bowl today for the Carolina Panthers. The NFL Pro Bowl selection in 2014 -- and former walk-on for the Fighting Irish football team -- just finished his seventh season in the NFL.
LINK: J.J. JANSEN
Another Domer Elected to Pro Football HOF!
Eddie DeBartolo Jr. '68 -- was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame last night! He's the 13th Notre Dame alum to receive this honor -- the most of any college in America!
- Eddie Debartolo, Jr.
- Jerome Bettis
- Tim Brown
- Nick Buoniconti
- Dave Casper
- George Connor
- Paul Hornung
- Curly Lambeau
- John McNally
- Wayne Milner
- Joe Montana
- Alan Page
- George Trafton
Saturday, February 6, 2016
Notre Dame 6 - 1 vs. ACC Royalty Last 2 Years
That's win #5 in a row for Mike Brey's Fighting Irish over North Carolina and Duke --- over the past two seasons -- as Notre Dame beats the #2 ranked Tar Heels 80 - 76!!!
College GameDay -- "He's From Chapel Hill"
We don't shoot like this at the home of the defending ACC Champs!The guy attempting half court shots was ... Not good. Hope that's not an omen for the Irish? pic.twitter.com/dG9efva0qV— Carl Deffenbaugh (@CarlDeff) February 6, 2016
More From ESPN College GameDay at ND Today
IT'S A BABY WHALE JAY! CALL THE COAST GUARD! https://t.co/Q5mb49B8k5— College GameDay (@CollegeGameDay) February 6, 2016
Steve Mariucci Talks Domer Eddie DeBartolo, Jr.
The Notre Dame alum and former owner of the San Francisco 49ers is up for election into the Pro Football Hall of Fame this weekend...
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