New Orleans Saints' QB Drew Brees is getting his "ducks in a row" for when he calls it quits on a brilliant career...
Looks like he'll be going to NBC and working Notre Dame football games.
LINK: DREW BREES
Friday, April 10, 2020
Looks Like Drew Brees Will Be Working @ ND
New Orleans Saints' QB Drew Brees is getting his "ducks in a row" for when he calls it quits on a brilliant career...
Looks like he'll be going to NBC and working Notre Dame football games.
LINK: DREW BREES
Thursday, April 9, 2020
Brian Kelly Interviewed by NBC's Mike Tirico
Coach Kelly's interview begins at the 28:00 minute mark.
You may have to sign in to your cable provider to watch this online show:
LINK: KELLY INTERVIEW
Wednesday, April 8, 2020
A Live Chat with Fr. Pete McCormick, C.S.C.
Most will recognize Fr. Pete as Notre Dame's Men's Basketball's Team Chaplain -- he's much more than that as you'll see this LIVE CHAT yesterday...
Tuesday, April 7, 2020
Heaven's Baseball League's Newest Outfielder
Was caught off guard last night when I learned that my "second favorite Detroit Tiger of all-time" -- Al Kaline -- left for Heaven. He played the game with such grace and class.
I feel like a just lost a little of my childhood...
The photo above is of Kaline sitting between Harvey Kuehn on the left and my Dad, Jim Small on the right. It's a photo from Opening Day 1956 in the Tiger's dugout, Kaline was 21 years-old playing right field and my dad was 19, playing center field for the Tigers. (You can tell who the California kid is in this picture -- all bundled up.)
Both (Kaline and my Dad) were "bonus babies" for the Tigers -- they are among the very few in baseball history who went straight from high school to the big leagues as 18 year-olds.
Kaline did it in 1953, joining the Tigers immediately after his high school graduation from Southern High School (Baltimore, MD) -- and my Dad did the same thing in 1955, right after his high school graduation from Bellarmine College Preparatory (San Jose, CA).
Monday, April 6, 2020
Sunday, April 5, 2020
Saturday, April 4, 2020
Coach Kelly Joins High School AD in Live Chat
Earlier this
week, #NotreDame
HC Brian Kelly was the special guest of @Gulliver_AD
for a Zoom meeting with hundreds of high school ADs to talk about the
recruiting process right now and best ways to handle the current
situation (FREE) https://t.co/p4Go7obmIN
—
Irish Sports Daily (@ISDUpdate) April
4, 2020
A Custom Notre Dame Mask for COVID-19
Sally Naxera Benson '76 -- a former Notre Dame Cheerleader -- made her own custom mask to protect her from the coronavirus. I'm told that's Sally at the top of the pyramid in the photo over her right shoulder...
Sally -- you might have a business here!
Special thanks to my former colleague Bob Quakenbush '76 for alerting me to Sally's creation!
Friday, April 3, 2020
The Story of the "Notre Dame Teddy Bear..."
Fr. Bob Simon -- a diocesan priest at St. Catherine of Siena Parish in Moscow, PA -- has never been shy about letting his parishioners know that he's a proud Notre Dame alum...
Well, recently one of his parishioners started a business making custom teddy bears with a focus on individuals who are grieving. A friend of Fr. Bob commissioned this woman to make him a Notre Dame Teddy Bear (photo above) as a surprise gift. The custom bear is wearing a Notre Dame hat, a priest's cleric collar and has the ND Monogram and Fr. Bob's name on its chest. You'll also find the Notre Dame Leprechaun on its back...
It was delivered to Fr. Bob the very day that they were ordered to "stay inside" because of the coronavirus -- divine timing.
Fr. Bob recently learned that people around the country -- inspired by the book "We're Going on a Bear Hunt" by Michael Rosen -- were putting teddy bears in their front windows so that families taking a walk could play a game with their children searching for bears in the windows.
So, Fr. Bob shared this story in a recent homily that was livestreamed to the parish. He's since learned that many parishioners have joined in the fun -- including Fr. Bob, who has placed the Notre Dame Teddy Bear in the front window of the parish rectory.
Now, that's the story of the Notre Dame Teddy Bear!
Thursday, April 2, 2020
A Notre Dame Family Dealing With COVID-19
Please keep the Maichin family of Long Island, especially their son Christoper -- suffering from the effects of COVID-19 -- in your prayers. We all need to do our part to stop the spread of this virus!
Abby Maichin -- second from left in family photo above from National Signing Day -- will be attending the University of Notre Dame this fall and will play for the Fighting Irish's #2 ranked Women's Lacrosse program
Here's a link below to yesterday's Newsday story about the Maichin's and the challenges posed by the coronavirus...
Special thanks to my friend and Notre Dame Dad, Tommy Ruttura (Long Island, NY) for alerting me to this story.
LINK: NEWSDAY STORY
Wednesday, April 1, 2020
Tuesday, March 31, 2020
89 Years Ago Today -- Knute Rockne Killed
Here's the South Bend Tribune headline -- telling the story of TWA Flight 599's crash on March 31, 1931...
LINK: ROCKNE'S LAST FLIGHT
Golf Digest: Domer Talks Coronavirus Impact
Notre Dame alum, and Korn Ferry Tour member -- Mark Baldwin, was just interviewed by Golf Digest about the impact COVID-19 has had on them...
LINK: GOLF DIGEST
Monday, March 30, 2020
Sunday, March 29, 2020
Friday, March 27, 2020
Thursday, March 26, 2020
Wednesday, March 25, 2020
Tuesday, March 24, 2020
Monday, March 23, 2020
Notre Dame Day 2020 -- POSTPONED...
We made the decision today to postpone Notre Dame Day 2020 -- in the hopes we can find a way to reschedule it later this year...
We really had some GREAT stuff lined up for this year's broadcast.
It will be worth the wait!
Sunday, March 22, 2020
Saturday, March 21, 2020
Notre Dame Wins National Title (Again) on TV
The folks at ESPN2 ran a four hour "replay" of Notre Dame's remarkable 2018 National Championship run last night...
Wasn't that fun!
Friday, March 20, 2020
Notre Dame Alum Provides an Interruption...
James Casto, a Notre Dame alum who hails from the Atlanta area -- just launched an online radio show called; HOME BY DARK "Live in Concert" -- last night... IT IS LINKED BELOW.
Thought it would provide a wonderful interruption from all of the COVID-19 news -- as we self quarantine over these next few days. Enjoy!
James also wrote a song called Grateful (video above) that is on the O'Neill Brothers' Spirit of Notre Dame album. It's available for purchase at the Notre Dame Hammes Bookstore and a number of online music stores.
LINK: HOME BY DARK RADIO
Relive "The Easter Basket Miracle" on ESPN2!
We promise not to
spoil the ending.
Friday night on ESPN2, relive
every unforgettable moment from our 2018 #WFinalFour
and National Championship games.
⏰ 8 p.m.
ET
📺 ESPN2
🔗 https://t.co/zzVXiTA8MT
Who
wants to tweet along with us?#GoIrishpic.twitter.com/R7IGgkG5jl
—
Notre Dame WBB (@ndwbb) March
20, 2020
Thursday, March 19, 2020
OT: An Old Friend Offers This Advice...
Thirty-five years ago, I became friends with an aspiring Detroit Free Press sports writer by the name of Mitch Albom. He was the "third roommate" in a house occupied by my brother Jay and another friend named Ken Droz. Those were the days...
Mitch has since gone on to do great things.
Albom penned this piece last week concerning a recent trip to the hospital to meet with his Doctor. Thought it offered up some good advice on "finding the positive" in this unique moment in time...
LINK: MITCH ALBOM
Forbes: Joe Montana's Investing Prowess...
Thought you'd enjoy reading this story in Forbes about Joe Montana's investing success. One of his "start-up" investments is Pinterest...
Just click on graphic to enlarge.
LINK: FORBES
Wednesday, March 18, 2020
Notre Dame Suspends In-Person Classes...
Man, do I feel sorry for our seniors and their families...
This afternoon, Fr. Jenkins announced that the University was suspending all in-person classes for the rest of the Spring Semester at Notre Dame.
Here's the official release: NOTRE DAME
First Notre Dame Student Diagnosed...
The University of Notre Dame just announced that a student has been diagnosed with COVID-19. The student was studying abroad in London. Here's a copy of the official press release.
LINK: FIRST ND STUDENT
Tuesday, March 17, 2020
Notre Dame to LIVESTREAM Mass Daily!
The University of Notre Dame will livestream the 11:30 AM ET Mass from the Basilica of the Sacred Heart on the following days:
- Monday
- Tuesday
- Wednesday
- Thursday
- Friday
- Saturday
You can watch this MASS LIVE -- at this link: MASS FROM BASILICA
In addition -- SUNDAY MASS at 10:00 AM ET from the Basilca of the Sacred Heart can be watched LIVE on Catholic TV or watched online right here:
SUNDAY MASS FROM NOTRE DAME
Domer "Moon Walks" Out of Sand Trap...
Don’t need the
rake, I’ll just glide right outta here... pic.twitter.com/E0b0f7hlBl
—
Mark Baldwin (@markbaldwin1) April
26, 2019
Notre Dame Announces Hiring of New Provost!
Dr. Marie Lynn Miranda -- a former Provost at Rice University, was just appointed the Charles and Jill Fischer Provost of the University of Notre Dame. Dr. Miranda is the fifth Provost in Notre Dame's history.
Provost Miranda has a family connection to the University -- her father, Constancio Miranda earned his masters degree in civil engineering from Notre Dame in 1962.
LINK: NOTRE DAME RELEASE
My Favorite Irish Girl this St. Patrick's Day!
This is my granddaughter Kinley -- celebrating her 2nd St. Patrick's Day...
Happy Saint Patrick's Day from Notre Dame!
This is a photo of our friend, Chris Baumann's dog "MAIZEY" dressed up for Saint Patrick's Day!
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